It was a fun, community run, non commercial, busy, informal Arts FestivaI this year. Lots of us offered up our imput and abilities, it made it diverse and big fun, very energetic. As Vincent van Gogh said: “Great things are a series of small things brought together”. I ran a week of workshops for young kids 4+ in the hall and youths 12+ in the art-barn. 2 hours in the art-barn: I wanted to give the teens a tactile sensation and experience of drawing, looking and painting outside of the school room. Drawing first on A1 to loosen up the marks and bold big shapes, then crabs and lobsters and lots of colour on black, with a painting in acrylic, mixing colours you don’t find in tubes. Packed 6 weeks in to 2 hours! The rough space took away inhibition as we could all make a mess and be loose without worrying about the floor. Inspiring:

Kids workshops with Hannah in the hall printing pirate flags for the parade, making paper mache parrots for the parrot parade, making with plastic finds for birds, bugs, bunting and aquariums… it was busy!