f491 Winter Community Arts Festival.
25th Nov - 03rd Dec 2009.
Eight days of celebrating talent within the community.
Exhibitions/Workshops/Community fun days
Our May 2009 f491 Community Arts Festival was a great success here @ 491 Gallery. You can find details of it here.
We are looking for all manner of creative input in the f491 Community Arts Festival.
If you are interested, please email info@491gallery.com
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Festival Events:
Workshops all week long as usual. Just check out our website for a list.
Wed 25th November 18:00-00:00 hrs - OPENING NIGHT
Opening the festival will be an evening of gathering and exhibitions.
We will be exhibiting old and new works of artists who are involved with or friends of the 491 Gallery.
Private exhibition view 19:00-00:00 hrs
Exhibition #1 - Retrospective: Works from artists who have exhibited over this year
Exhibition #2 - The history of 491 buildings & area: James Moriarty
Exhibition #3 - Digital photo exhibitions: Rachel Otterway & Stefan Baker
With works from:
Indigo Star/Debbie Atkinson/Steven Capper/Sy Hackney/Lok/
James Moriarty/Stefan Baker/Rachel Otterway and more.
Workshops:
A very special evening drumming workshop around the fire pit here @ 491.
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Sun 29th November 10:00-20:00 hrs - Community Arts and Crafts Day
Sunday is our community gathering workshops day with fun for all the family.
We will have workshops, stalls, kids activities and much much more...
We will have for your delights:
- A knitting circle (A dedicated knitting area for all you needle users out there)
- Tea and 'bring your own cake' stall (Bring a cake - share it with the cake lovers)
- Thor's metal working workshop with Steve Capper (Banging and heating and all the fun of making your own metalwork)
- NPS workshops for all the young folk with Sancha.
- Independent film showings from Cracked Films.
- Transition Communities will be showing the film 11th Hour. This Leonardo di Caprio film looks at the challenges facing our planet – and possible solutions.
and much much more!