NEW WEBSITE LIVE!

Please look at

www.creative-egremont.org

for all things about the project - including a new blog!

Summer fun

"Had a good bus shelter painting day in Thornhill on Sunday, with about 70 people all on the green painting the bus stop with DJ,s BBQ and the (deputy) mayor. We just got the undercoat done, but all the yoofs got really stuck in a good time was had by all. We're meeting up on Thursday to carry on with some designs etc..."

Come to the Folk Fair today

6 exhibitors, home-made refreshments, MacBeth - what more could you ask for on a summer's day?!
10 - 6 at Egremont Market Hall, Egremont followed by a poetry reading at Lowes Court Gallery across the road at 6.30....

Watch the webcast here today!

From 12-5 today 'The New Public Art' will be the hot topic live from Egremont with Jeremy Deller, Alan Kane, Will Bradley and Clair Bishop with Grizedale Arts' Alistair Hudson.
Click here to view
You can email us questions for the panel at alistairhudson@creative-egremont.org

EGREMONT 06: The Folk Art Weekender

Phew. A busy week planning the Weekender events - we hope you can make it!

TIMETABLE:

Friday 16th June // 10am - 6pm
THE NEW PUBLIC ART webcast debate in collaboration with Cumbria Institute of the Arts with curators Claire Bishop and Will Bradley with artists Jeremy Deller & Alan Kane
WEBCAST LINK HERE ON FRIDAY!

Friday 16th June // 7.30pm - 8pm
LOCAL FILM PREMIERE
“Face Off” - acclaimed documentary about Egremont’s ‘gurners’ (face-pullers). Free entry & director's introduction
Egremont Market Hall, Market Street, Egremont

Saturday 17th June // 10am - 6pm
FOLK ART FAIR
An extraordinary exhibition of 8 artists / craftspeople - Egremont and area's hidden talent. Refreshments & free entry.
Highlights include live craft demonstrations (from fly-tying to rug-making...), home-made local baking and a visit from the Cumbrian MacBeth
Egremont Market Hall, Market Street, Egremont

Saturday 17th June // 6.30pm - 7.30pm
POETRY READING at Lowes Court Gallery, 12 Main Street, Egremont. Free entry
Lowes Court Gallery (2 minutes walk from Market Hall), Main Street, Egremont

Sunday 18th June // 2pm
LIVE THEATRE The Friends of Egremont Castle present The Miner's Lamp Company's production 'Tis Macbeth Marra'
Tickets-£5 Adults-£3 concessions, full time education £1
For tickets contact Lowes Court Gallery-01946820693
Egremont Castle, Main Street, Egremont (if bad weather Egremont Market Hall, Market Street, Egremont)

Getting going

Well, now that we are a couple of months into the project, things are shaping up somewhat. We've been planning the
Folk Art Fair on June 16 at Egremont Market Hall
and the Public Art Conference the day before - an innovative 'webinar' facilitated by the Cumbria Institute of the Arts, where our speakers come to Egremont but the audience don't: They stay in the comfort of their armchairs / office chairs and watch the proceedings online. We'll show an archive of the day to the public during the Fair on the Saturday too.
We have also had some great chats with Ralph and Rob Merrett regarding the plans for a permanent Folk Archive in the town, combining some of artist Jeremy Deller's collection (of the same name), and the vast local archive.....all we need to do is get them onto paper and out to potential funders! We want to highlight the towns 'now' scene too though, creating a venue where artists-in-residence can work, and where the young people of the town can be part of an ongoing archive of their culture.
Other good contacts have been made with many local people who want to get involved, with the Friends of Egremont Castle, Wyndham School Gardening Club and the local youth clubs.....

Hear, hear

"Art lets you be brave, do things differently, do things that are strange, do things that are not conventional and do conventional things in a different way."
Robert Merrett

Read more about what Robert and his father Ralph had to say on the Channel 4 Big Art Project, for which Egremont was shortlisted here.

Creative Egremont wants you!

Creative Egremont is an exciting new project encouraging creativity and get-up-and-go in local people.
As part of the project we're doing a survey of everybody in the area who is doing anything creative already!

Perhaps you paint portraits; take photos; customize bikes; make music; do interior design; collect things; style hair; play an instrument; write stories; sew, knit or embroider; bake; grow or arrange flowers; upholster furniture; make models, greetings cards, films, rugs or sculptures......?

It doesn't matter if you have never shown your work to anyone before - we are not looking for 'professionals', just local people doing interesting things.

What to do if you want to take part:
Please jot your contact details and a few lines about yourself down either in a letter or an email, together with a few photos or examples of what you do.

You can either email us:
info@creative-egremont.org

Post to us:
Karen Storr, Creative Egremont Public & Community Arts Officer, c/o Lowes Court Gallery, 2 Main Street, Egremont, Cumbria CA22 2DW

or deliver to the above address by hand
(We're sorry but we cannot return any original materials or photos)

Deadline:
Ongoing, but we would like to hear from you as soon as possible.

If you want to chat about the project, or unsure about what we're after, then please contact our Public & Community Arts Officer Karen Storr on info@creative-egremont.com

We hope to hear from you!