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The Big Blake Angel Project May-July 2014
The big Blake Angel project aims for angels in any medium to be displayed through Bognor Regis and Felpham. The latest contribution from St Mary's are on display in the Bognor Regis Library. read more »
The Blake Society in Portcullis House
On the 7th July 2014, three members of The Blake Society describe in Portcullis House the creative genius of William Blake and the importance of saving his cottage in perpetuity.read more »
Blake Cottage Campain at the Houses of Parliament
As the Tour de France sailed by, Barry Shearman (MP) hosted the launch of the campaign to buy Blake’s Cottage at the Houses of Parliament on 7th July 2014. read more »
Big Blake at the Green Fayre
The map caused a lot of excitement as it was revealed at the Green Fayre in Bognor Regis.read more »
Art in Public Spaces
The Angel project is seeking to engage local schools in providing material for public places in and around Felpham and Bognor Regis. Contributions so far from the St Mary’s and the Regis school.read more »
Golgonooza Glory
Small is beautiful. There will a festival in Felpham 18 – 20 September to celebrate our cultural heritage old and new. The Big Blake Project is delighted that Michael Phillips curator of Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum has agreed to come down to share his passion and expertise with us. Stephen Fry has agreed to be the judge of the Blake Poetry Competition and Blake Society’s... read more »
Big Blake at the Green Fayre – 3rd May 2014
The Big Blake project joined forces with Greener Bognor Network to create orbs at the Green Fayre. The Green Fayre was an initiative of the events students at the University of Chichester. Greener Bognor Network shared a tent with the Big Blake Project and they demonstrated skills of willow weaving. A map planned for the Blake Trail was also revealed and generated a lot... read more »
Cold Frames
Come and see and be inspired to create art from every day objects. See the Victoria and Albert Museum’s website for more information on Richard Slee. http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/r/richard-slee-from-utility-to-futility-essay/ Come to Hotham Park and be inspired to turn every-day objects into works of art. Donated to the Big Blake Project – A Greener bognor network project – by the Cass Sculputure Foundation. About the Artist – Richard... read more »
Blake Trail declared a roaring success
Cake and nibbles at Cloud-hoppper Gallery, a Withey-Withey workshop on the Rife Poetry in the local Pub along with three Blake exhibitions in Felpham and Bognor with the best of our weather made for a wonderful day. Thank you to all involved. read more »
Launch of the William Blake Trail
21 July, lots of creative events to engage people of all ages. @ Blake’s View http://www.victoriahulatt.info/ 10:00 – 12:00 “Auguries of Innocence” and Lantern workshops @ Rife Orchard 14:00 – 16:00 “Auguries of Innocence” and Lantern workshops @ Jeneses Gallery Bognor Regis 11.00 – 12.00 Pick and Stick, Walk and Chalk 11.00 – 1:00 Clay work-shop 14:00 – 16:00 Clay work-shop @Cloud hopper Gallery @ Church Field St Mary’s... read more »
Blake and Beryl
Beryl has been in love with Blake for “over 60 years”. This inspired her to write The Gates of Paradise which she finished in 2006. The Gates of Paradise is the story of the three years the poet William Blake spent in Felpham, of the impact of his revolutionary ideas on a pair of young lovers, of his quarrel with a trooper and his subsequent... read more »
Lino Cut |School Project
Victoria Hulatt, Community Artist ran lino printing workshops in the Spring term 2013 at Downview School. They looked at Blake’s work, made sketches and the children (Year 1s and Year 6s) produced lino cuts which they then printed up and collaged. As you can see they are really fantastic. They were also on display in the Bognor Regis Arcade alongside favourite quotations from English students at... read more »
Arcade Shop Front
I give you the end of a golden thread…………. In the summer of 2013 David Silver, of Silver News let the Big Blake Project use the shop front for a display relating to the Big Blake Trail in Bognor Regis. There were contributions from Havant College thank you James Middleditch and author Beryl Kingston. They selected and illustrated their favourite lines from Blake, and we... read more »
Nominions for Winner of the The William Blake Poetry Prize 2013 Announced
The winning nominations were ;- Kate Pollard: Life’s Quest, Nicole Beard: Smelly Baby; Richard Biddle, Transparency. The presentation will be on 21st July 3:30pm 2013 at the George... read more »
Save Church Field
This Song to the flower of Flaxman’s joy To the blossom of hope for a sweet decoy; Do all that you can, or all that you may, To entice him to Felpham and far away. Away to sweet Felpham, for Heaven is there; The Ladder of Angels descends thro’ the air; On the turret its spiral does softly descend, Thro’ the village then winds,at... read more »
Community Involvement
We are very excited that community artist Vicky Hulatt is working with local schools to create a mosaic on the Rife Orchard bridge.read more »