Groups

David Smith is a member of the following groups and organisations:

2015 - present
Bristol ParkHive
  • Throughout European Green Capital Bristol 2015 and beyond, Bristol ParkHive promotes and celebrates Bristol's many Parks and Green Spaces. A free GPS app is available to download to your Android or Apple smartphone, to help you find your nearest park, and see what features Bristol's green spaces have to offer.
  • see www.bristolparkhive.com

2011 - present
Big Park Draw
  • The Big Park Draw is a series of open events that take place in Victoria Park, Bristol throughout the year. It aims to encourage people of all ages to rediscover the joy of drawing by providing materials in the inspiring surroundings of the park.
  • see www.bigparkdraw.org

2011 - present
Mapping Spectral Traces
  • Member and from Sept 2013, Co-Convener
  • An international, trans-disciplinary group of artists, scholars, community and practitioners who work with and in traumatised landscapes. They work closely with communities to map the hidden layers and, often, difficult histories of landscapes around the world. 
  • see www.mappingspectraltraces.org

2008 - present
Art on the Hill
  • Member of the organising committee for the annual open doors art trail, Art on the Hill, which takes place around the Windmill Hill/Victoria Park area of South Bristol.
  • see www.artonthehill.org.uk

2007 - present
Victoria Park Action Group
  • A community group that works closely with local council members in the Windmill/Victoria Park area of south Bristol. They work to raise money to provide facilities in the park, organise family events throughout the year, and arrange events to encourage adults and children to use and care for the park.
  • see www.vpag.org.uk for full details