ZIG-ZAG - Folkestone Music and Arts Festival:
Amphitheatre, Lower Leas, Folkestone, CT20 2DA. August 28th 10 - 4pm.
Featuring: Headlock, Higher State, Imagination, Tener Duende, Dianne Dunn, James Pyott, Bernard Eveleigh Trio, Tess, Drum workshops, Arts, Face Painting & more!
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The Breakfast Bunch (Phyllis, Mike, Ken, Bobbie)
are meeting up on Saturday 24th July at 9.30 a.m. in the
Cabin Café (by the Harbour Station) for breakfast and
to explore the station and the pier. So bring your sketch
books, paints or cameras and join us in discovering the
colours, shapes and textures of the past.
(You can park there for£3 for the day or its free for an
hour if you’re visiting the café.)
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SEA BREEZES – 100 years of seaside art
by Anne Wimsett
until 15th August
at The Grand, The Leas, Folkestone
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Friday Night Get Together
Come and join everyone at
Keppel’s Bar, The Grand
on Friday 23rd July at 7.30 p.m.
for a chance to make new friends,
meet old ones and let the
committee know what activities
you would like the FAC to arrange.
Everyone welcome.
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ZIG ZAG – Update
Plans are well advanced for Zig Zag as bands are being booked, the workshops sorted, the equipment ordered and the sound engineer is on standby. There will be plenty of room for the artists to how their work (and sell it) as we are having a marquee for the art show instead of putting it round the pathway. There will be film and photography in the caves. The drumming workshops will be back. Headlock asked if they could appear again and there will be friends old and new on stage. The Andy’s are making this the best gig ever but they will need your help to make it a success. Would anyone be a volunteer marshal, help with putting up the gazebos and tents, manning the lost child point and a million other tasks that need doing. Please get in touch if you have any queries or if you can help. The date for your diary:-
Saturday 28th August in the amphitheatre.
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Art on the Leas Railings
For the fourth time Shepway art groups gathered on the Leas to show their work on the railings in an exhibition hosted by Folkestone Artists Collective and supported by Shepway District Council and the Leas Cliff Hall. The day was a great success with little wind and not a cloud in sight. There was plenty of work, paintings, prints, photographs, jewellery and sculpture for all to see and a number of people made sales or received commissions. The public got the chance to meet and talk to the artists and everyone seemed to enjoy it. We were joined for the first time by the choir from Imagination Theatre School who entertained us with a wide range of songs from the bandstand. They have been invited to perform at Zig Zag so look out for them. We were unfortunate in that we coincided with a certain football match so by 3 o’clock the Leas was empty except for a few stalwart artists as everyone had vanished to sit in front of the nearest TV. If the football was disappointing the exhibition was not so, hopefully, we will be invited back again. Remember we need twice as many art groups and artists to appear for the Triennial year. A huge thank you goes to Amanda and Beverley at Shepway District Council, Stephen at the Leas Cliff Hall for all their help with the paperwork and organisation and Folkestone Town Council for allowing us to use the bandstand.
See you there next year.
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Leas Railings Open Air Art Exhibition
Folkestone Art Society Spring Exhibition
The Folkestone Art Society Spring Exhibition opens on Wednesday 19th May, showcasing a selection of fine artworks created by its members, at The Grand on The Leas, Folkestone CT20 2XL.
The exhibition opening times are 10am to 6pm each day until May 31st. The Spring Exhibition usually has approximately 250 paintings and works of art on view and the majority of the work is for sale. The exhibition is rightly considered an important event in the arts calendar of the south-east and our previous exhibitions have drawn praise for the high standard of work exhibited.
Visitors are asked to vote for their favourite work of art and prizes, supported by Patron Robert Benson, will be presented to the winning artists.
Introduced at the Spring Exhibition in 2006 was a separate competition for paintings or drawings which was generously supported by Patron Michael Stainer of The Grand. This was so successful that there is to be a new 'Grand Competition' for members. The theme for this Spring's competition is to be 'With Flying Colours'. The competition will be on show in the Palm Court Restaurant.
Newsletter April 2010
The FAC has been through a long, cold, hard winter and emerged this spring with a new name, a new look, a new committee and plenty of new ideas. The FAC will be holding some new events as well as old favourites and we will keep you up to date through the newsletter. Due to busy commitments Wendy has stepped down as chair but remains an active member of the FAC. Kamilla has bravely taken on the role and is already discussing events and activities with the council and other groups. James has decided not to continue as Music Director but will continue to offer support and advice. Many thanks to both Wendy and James for everything they have done and we look forward to seeing them at events this summer.
Membership
Yvonne has recently sent out the membership forms. We have introduced some changes that we hope everyone will appreciate. First the membership fee has gone DOWN to £15...good value for money. Family and Junior membership is a new idea and hopefully will encourage the next generation of creative people in Folkestone. Please get your forms and fees to Yvonne as soon as possible.
Our Logo
Quite a few people put forward ideas for the new logo making it a difficult task for the committee to decide on one. We will be looking at them all at the next committee meeting and make a final decision then. Many thanks to everyone who put their ideas forward, they were excellent. We will bring you the new logo in the next newsletterso look out for it.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
10th to 13th June - MULTI-CULTURAL FESTIVAL
The FAC are planning to be Human Statues, so
come along and help or bring the children and see how long they can stand
still for!
27th June ART ON THE LEAS RAILINGS
Now In its fourth year we are planning children s workshops live music face
painting a tribute to Mary Mather as well as the biggest ever show of work
along The Leos railings We will be sending out information and booking
forms for this soon.
28” August Zig Zag
Live music workshops exhibitions fun and sun (hopefully) all day in the
amphitheatre Headlock who appeared last year have asked if they can
come back See you there.
YOUR FAC NEWSLETTER
Hopefully in the future we will be able to bring you news views and interviews in this newsletter as well as reports on events and reviews of exhibitions. The “day job" permitting I aim to get it to you regularly so if you have anything you would like included please email it to:-
roberta.harrold@btinternet.com
or pass it to any member of the committee and we will include it in the next issue. Looking forward to hearing from you.
A new exhibition of art and photography by members of the Folkestone Arts Collective (FAC)
opens on April 1st at Googies Art Cafe, in Rendezvous Street, Folkestone.
We are particularly excited about this event because it is not only our first exhibition of this
decade, but also our first public event representing the new 'Folkestone Arts Collective'.
www.folkestoneartists.org.uk
Come along and browse new and fabulous work by our artists, while enjoying the wonderful
ambience and hospitality of Googies, with a selection of good food, fine wines and beers.
There is free entry to the exhibition, which continues until April 28th, and is open during the cafe's
normal trading hours.
15 Rendezvous Street, Folkestone CT20 1EY - 01303 246 188 - www.googies.co.uk
