Forthcoming Arts Events
General
In and around Wychavon we also have some wonderful
Theatres, so please click on the link to see What's on and Where and Exhibitions pages,
Shindig and Summer Events to give you a look into future
performances.
If you would like to leave comments, feedback or ask general
questions regarding Events or any other part of Community
Development please visit our Wychavon Arts, Sports &
Leisure Blog
Wychavon District Council's Arts Development are involved in
many interesting and exciting things:
A Window on the Arts
Arts workshops have been taking place in
Droitwich’s youth clubs in connection with the Art in Empty Shops
project thanks to some funding from Droitwich Spa Area Partnership
and Wychavon District Council. Droitwich Youth Zone, Westlands
Youth Club, Droitwich Youth House and Fernhill Heath have been
visited by artist Sarah Edwards and have created some great work
that will be part of the second phase of the exhibitions in the
empty shops.
The next round of exhibitions have started and
will be running until 2nd August. Dodderhill School are
now exhibiting some of their GCSE students work and textiles, the
youth club’s project will follow on from this and Sarah James, poet
and artist will exhibit her work to finish. All of the exhibitions
can be found at the old Beaubelles shop in St. Andrews Square
Shopping Centre, Droitwich Spa.
Wychavon District Council, For Droitwich Spa,
Droitwich Arts Network, St Andrews Square Shopping Centre and
Droitwich Spa Area Partnership have worked together to make this
happen. The partnership wants to raise the profile of the arts and
educate children and young people at the same time through the
workshops. It also wants to enliven the town, particularly in these
hard economic times and make Droitwich Spa more attractive.
We want to know what you think about the
workshops, exhibitions and this project so you can feed back to us
via the Wychavon District Council's Community Development blog
http://www.wychavon.gov.uk/
We are also looking for artists that would
like to get involved in the organisation of the exhibitions so if
there is anyone that would like to volunteer for this contact Jenny
Davis on 01386 565396 or email jenny.davis@wychavon.gov.uk
Showell Gallery
The Showell foyer space is now being used as a gallery space
here at the Civic Centre, Pershore. This is to promote local
artists work both amateur and professional. please feel free to
come in and take a look. If you would like to exhibit some of
your own work please feel free to conatct Jenny Dvais on 01386
565396 or email jenny.davis@wychavon.gov.uk
Vale Arts Trail
Vena (Vale of Evesham Network of Artists) with the support of
Wychavon District Council organised a Vale Arts Trail,
which was a month long visual arts festival in and around
Pershore, Evesham and Broadway from 3rd-31st
October 09. It was the first of its kind in the area, to
purely focus on the visual arts and crafts. The Vale Arts
Trail had exhibitions in galleries, open studios, libraries,
gardens, parks, shops, cafes, churches and community centres around
the vale. They were from a range of local artists and arts
groups, both amateur and professional in painting, photography,
crafts and sculpture.
Two free ‘Big Draw’ events also took place which is the
national initiative to get people drawing. One was at the launch
event on Sat 3rd October at Pershore High School.
1st 'Big Draw' (launch) Event
held at Pershore High School
2nd 'Big Draw' (closing event) Event held at Evesham
Town Hall
There was a fantastic community programme along side it for
children, young people, adults and older people. Workshops included
sessions on John Sargeant, Halloween themed crafts, how to get the
best out of your digitial camera, make your own portraits and using
collage to create stories. Also, there was a talk from Ian
Gibson in connection to his exhibition at Number 8. There was
also two free ‘Walk and Talks’, a guided tour of Evesham and
Pershore’s exhibitions.
Feedback
Feedback forms were completed and the results were as
follows:
Where did you hear about the Vale Arts
Trail?
| Brochure |
22.81% |
| Leaflet |
8.77% |
| Local Paper |
8.77% |
| Poster |
5.26% |
| Word of Mouth |
19.30% |
| Wychavon Magazine |
3.51% |
| Banners/Roadside Signs |
3.51% |
| Internet/Website |
1.75% |
| Other |
26.32% |
What was the event you attended?
| The Big Draw Launch |
33.33% |
| The Big Draw Finale |
15.69% |
| Exhibitions |
23.53% |
| Workshops |
27.45% |
Where did the event take place?
| Pershore Library |
17.86% |
| Evesham Town Hall |
14.29% |
| Pershore High School |
28.57% |
| Number 8 |
8.93% |
| Evesham Library |
1.79% |
| Civic Centre |
1.79% |
| Whistlers |
5.36% |
| Holland House |
5.36% |
| Garage Art Studio |
8.93% |
| Evesham |
3.57% |
| All Saints |
3.57% |
What day did you attend?
| October |
|
| 3rd |
30.36% |
| 6th |
1.79% |
| 9th |
1.79% |
| 10th |
10.71% |
| 13th |
17.86% |
| 17th |
8.93% |
| 22nd |
1.79% |
| 24th |
3.57% |
| 27th |
3.57% |
| 28th |
1.79% |
| 29th |
3.57% |
| 31st |
14.29% |
What did you think of the event?
| Excellent |
66.07% |
| Good |
32.14% |
| Average |
1.79% |
Comments
About The Big Draw Launch: please hold it in
town, great fun, very relaxing, more to do please.
About the 'Walk and Talk' workshop: very
enjoyable, venues could have been better identified and better
signposted
About the Big Draw Finale: the teachers were
excellent, good to see kids encouraged to draw.
Garage Arts Group workshop: fabulous, Trina was
outstanding with advice.
About the exhibition at Holland House: no one was
there was confusing but enjoyed seeing the art.
About the digital photography at Pershore library:
the presenter was helpful and spent lots of time with all the
group, very well structured and presented, very informative and
enjoyable, very interested and I learnt a lot, really enjoyed
myself, gave me more confidence.
About Art into Stories at Evesham Library:
enjoyable.
Including yourself how many people attended the event
with you?
| 1 |
26.92% |
| 2 |
32.69% |
| 3 |
9.62% |
| 4 |
13.46% |
| 5+ |
17.31% |
How satisfied with the brochure/guide were
you?
| Very |
46.34% |
| Satisfied |
51.22% |
| Some |
2.44% |
| Not at all |
0.00% |
Comments - would have liked someone to show us
around, enjoyable, learnt quite a lot, could have done with it
being longer or made it a two day event, a good day, wish there was
more support, what a wonderful experience for Evesham, library
staff were very good.
Have you bought or commissioned a painting, craft,
photograph, or sculpture?
| Yes |
12.50% |
| No |
70.00% |
| N/A |
17.50% |
Are you Male or Female?
| Male |
28.89% |
| Female |
71.11%% |
What age band are you in?
| 0-11 |
4.26% |
| 12-15 |
6.28% |
| 16-19 |
0.00% |
| 20-24 |
2.13% |
| 25-44 |
38.30% |
| 45-54 |
27.66% |
| 55-65 |
14.89% |
| 66+ |
6.38% |
Ethnic Origin?
| White British |
97.78% |
| Other white |
0.00% |
| Asian |
2.22% |
For more information regarding the Vale Arts Trail
please contact Jenny Davis 01386 565396 or e-mail
jenny.davis@wychavon.gov.uk
Further Information
For more information about arts events please contact:
Jenny Davis
Arts Development Officer
Tel: 01386 565396 or 07967 640820
Email: jenny.davis@wychavon.gov.uk
Hours of work: Mon - Fri 9-5pm
