Together Stories – Tales from the Community
19th September - 17th October 2025
Private View: Thursday 18th September 18:00-20:00
Open: Tuesdays to Saturdays, 12:00-17:00
A Joint Community Exhibition with Studio KIND. and Devon Mental Health Alliance
Evolving Events CIC is hosting a four week co-created exhibition with Studio KIND. and the Devon Mental Health Alliance (Mind), from 19th September to 17th October 2025.
The project, themed ‘Together Stories - Tales From The Community’ gathers powerful and creative narratives from community groups. It could be a piece of visual art, a written or recorded story, a song, a poem, or however the groups choose to express themselves relating to the theme. The exhibition will include individual as well as collective contributions. Curated submissions will be displayed in Studio KIND.’s gallery space for the duration of the exhibition.
In addition to the exhibition, Evolving Events CIC will be offering their flagship ‘The Sound Lounge’ sessions, providing a comfortable and informal setting for creative expression in the Studio KIND. gallery to explore the theme. Participants are invited to a held space to share their stories, poetry, songs, instruments, anecdotes or objects, and/or join in with making some art relating to the ‘Together Stories’ theme. Participants are also welcome to just sit and listen.
19 Sep - 'Music & Sounds - From Talking Drum to Techno'
26 Sep - 'Open Session - Freedom of Expression'
3 Oct - 'Friendship - Come Rain or Shine'
10 Oct - 'Nature - In Awe and Wonder'
17 Oct - 'Food - From Hunter to Gatherings'
This collaborative exhibition will be an opportunity to gain insight into authentic personal and collective experiences from our local community.
Evolving Events creates safe, soulful and spontaneous spaces for community and social wellbeing through the celebration of music, art, movement, spoken word, storytelling and food. They host events that promote wellbeing, inclusivity and diversity, welcoming people from all ages, abilities and backgrounds. They also work together with local businesses, community groups and charitable organisations towards shared purposes and mutually beneficial objectives to enhance the vibrancy and profile of the local area. Started by Jules Moberly, Cheryl Silvawood and Rose Young, Evolving Events embraces authentic connections, creativity and community, bringing people from all walks of life and cultures together.
The Devon Mental Health Alliance (DMHA) is made up of 5 charities working together to work towards improving mental health provision across Devon. The DMHA run public mental health drop-ins weekly in Barnstaple, Bideford, Ilfracombe and Holsworthy, run a Recovery Practitioner 1-1 support service, Peer Support Groups, group sessions and courses - such as the HOPE course. Each region across Devon has a Community Developer working with local voluntary, community and social enterprises and the local NHS services.
You can access the DMHA calendar of events with links to weekly drop-ins here: https://www.mentalhealthdevon.co.uk/learning-network/northern-devon
How to get involved
Evolving Events CIC and Devon Mental Health Alliance are teaming up with Studio KIND to host a four-week exhibition, from 19th September to 17th October 2025.
The project, themed ‘Together Stories - Tales From The Community’, aims to gather creative narratives from community groups. It could be a piece of visual art, a written or recorded story, a song, a poem, or however the group would like to express themselves relating to the theme. We welcome individual as well as collective contributions, or something that a group (or individuals in a group) have already worked on.
We would love you to have freedom of your creative process, and look forward to seeing how you would present your ideas around the theme.
Your submission will be displayed in Studio KIND.’s gallery space for the duration of the exhibition.
In addition to the exhibition, we will be offering our flagship ‘Sound Lounge’ session(s), where participants are invited to a held space to bring a story, a poem, a song, an instrument, an anecdote or an object, or join in with making some art relating to the ‘Together Stories’ theme; we also welcome participants to just sit and listen. At our ‘Sound Lounge’ sessions, we aim to provide a comfortable and informal setting for creative expression, either prepared or spontaneous! To achieve this we will be setting up a real-life lounge in the gallery space to get cosy and explore the theme.
If this project resonates with you, please register your interest with us as soon as possible, with a brief description of what you might like to exhibit to evolvingeventshq@gmail.com. Submissions must be handed in to Studio KIND at Barnstaple Pannier Market, on Wed 17th September between 1-4pm.