Sherwood Art Week 2010
Sherwood Art Week (SAW) 2010 – Bigger and better than ever!
Various venues in and around Sherwood, Nottingham – June 19th to June 26th 2010
Sherwood Art Week is Sherwood’s ever popular Arts Festival, and SAW10 looks set to be the biggest and best yet.
In keeping with the bigger and better Sherwood Art Week and the spirit of this being a community initiative, the event dubbed as "Art for Everyone", organisers are calling on all the residents of Sherwood to participate.
"Last year we turned Mansfield Road into an art gallery for a week, this year we want to turn the whole of Sherwood into an art gallery" - Julian Phillips, Sherwood Art Week team
The local community can download the SAW logo from the website or use the flyer in their next copy of NG5 magazine, and from June 19th, put it in their window along with a piece of their own original artwork - be it from children or adults and whether old or new - to create a show of community creativity.. Photographs of the publics art-in-windows will then be displayed on the website by sending to info@sherwoodartweek.co.uk
SAW10 has something for everyone – a live music festival, fun family activities, concerts, films, dance, readings and over 60 art displays in venues throughout Sherwood.
From Sherwood’s shop windows to Woodthorpe Park, SAW10 is vibrant and diverse celebration of creativity, with a packed programme of events every day of the week:
Saturday June 19th, 12pm - United Reformed Church - 'The Secret Garden Craft Fair' -includes craft stalls, BBQ, live music courtesy of Folkwit Records, belly dancing, cream teas, Real Ale & Pimm's bar.
Sunday June 20th, 12pm – 4pm – United Reformed Church - Family Activity Day – family art exhibition, balloon modelling, face painting, arts & crafts workshops and refreshments
Sunday June 20th, 8pm - The Gladstone Pub - 'The Nature of Music', a living lecture on music and music making.
Wednesday June 23rd, 7.30pm - Sherwood Library – Screen Reads - Listen to extracts from books from around the world that became classic films.
Thursday June 24th, 6.30pm - St. John’s Church - 'Celebration Concert' - celebrating Sherwood talent with music, song, poetry and dance!
Saturday June 26th, 12pm - Woodthorpe Park – Sherwood Festival - live music stage, stalls, BBQ, Beer Tent and Pimm's Bar, fun and games for all the family.
All week, exhibitions of artists, textile artists, ceramicists, photographers, mixed-media artists will be held in various venues, along with exciting workshops, while short films by local filmmakers will be shown at the Ukrainian Centre.
Exhibition venues include The Hubb, The Gladstone, St. Johns Church, The United Reformed Church, Gallery 568, The Place and The Ukrainian Centre.
The official programme for this year will be available at the end of May from Sherwood Library, The Place Activity Centre and various other locations.
Official supporters and sponsors include Choice Curtains, Stone Carved Memorials, A.C Allan Opticians, Ministry of Design, Osbornes, Blowers Brothers, Le Mistral, Firth and Scott, Hububub.com, The Place Activity Centre, Sherwood Lodge, Designs of Hope and Nottingham City Council
A website to complement the official brochure will be up and running very soon.
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