A Community Project

“A project growing from and with the community in shared vision where the arts connect with the landscape, skills and heritage of the Island.”

A place where the community and young people can work collaboratively with stone carvers, artists, designers, performers, scientists, architects and other researchers; with first hand experience of research and discovery that creates a wider interest in landscape and stone, our relationship to the environment and issues of climate change in the world today.

Using what we know to effect change

• Understanding biodiversity within the environment, using waste stone for the creation of new micro-climates and habitats.
• Teaching skills in stone carving, relief carving, letter cutting, architectural detail and direct carving / sculpture – where a range of traditional techniques are applied to new work to develop a high level of skill.
• Bringing together the older generation with the new through projects that acknowledge the cultural landscape and traditional methods of quarrying and carving stone, where Portland’s heritage is renewed.
• Creating a greater community involvement in design ideas for the future use of quarry landscapes – how they can be brought back into community use.

In 2009 PSQT was awarded a British Urban Regeneration Award (BURA) for Community Inspired Regeneration

Community Partners

We have a strong commitment to our community partners and are always looking for new partnerships within the area.  If you are a member of a local organisation and you would like to talk about how we might be able to help you, please contact us.

Local Industry Partners

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