Our beautiful new site is up and running over at http://www.artinthepark.co.uk along with a lovely new blog as well!
This will be the last post we make over here, but we have a brand new blog with lots of new photos and content over at www.artinthepark.co.uk/blog! See you over there!
On May 18th we will be taking part in Burgess Park’s May Fair, an annual celebration of Burgess Park and the rich and unique history of the surrounding area.
This year the park is traveling back in time to the industrial revolution, capturing the spirit of the 19th Century and the transformation of this area from market garden villages to a manufacturing focal point.
At Art in the Park we will be running a collection of workshops and activities in and around the studio.
Elsewhere around the park you’ll be able to find:
For more details about the May Fair and what else is going on around the park visit Friends of Burgess Park.
Here it is! Doesn’t it look lovely?
We’ve been working on a new look and logo over the last few weeks – and you can see it above!! We are super-pleased with our new look and we hope you like it as much as we do!!!
And that’s not all…. We have some new posters and graphics to show you very soon and a new website on its way. Stay tuned!
And a huge thank you to the wonderful and talented Amanda Jackson for designing our gorgeous new look. Thank you!
The ceramic signs from our workshop at Glengall Wharf Gardens have all been decorated, fired, installed and are looking rather lovely! A great job by Frances Wright and William Hudson.
Beautiful!
We’ve recently been working with Southwark Pensioner’s Centre on their wonderful new Roots Project. Last year we had some older artists from the Roots in the studio painting some pictures inspired by herbs and natural remedies.
See some more lovely works of art and find out more about The Roots at www.therootsstory.co.uk.
On January 31st our Art in the Park artists and some lovely volunteers from BSkyB crafted some willow animals for a local primary school. We had a gorgeous day weaving willow into fabulous beasts – now on display around the school and playground! Take a look below at some of our work….
And thank you again to all the volunteers from BSkyB for their hard work!
A sneak peek at some of the maquettes for our willow weaving project…. More (finished and bigger!) animals coming soon!
It’s all melted away now, but for a few days Art in the Park and Burgess Park were a beautiful winter wonderland!
We had a lovely view of the frosty park from our studios.
We covered up our heart garden plants – hope they’re ok under there! (And we’re very thankful for our greenhouses and polytunnels!)
Looks like we had a furry visitor in the snow…. Maybe the fox is back!
Some very chilly herbs.
Burgess Park looking very pretty in the snow.
And despite the snow, the first signs of spring are starting to peek through!
The Roots is an exciting new project from Southwark Pensioners Centre. The project, which began this summer, tells the story of Walworth Road based G. Baldwin & Co and the customers who have frequented the shop over its long history. Art in the Park has been lucky to be a part of this project, and has run a series of projects to support The Roots.
We have run a series of Gardening Workshops, learning about plants and their uses and exploring the flora of Burgess Park.
And back in July, the Medical Herbalist and the Cuming Museum Youth Panel visited Art in the Park to share some herbal remedies and recipes with young people from Southwark.
We’ll be running another workshop on November 26th. To find out more about this great project, others events they are running and to see more photos from our work with them please visit www.therootsstory.co.uk.
Art in the Park runs a special pottery class for children every Thursday, run by the lovely and talented Frances Wright. Below are some of the charming pieces created in these classes!
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