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!

Your Creative Egremont team!

Creative Egremont is our working title for a new 12 month public & community arts project in Egremont, West Cumbria, England.
It's been initiated by West Lakes Renaissance & Egremont and Area Regeneraton Partnership, who invited Grizedale Arts (based in the South Lakes) to provide a strategy for engaging the local community in arts activity that could reach places most public art never could. Grizedale agreed that rather than another paper consultancy, a programme of actual projects on the ground would make the most difference to the town - so that's what we're doing!
Here's our team (pictured):
From left to right, Karen Guthrie (Project Director); Karen Storr (Coordinator) and Alistair Hudson (Grizedale Arts Deputy Director & Lead Project Officer)
So - watch this space for more, and if you have any questions about what we're up to then please contact us on info@creative-egremont.org

Thanks to Regeneration Officer Simon Walker for the photo