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………