Gill Simmons

Improv is for everyone, everywhere!

SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW FRIDA KAHLO? Part 3

Bite-sized bio introduced by Agent Kahlo, art detective & Frida Kahlo's biggest fan!

#fridakahlo #art #bio #detectives

SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW FRIDA KAHLO? Part 2

Bite-sized bio introduced by Agent Kahlo, art detective & Frida Kahlo's biggest fan!

#fridakahlo #art #bio #detectives

SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW FRIDA KAHLO? Part 1

Bite-sized bio introduced by Agent Kahlo, art detective & Frida Kahlo’s biggest fan!

#fridakahlo #art #bio #detectives

SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW YOUR ARTISTS?

New series of artist bios starts today, presented by Agents Kahlo & Dali.

#fridakahlo #art #bio #detectives

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OFFICIAL LAUNCH DAY!

Redstart Radio, Chard’s newest radio station written & performed by art detectives from Redstart Primary is live!

10 free episodes, each inspired by a different artwork, are all around Chard, just in time for the summer holidays!

companyofinternationalartists.com/events

If you have rented as a single parent in the last 5 years in the UK, fill in the survey below 👇 to add your voice and inform renters’ rights. forms.office.com/pages/response…

We’re not exactly rammed for festival bookings this summer, but glad for this one today!

Looking forward to this! If you’re going to Exmouth Festival this weekend, maybe see you there!

A colour photo of a white man and woman both wearing headphones standing in the Sun outside a pale stone building with a blue sign saying in yellow letters chard museum. On the left the man is tall with short ginger hair and a neat moustache wearing sunglasses blue over ear headphones and a dark green T-shirt. On the right a small woman with dark curly shoulder length hair and sunglasses wears a black vest top and has white in ear headphones with cables hanging down. Both are smiling.

Here’s us testing our newest sound walk in Chard!

It goes live on 21 July. It’s called Redstart Radio.

It features the creative writing & voices of Yr 5 students from Redstart Primary who created radio dramas inspired by 10 different artworks.

More here
companyofinternationalartists.com/events

This has been a lovely project to sound design.

Feliz cumpleaños a Frida Kahlo!

With love and respect from everyone here at The Company of International Artists. We celebrate how her work and life continues to inspire so many.

#birthday #fri̇dakahlo #celebrate

I know first hand exactly this situation. It’s hugely problematic and this is very important work.

If you work with single parents in a professional capacity or if you know one personally, please share this survey link with them.

Link here: forms.office.com/e/JwxbbjqdXW

When FISH remind you of ART…

If you don’t follow this account yet ⤵️ doing so would be a great way to support me and get more quirky, accessible art history (and more!) into your life.

Colour photo of a statue of a woman on a pedestal in a long dress, standing firm with legs apart and two fists raised above her head, face turned to the sky. Under the pedestal it says Better to die on your feet than live forever on your knees. Dolores Ibarruri (La Pasionarí). Under that on the supporting pillar it says THE CITY OF GLASGOW AND THE BRITISH LABOUR MOVEMENT pay tribute to the courage of those men and women who went to Spain to fight Fascism 1936・1939 2.100 VOLUNTEERS WENT FROM BRITAIN 534 WERE KILLED, 65 OF WHOM CAME FROM GLASGOW Trees and a light grey sky beyond.

No pasarán!

Colour photo of a postcard on a pale wooden table. On the postcard a black and white photo of an Iranian woman in a black hijab with Arabic text written across her face and holding a long rifle directly in front her nose so it bisects her face. Yellow text superimposed says WAR PAINT WOMEN AT WAR A MARGY KINMONTH FILM

This is an incredible documentary about women war artists from the Second World War to the present day.

www.conic.film/films/warpaint

Colour photo of two square white plastic bollards on a road junction. Each bollard has a red traffic cone balanced on top. Green trees beyond.

Cubist Gnomes

A composite image. Two different images both slightly transparent are overlaid. Background image the torso of a white man wearing a dark suit holding a small wooden gavel is in the act of auctioning art. Overlaid is an oil painting by artist Vermeer featuring a young white woman sitting writing a letter wearing a large 16th century yellow dress. White text overlaid said June 2025

June 2025: new ventures - read our latest newsletter here!
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Presented at an international conference today. Not bad going.

A colour photo of two people standing in front of a long vertical banner. On the left a tall white man in his 30s wearing an orange Fedora hat a large fake bushy black handlebar moustache a short sleeved navy shirt with red lobster print and orange shorts. He is smiling and pointing excitedly at the banner. The banner is white and says in blue international child and family conference. In front of the banner leaning slightly on a table is a small white woman in her 40s. She is wearing an orange head scarf tied in a bow on top of her head, white plastic framed sunglasses and a short sleeved purple tunic with white embroidery on the front over a leopard print jumpsuit.

A colour photograph of a seminar room in a university. In the foreground on a white table resting on a table top easel is a teal circular logo with white writing saying CIA company of international artists. Next to the logo on the right black old-fashioned telephone with a lobster attached to the handset. Also on the table several plastic magnifying glasses in red yellow and blue. Slightly out of focus on the wall behind a PowerPoint presentation with the same circular teal logo in the centre and the words top-secret in red can just be seen.

