W&BA Celebrate Programme Brochure 2019
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Waveney & Blyth arts Celebrate WAVENEY & BLYTH May - October 2019 Walk Read Look Write Listen te Crea www.waveneyandblytharts.com WELCOME BUGS & BLOSSOMS POETRY COMPETITION to a packed programme of Bugs and blossoms are under threat – so feel events that shine a light on inspired to respond poetically and contribute to W&BA’s campaign to celebrate them and the unique character and protect their future. First prize £100 cash, creativity of the plus two runner-up prizes and an opportunity norfolk/suffolk border. We to read at the Lowestoft Seagull’s New Words, Fresh Voices night on 17 November. Poet and hope that you will find things author Dr Jos Smith (UEA) will select the familiar and new to delight you winning entries. Closing date for submissions over the coming months. Please is 16 August 2019. Full details about prizes share your thoughts, comments and how to enter on the website. £3 for one submission, £5 for maximum two. and photos with us @waveneyblyth Wednesday 14 August @WaveneyBlytharts *PAKEFIELD POSTCARD waveneyandblytharts AUCTION IN AID OF W&BA – Hotel Victoria, Kirkley Cliff Go to www.waveneyandblytharts.com Rd, Lowestoft NR33 0BZ Doors open 6pm, auction 7pm for full details about each event. Not to be missed! The award-winning Pakefield Postcard Auction has selected Walk BOOKINGS W&BA’s Bugs & Blossoms project to be the See inside back cover for details. recipient of this year’s auction proceeds. Children and under-18s FREE at all Over 100 artists have donated postcard-size original artwork to raise money for this important events; those that are particularly project. All the works can be viewed at suitable show Family Friendly Event www.pakefieldpostcardauction.co.uk in Read icon. the weeks beforehand, and they will also be going on tour. Come and support W&BA and the generous artists. £10.00 entry includes a bidding paddle, k Each event is numbered to help locate it brochure, nibbles and glass of wine. Loo on the map on pages 16 and 17. BUG HOTEL COMPETITION te Design and make your own Bug Hotel and Wri Events marked* are associated share with us on W&BA’s Bug Hotel activities organized by partners and Facebook page between 1 and 30 June. requiring separate booking – see Watch @WaveneyBlythArts for more details. individual event information for details. Listen te Crea Waveney & Blyth Arts Guide 2019 03 d o o w g n i L s a BUGS & BLOSSOMS l o h c i Our native insects and plants are in catastrophic decline N and we are losing the intricate mix of species that gives the natural world such richness. In response, W&BA is organising events to encourage people to notice, care and take positive action. 8 A weekend of events to launch the Bugs & Blossoms programme. Monday 27 May WALK: BUGGY HILLS AND All events at Palgrave Community Centre, Rose Lane, Palgrave, Suffolk IP22 1AP 5 Sunday 26 May BLOOMING OUTNEY, BUNGAY WIRE SCULPTURE WORKSHOP unless stated otherwise. Refreshments available all day. Meet at Bigod’s Castle, Bungay, n WITH JENNY GOATER o t p nr35 1ar U k 10am-3pm c i N Create butterflies, bugs and dragonflies from 2-5pm a choice of wire or mesh netting; take your Poet nicholas lingwood and writer Chris creations home. adults and 10 years+. reeve share readings that celebrate the local £20 (W&BA members £18) wildlife as they lead a 5-mile walk that circles the Waveney near Bungay, taking in Bath hills and Outney Common. £6 (W&BA members £5) 3 Sat 25 – Mon 27 May 1 Friday 24 May BUGS & BLOSSOMS EXHIBITION MY LIFE BEHIND THE LENS: PALGRAVE ILLUSTRATED TALK BY NICK UPTON 11-5pm every day 7.30-9pm an exhibition of prints, paintings, crafts, Multi-award-winning wildlife filmmaker and cards and 3-D work by artists based in the photographer nick Upton has worked closely upper Waveney valley including Jenny 6 with sir David attenborough and BBC natural Goater, Maggie Campbell, Jane West, Monday 27 May World series, and won the British Wildlife Deborah vass and Kate nockles. WILLOW SCULPTURE WORKSHOP Photography awards (documentaries). he will WITH MAGGIE CAMPBELL 9 Sunday 7 July be showing many stunning images from his work. Free entry 10am-3pm MINI-BEAST FUN FOR THE FAMILY £8 (W&BA members £6) learn to create butterflies, bugs and Meet beside Ditchingham village hall, dragonflies from woven willow; take your loddon road, Ditchingham nr35 2Qn creations home. adults and 10 years+. 