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Leamington Peace Festival June 18th & 19th 2011 Pump Room Gardens Leamington Spa FREE PROGRAMME www.peacefestival.org.uk © meg bell 1 designed by meg bell Prog Cover.indd 1 26/5/11 09:52:27 Do you love Art... Welcome to Leamington Peace Festival 2011! If you enjoy exhibitions and meeting artists at Private Views, then become a “In a town that has no carnival, the Peace Friend of Gallery150 for only £28 per year. ….and Festival is indisputably the biggest event in the If you are an artist seeking exhibition and other opportunities to develop and town every summer. Its success has been all the promote your work, then become a member of LSA for only £20 per year. more notable given its anti-commercial ethos, For the love of art why not join both! and the fact it costs nothing to visit. You can subscribe to Gallery150 and the LSA together for just £35, which is probably The best this recession can do for us is take less than the cost of the wine you might drink at the 24 private views to which you us on a path away from blinkered money and will be invited in a year. status-driven aspirations and towards more deeply rewarding pursuits; this is what the Peace Festival stands for, and why we Membership Benefits need it more than ever.” Leamington Courier Volunteer & Non-Profit Organisation ”Someone once said a long time ago: walking into the Pump Room Gardens during the Festival is like walking through a LSA is a pro-active organisation promoting the Visual Arts in Royal Leamington Spa and Warwickshire. Its bead curtain into a better world.Long may that continue.” aim is to foster and improve public interest in, awareness and appreciation of the Visual Arts. LSA sets professional standards and seeks to support any Visual Art of quality and merit. Our membership Janet Alty, Festival Chair 1983 - 1988 consists of over 500 members and growing, including both artists and supporters of the Visual Arts. Thanks for coming to the Leamington Peace Festival, there is a fantastic programme of events planned for LSA represents the Visual Arts in Leamington Town, getting exhibition opportunities for its members, promoting exhibitions and events to the public and establishing studio space for local artists. the weekend, we hope you enjoy the music, the workshops & the kids zone, have fun browsing the stalls, LSA has been writing, publishing and distributing ArtSpace for over thirteen years, with the support of its and be inspired by the campaigning groups that are doing their best to make this world a better place. sponsors. Its readership covers the UK, Europe and other parts of the world. There has been a free Festival in Leamington since 1976, the 1st Leamington International Peace Festival LSA Base Membership - 1 Year Subscription £20. Benefits include: was in 1978. The current committee are really proud to be part of an event that has continued annually ArtSpace quarterly journal, issued free of charge. ever since, that has always been run by a team of unpaid volunteers. Members Art website address listed in ArtSpace. Stall No Affordable studio space (subject to availability) 121 Please come and say hello to us at the Information Caravan – right in the LSA website, promoting members’ profiles and exhibitions centre of the park. We’d love to hear what you think about the Festival & Submission of work to the annual LSA Open Exhibition and other exhibitions. Contents Entry in the LSA members' online directory if required. find out a bit more about you 4 Festival Aims & Info LSA Monthly Newsletter with exhibitions and Private Views in and around Warwickshire, 5 Get Involved Next Year Commissions, Funding Artists Opportunities, Specialist Art Training and Art Jobs information The Festival would like to thank: 10-11 Activities nationwide. All the Action 21 staff & volunteers for litter recycling Warwick District Council 15 Peace Talks Friend of Gallery150 - 1 Year Subscription £28 GALLERY150 Pam Dunsdon 18-19 Campaigns Exciting & Innovative! Meg Bell for her cover design 20-21 Sat Marquee Invites to all the private viewings at the Gallery – up to Regent Court Shopping Centre Dave Steele for programme design – www.dmac.co.uk 24 a year. 9 Livery Street, Leamington Spa, Elizabeth Billinger, Accountant 22-23 Sat Bandstand Listen to talks by artists about their work at exhibitions. Warwickshire, CV32 4NP. All the artists, workshop leaders, performers and speakers, the majority 24-25 Weekend At A Glance Discounts on art purchases at Gallery150 07400 258 555 of whom have given their time for free. THE CREW - all the volunteers that have worked so hard over the 26-27 Sun Marquee weekend and leading up to the festival for their time and ensuring a 28-29 Sun Bandstand LSA & Friend of Gallery150 - 1 Year Subscription £35 smooth running weekend. 