Tollesbury
Artist in Residence Project
Tollesbury Creative Group, which is a non-profit making,
community group, decided in 2007 to apply for funding
to Awards for All and Essex County Council Small Arts
Grants Scheme to run an Artist in Residence project
in the village.
The idea was to have a series of workshops and art/craft
projects that any resident in Tollesbury could participate
in for free whilst the artist in residence spent time
on their own work in response to the village. We were
delighted to receive funding and planned the final programme
for the project.
We think it is rather a unique project for a village
and offers everyone in Tollesbury a great opportunity
to have a go and try something they might not normally
do.
The final exhibition and celebration weekend is proving
to be a typical Tollesbury community event where the
many performing groups in the village are providing
concerts and entertainment to make the final exhibition
a weekend to remember.
You can also submit you own video, slideshow, written
word or photo entry for the 'Day
In The Life Of Tollesbury" project, online
or via Lorraine.
It would be great if all the groups that meet in the
village run their own craft sessions with the blank
boats and pendants to exhibit in the final exhibition
– Leaders ring Lorraine for supplies who will also come
along to help if required. Go on – take the plunge………