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... to bring your own bedding and something to sleep on (roll mat / camp bed). PSQT can also provide reduced rate self catering accommodation on a first serve basis, so please contact us early to avoid disappointment. ...
2. Frequently Asked Questions
(Courses/Stone Carving Courses)
... stone that can be called upon when needed to help realise and make possible very different work.  The advantage of  PSQT tutors is that we have both masonry, architectural carving and lettercutting skills as ...
3. Trustees
(General/General)
... in 2010. He has a general art interest and some involvement in grant applications and fundraising. Ray said “PSQT is a unique opportunity to engage with sculpting, geology and the wider art and environmental ...
4. Cristina Ferrandez Box
(General/Residencies)
Cristina Ferrandez Box -3 Month Residency June to September 2011  Stone Is Land - PSQT Artist Residency Programme 2011 - 2013   Work in progress by Cristina Ferrandez Box for exhibition 'Longed ...
... (bottom) rose and star panel by Paul Crabtree from PSQT. Community Stone Workspace events for 2012 include the Portland Stone Carving Festival, taking place in May and June.    ...
6. Lulworth Castle Commission
(General/Commissions)
Lulworth Castle & Park commissions -- exciting new stone sculpture Lulworth Castle & Park has commisioned an exciting new stone carving to be created over the next six months, of a Lulworth Skipper ...
“LOOKING OUT FROM TOUT” A Seminar on the relationship between Art and Place Dates: Friday 30th July – Sunday 1st August 1993 Place: St Georges Centre, Reforne, Portland, Dorset Drawing on the experience ...
PSQT is leading a project during the Cultural Olympiad 2009-2012 to build a unique stone lithophone for percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie to play in a performance to celebrate the opening of ...
... from PSQT. The project researched the application of acoustic properties of Portland stone, projection of images on the quarry rock face, interviews with quarry workers . Audio-visual recordings were made ...
Disadvantaged young people at risk of offending have been encouraged to develop their abilities and find new personal direction and motivation within areas of opportunity provided by the PSQT workshop ...
PSQT works with many different community groups. Click on the links below to find more. Weymouth Youth Offending Team Arts/Sciences Local Community 'think tank'  ...
PSQT Collaboration with architect and community on designs for safe caving and climbing features White Design produced drawings for outdoor education features, in consultation with Weymouth Outdoor Education ...
13. Seminars
(General/General)
... different levels of experience - and to share a their understanding and experiences of the Quarry as a Cultural Landscape. PSQT chaired the seminar with the UOB with papers / presentations given by a number ...
Yearly research into Portland's geology, providing interpretation and rescuing examples for the PSQT preservation archive including tree boles, sections of fossil trees, ripple bed limestone and sections ...
Seventeen students from Spatial Design worked on a new course developed by Tutor Matthew Higgins and PSQT for a final year project (9 months). This investigated interventions and designs that access quarry ...
16. Projects
(General/General)
PSQT Stone Lithophone Project with Evelyn Glennie - a Cultural Olympics Project for Portland PSQT is leading a project during the Cultural Olympiad 2009-2012 to build a stone lithophone for percussionist ...
17. Asturias Spain
(General/Commissions)
... perspective. The conference was accompanied by a sculpture symposium ‘civilisation and landscape’ with10 artists representing Northern Spain, Portugal and the UK (PSQT). The sculpture, created by Hannah ...
18. Schools
(General/General)
PSQT is experienced in providing educational workshops for school groups. Details: Duration is normally one day but longer periods can be arranged for a more in depth study Safety glasses and carving ...
19. Education and Research
(General/General)
PSQT has developed a creative and educational resource in Tout Quarry that has become an established centre of learning for sculpture in stone, in relation to the environment. A yearly programme of educational ...
20. About PSQT
(General/General)
Vision: To create a sustainable environment that enriches everyone that comes into contact with it through promoting and developing the PSQT sustainability model in Portland and at regional, national ...
21. Project Videos
(General/General)
Click on the thumbnail images below in 'Video News' to watch live recordings from PSQT's project work in the quarry environment.    ...
... constructed and painted by PSQT and six volunteers from the community over ten days.  Final preparation of the space included the construction of a film/video projection area using fireproofed black ...
23. PSQT History
(General/General)
1983 - Tout Quarry Sculpture Park - where sculpture and environment meet PSQT's project began in 1983 in Tout Quarry with a sculpture syymposium involving over 50 artists, who made work in response to ...
24. Media Coverage
(Courses/Stone Carving Courses)
General PSQT at the Natural Stone Show 2011 Giving Back to Portland, Dorset Life, May 2009 Open Country, BBC Radio 4, 7 February 2009 Portland Quarry Trust Up for Award, Dorset Echo, 29 January ...
25. Residencies
(General/Residencies)
... students to undertake MA by Independent Project courses. This partnership provides students with the opportunity to contribute to the ethos of PSQT, which is to harness intellectual rigor, investigating ...
26. Commissions
(General/Commissions)
With 26 years experience in carving Portland Stone the PSQT is available for public and private commissions and has undertaken work across the UK and internationally. Our experienced carvers work with ...
27. PSQT wins BURA Award
(News/Latest)
... committee Geoffrey Stewkesbury – family quarrying histories archive in Drill Hall (holding award) Bob Ford – (rear) naturalist for quarry regeneration designs Paul Crabtree – PSQT Project Development ...
28. Seeing Through Stone
(General/Exhibition)
... to its cultural wealth, its educational provision and respect for its history; the PSQT is promoting all of these” Art Critic and writer John K. Grande writes about Portland: “The PQST encapsulates the ...
29. Accommodation for Course participants
(Courses/Stone Carving Courses)
It's not difficult to find a nice place to stay on Portland, but it's good to book early.  PSQT offers self catering accommodation for course participants - for further details call 01305 826736 or contact ...
30. One week Stone Carving Course
(Courses/Stone Carving Courses)
... work late).  Work is loaded into vehicles on Friday. Evenings (optional) PSQT 'Stone Island' events at the Drill Hall Exhibition Space and Cafe Gallery (see Maritime Mix 2012). Eating out - ...
...      PSQT Stone Carving & Sculpture Courses are designed for beginners and all levels of skill. We teach letter-cutting, relief carving, masonry, architectural detail and 3D sculpture. ...
... and East Devon World Heritage Site. Click here for more information about the Drill Hall Click here for PSQT Mission and Vision Further reading: Mineral Industry Report MA/2/3/006: Independent ...
SEEING THROUGH STONE Portland Sculpture Quarry Trust (PSQT) is presenting a multimedia exhibition at the Drill Hall, it links the Island’s geology, ecology and people – to create a unique picture of a ...
PSQT has established an international venue for art in the environment and sculpture in stone. We run yearly stone carving workshops in Tout Quarry, and since 1983 have hosted permanent and temporary works ...
35. Latest
(Category)
The latest news from the PSQT Team  ...