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“Really inspiring! Never seen anything like this before. This has been so interesting. The best workshop I’ve been to!”

We had a great time presenting the @agentskahlodali.bsky.social at the University of Bristol International Child and Family conference today.

A screenshot of a website. At the top of the words, university of Bristol beneath that School for policy studies. Beneath that Bristol hosts First International child and family conference. Beneath that a photograph of a brown child’s hands spread out on top of a large coloured pencil drawing of the globe with coloured pencils scattered all around.

We’re proud to be presenting at this conference!

Delegates can find us on Wed 18 June, 4-6pm as we lead a workshop exploring how our project @agentskahlodali.bsky.social is breaking cultural barriers and giving agency to children through theatre and beyond.

More here: bristol.ac.uk/sps/news/202...

We love these fabulous badges designed by creative agents young and slightly older who visited our stall at The Art of Knowle West on Saturday.

Thanks to Filwood Community Centrefor organising!

#badges #badgemaker #communityart

“Art in school EVERY DAY!”
Agent Kahlo of the @agentskahlodali.bsky.social found this quotation in a children’s manifesto in the Filwood Times and just HAD to turn it into a badge!

“Art in school EVERY DAY!”
Agent Kahlo of the @agentskahlodali.bsky.social found this quotation in a children’s manifesto in the Filwood Times and just HAD to turn it into a badge!

A colour photograph of two people in a community space doing a theatre improv exercise. On the left of south Asian man in his 30s wears loose black cotton trousers over a black knee length tunic. He has dark short hair and a dark beard and stands hunched over leaning on an imaginary walking stick. On the right a young white woman in her 20s with long black hair wearing a black longsleeved top and a black skirt with red floral print. She is mimicking the pose of the man.

A colour photograph of two people in a community space doing a theatre improv exercise. In the foreground a tall white man in his 40s with a dark green T-shirt and short dark hair and glasses stands with his hands on his hips, leaning backwards with a proud expression. Beyond a white woman in her 20s with long black hair, wearing a long sleeved black top and a black skirt with red floral print mimics the man’s pose.

A colour photograph of two people standing at a low coffee table in a community space. On the table a green tombola decorated with yellow diagonal stripes. On the left a young white woman in her 20s with long black hair wearing a sleeveless black and white floral dress leans over the tombola about to reach inside it. On the right a tall white man in his 40s wearing a dark green T-shirt and spectacles holds a small piece of paper. He has just drawn out of the tombola.

A colour photograph of two people in a community space in the act of a theatre improv exercise. They are both sitting. On the left a young white woman in her 20s with long black hair wearing a sleeveless black and white floral dress smiles at the man sitting next to her. On the right a tall white man in his 40s wearing jeans, a dark green T-shirt and spectacles mines holding an ice cream cone and looks at the woman with a smile. In front of them another chair covered with small slips of paper. Some other slips of paper are scattered on the floor at their feet.

“It’s been brilliant!”

I recently finished a series of weekly storytelling workshops I’ve been running on behalf of Bristol Improv Theatre at Filwood Community Centre for the last 2 months.

We explored many improv techniques and how these can be deployed in lots of different creative contexts.

A black and white photograph of a large portrait orientated blackboard. Written in white the words your anxiety is lying to you. The white paint used for the letters runs and leaves little vertical trails on the blackboard. The blackboard is fixed between two wooden fence posts.

A black and white photograph of a large portrait orientated blackboard. Written in white the words don’t believe everything you think. The white paint used for the letters runs and leaves little vertical trails on the blackboard. The blackboard is fixed between two wooden fence posts.

Spotted some top-tier and much-needed messages from D.F.T.E in Bristol recently.

#streetart #mentalhealth #anxiety

A colour head and shoulders selfie of a white woman in her 40s. She has dark curly shoulder length hair dark eyes was a white vest top and large silver hoop earrings. She is smiling. Behind her red theatre curtains and golden fairy lights.

Had a blast hosting The Improv Jam tonight at Bristol Improv Theatre

We had vampires on a first date, a professor who went diving with Pygmy goats, a man so committed to his work he took the phrase “finger-licking good” to a whole new level, & a period drama finale.

Bring it, I say. Bring it ALL!

A composite image. Background photograph of a row of seats in a theatre with a wooden floor in front. Superimposed a yellow ticket with the words Bristol Improv Theatre in black. Also superimposed in white the words improv jam and social

Head and shoulders selfie of a white woman in her 40s with dark curly hair tied up, a black bandana tied round her head, green feathery earrings and a black wool jacket with a white collar. She has dark eyes. She is in front of a pale stone building on white is a black vinyl banner with the words Bristol Improv Theatre in white.

Coming to the Improv Jam tomorrow at Bristol Improv Theatre?

Chuffed to say I’ll be hosting the evening, so bring your best game, yeah?

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