2.30-4pm £20 (W&BA members £18) Find your own real life bugs on Broome heath and then make a mini-beast from natural materials, plus lots of free making activities afterwards - fun for all the family. supported by 4 Saturday 25 May MICROCOSMOS (1997) 2 7-9pm Saturday 25 May Film footage of a dramatic, action-packed Free/no booking MACRO-PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP day in the life of a meadow and its tiny 7 10am-5.30pm inhabitants, with stunning macro- Sunday 26 May BBC Wildlife photographer nick Upton will photography using close-ups, slow motion WALK: BUGS AND BLOSSOMS lead a masterclass aimed at members of and time-lapse photography. AFTER ROGER DEAKIN camera clubs and more experienced nature Directors: nuridsany, Pérennou Meet at Mellis village hall IP23 8eB photographers. limited places. narrated by Kristin scott thomas 10am-1pm £6 (W&BA members £5) £70 (W&BA members £65) a guided walk around Mellis Common with alk readings from Deakin’s books, focusing on W his observations on plants and insects. Includes For more information go to visit to the garden of Walnut tree Farm. For more information go to www.waveneyandblytharts.com limited places. www.waveneyandblytharts.com £7 (W&BA members £5) 04 Waveney & Blyth Arts Guide 2019 Waveney & Blyth Arts Guide 2019 05 d r 14 a W BUGS & BLOSSOMS Tuesday 13 August k r a d M o o w POETRY WORKSHOP – BUGS & g n i L s BLOSSOMS a l o h c i the staithe Centre, Bungay nr35 1BF N 10.30am-3.30pm y What flowers would you find in a witch’s a s d n i L garden or a fairy story? how do bugs find n a I 17 their way into art, literature and stories? Friday 6 – Sunday 29 September 10 Sunday 14 July 12 explore how bugs and blossoms can inform *BUGS & BLOSSOMS EXHIBITION WALK: REDGRAVE & LOPHAM FEN - Thursday 25 July and inspire poetry writing with Beth soule PAKEFIELD A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION MIDSUMMER MOTHS WITH MARK and make ‘poetry bugs’ to hang in a Poet-tree. £15 (W&BA and SPS members £12) Ferini art Gallery, 27-29 all saints’ Meet at redgrave & lopham Fen, COCKER road, Pakefield, lowestoft nr33 0Jl south lopham, Diss IP22 2hX lock’s Inn, lock’s lane, Geldeston, 11am-4pm - Friday, saturday, sunday 2-4pm Beccles nr34 0hW only 4.45-6.45pm 15 Poet nicholas lingwood will read poems Tuesday 17 September exhibition of paintings, prints, sculptures and learn about moths and butterflies of the inspired by the abundant dragonflies, LUNCHTIME ARTS & EATS – POETRY craftwork that celebrate the beauty and Waveney valley with renowned naturalist and butterflies, Marsh harriers and more as he COMPETITION WINNERS diversity of nature, including Kate Batchelor, writer Mark Cocker. Includes a leisurely walk leads this 3.5-mile walk around redgrave and Ferini art Gallery, 27-29 all saints’ road, ruth Wharrier, Margaret Parsons, John r in the nearby woods, waterside and grazing lopham Fen reserve. Pakefield, lowestoft nr33 0Jl Carey and Mark Ward. Free. marshes at Geldeston. limited places. £6 (W&BA members £5) 12.30-2.30pm www.feriniartgallery.co.uk £15 (W&BA members £12) Browse the Pakefield Bugs & Blossoms k a exhibition, enjoy a sociable light lunch, listen m i S n y to the shortlisted entries from the poetry l e v E writing competition and find out which Dr Jos smith (Uea) has selected to win. Plus news of W&Ba plans for 2020. £12 (W&BA members £10) – includes 18 light lunch, details on booking Thursday 26 September *WILD WORDS DEBATE - BUGS AND 11 FLOWERS Thursday 25 July 13 ASSOCIATED EVENTS Guildhall, norwich nr2 1Js HAIKU WORKSHOP INSPIRED BY Sunday 4 August 5.30-8pm RINGSFIELD MEADOW d NATURE o Presentations and discussion about our o w DISCOVERY DAY g n lock’s Inn, lock’s lane, Geldeston, i native insects and wildflowers – both threats L s a ringsfield eco Centre, hall rd, l Beccles nr34 0hW o and solutions. With Matt shardlow, chief exec h c i 1-4pm ringsfield, Beccles nr34 8Jr N of Buglife, scientists from Uea, local poets Join tim Gardiner, prizewinning poet and 1-4pm and writers. Organised by Wild anglia. ecologist, amidst the magical grazing a magical afternoon of fun and discovery for www.wildanglia.org/wild-words marshes at Geldeston to stop, look, listen and all the family in the flower-strewn meadow at Free write your own haiku poems. Includes walk ringsfield hall. activities include charcoal- and creative writing workshop. making and drawing, cooking on the fire, live 16 8 and 9 June £12 (W&BA members £10) music from Iceni rising, seed bombs, making bugs from clay, dressing up and more. *WILDFLOWER OPEN MEADOW DAYS £10 per car Moat house, Green street, hoxne, IP21 5aZ 10am-4pm learn how to create a meadow for wildlife, and bask in the sights and sounds of the bugs and blossoms that live here. tea and cake available. limited parking so share te transport if possible. Wri In association with @summerinthemeadow ok For more information go to Free For more information go to Lo www.waveneyandblytharts.com www.waveneyandblytharts.com 06 Waveney & Blyth Arts Guide 2019 Waveney & Blyth Arts Guide 2019 07 TWO RIVERS BOOK FESTIVAL 16 – 30 JUNE “I am delighted to be involved with this exciting new annual event.