30 Dance Displays All the above plus reduced hire rates for exhibitions at Gallery150; selling prints of exhibited work And to you for coming! through the Online Art Gallery; permanent exposure on Gallery150 website….and much more. 36-37 Kids’ Zone Volunteer & Non-Profit Organisation Enjoy!. 38-39 Site Plan For more information and joining details visit: 40-41 Stalls www.lsa-artists.co.uk www.Gallery150.co.uk 2 3 Aims, Info & FAQs Get involved next year! Peace Festival Aims Next YearÕ s Festival: June 16 & 17 2012 The Leamington Peace Festival exists to promote an understanding of international peace in all How To Get Involved its aspects, including environmental harmony & living in co-operation with others: Next YearÕ s Festival: June 16 & 17 2012 ! By encouraging international/local organisations & individuals to participate during the How To Get In volved Festival weekend The festival is run solely by a small group of volunteers, we always need more help! If ! By raising awareness of world & local issues you would like to volunteer at the festival, help with publicity in the run ! By giving individuals ways of becoming involved in the world around them up to the event, or help organize the 2012 event please contact the ! By providing an opportunity for local crafts people to demonstrate their skills & display The festival is run solely by a small group of volunteers, we always need more help! If ycommitteeou would likeon [email protected] volunteer at the festival, help or 0845 with 388publicity 4207 in the run their crafts There will be a Post Festival Meeting on Wed 22 June at 8pm. ! By promoting fair trade practices up to the event, or help organize the 2012 event please contact the (venue tbc) ! By encouraging local artists & entertainers to share their skills committee on [email protected] or 0845 388 4207 All are welcome. There will be a Post Festival Meeting on Wed 22 June at 8pm. The Committee starts planning the 2012 Festival in Oct, please get in touch if (venueThe AGM tbc) on Tues 11 Oct, 8pm (venue tbc) is also open to all, and the committee will then you want to be part of it Ð [email protected] Almeetl are monthly welcome. from then on. The AGM on Tues 11 Oct, 8pm (venue tbc) is also open to all, and the committee will then • meetFeedback monthly from then on. Information We welcome your comments about the festival, please come along to the Information • FeCaravanedback to share your suggestions & fill in our questionnaire. • Toilets for public use are located next to the marquee stage and close to the Pump We welcome your comments about the festival, please come along to the Information Rooms. There are also public toilets located diagonally across the parade between the • CaravanPerforming to share at the your festival suggestions & fill in our questionnaire. town hall and the police station, and in the Pump Rooms. To be considered as a performer for next yearÕ s festival, you will need to send your demo • First Aid is available at the Muir Walker tent, located close to the middle entrance from st • Performingto PO Box 1686, at the Leamington, festival CV31 1WS by 31 January 2012. We listen to EVERY Dormer Place. Todemo be sentconsidered in before as thisa performer date and for select next the yearÕ performers s festival, fromyou willthose need available. to send We your aim demo to • Recycling is encouraged; please separate all your rubbish into the specially labelled toprovide PO Box a mix 1686, of musicalLeamington, styles, CV31 and also1WS support by 31st localJanuary bands. 201 2However,. We listen we to do EVERY operate a bins. All litter pickers are volunteers & this will help with the unpleasant job of sorting the policy of not booking the same band two years running litter. demo sent in before this date and select the performers from those available. We aim to • Well behaved Dogs on leads are allowed on site provide a mix of musical styles, and also support local bands. However, we do operate a • Running a Workshop / Stall in 2012 • Water is available from the standpipe near Dormer Place, and at the Info Caravan. policy of not booking the same band two years running We ask that anyone interested should contact us by January 2012. Priority for stalls is • Access: The Festival site is fully accessible - if you require any addition information please contact us. • Runninggiven to local a Workshop organisations / Stall and in voluntary2012 groups. • Information Caravan This is located in the centre of the site, any queries or problems We ask that anyone interested should contact us by January 2012. Priority for stalls is during your visit, please come and find us and we will do our best to help you.