Calling all poets and lovers of local produce!

Artsreach and Dorset Food and Drink are looking to commission a poet to help celebrate Dorset's outstanding local food and drink producers and to acknowledge those who choose to shop local.

Dorset is well-known for being home to some of the country's best local food and drink producers and many of these are embedded within communities across the county who partner with Artsreach, the counties rural touring arts charity.

Grow Local, Grow Vocal is a new initiative that aims to creatively celebrate these producers and the community residents who choose to shop local, particularly since the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The commissioned poet will receive a fee of £300 to compose a poem in any form, which will then be printed on postcards and distributed through a variety of networks across Dorset, including food delivery boxes/orders from Dorset Food and Drink producers.

When Covid restrictions allow, a second fee will be given for the commissioned poet to perform the poem on the doorstep of customers receiving deliveries from Dorset Food and Drink producers, over a pre-agreed number of days, as a small gesture to combat the loneliness experienced. A short film of the commissioned poet performing the poem will also be captured as part of the project.

The full commission brief can be found here.

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