The Moveable Feast Company

The Moveable Feast was awarded a grant by CCEP called Proof of Concept to look at founding an independent company. This process is nearing completion with a business plan, a website, the support of several consultants and a core group who have met regularly to identify the potential of this new and innovative venture.

The company will be a company limited by guarantee and constituted with directors, a management committee and members. It will be a non-profit distributing social enterprise that is commercially viable drawing upon the opportunities from the economy of scale of several artists joining forces.

The company will continue to run events for artists and extend its scope to leading Moveable Feasts for teachers, therapists and commerce. As well, as the foundation services it will provide there are several big projects that become possible because of the skills and scale of the artists that can be called upon:

1. The Every Where Centre – this is a residential cross-art form project with up to 25 artists transforming an institution looking at the location and specific social needs in a creative way. This originates from an idea of John Moat’s, co-founder of the Arvon Foundation.

2. The Field of Workshop – an outdoor participatory arts space that artists can take time- out to explore and ‘non-artists’ can come and partake in workshops.

3. The Course – there will be an annual workshop course aimed at increasing the scope of the services run by the company and the knowledge and skills of the workshop artists.

4. The Work Shop – this is the multi-functional base for the company, which would be a place for artists to work (studio, discussion, experimental space), shop front that sells the work of artists and an interactive environment where members of the public can make art led by the artists.