Save the date!
We are planning an exciting pilot this year, of a Bi-annual, intergenerational community festival of Arts, Culture and Sustainability in Winscombe, North Somerset.
The festival will bring exciting and vibrant activities and performances to the community of Winscombe and surrounds, celebrating the locale, and forming and strengthening intergenerational relationships, through song, visual arts, theatre and food.
This year we are programming a series of festival arts workshops and a pop-up choir in the run up to the festival. There will be workshops in giant puppet making, masks, carnival costume and decor, all run from 2 local homes for the elderly, Winscombe Hall and Sandford Station Retirement Village. We want to bring people of all ages together to create, make friends and have fun! We will also be delivering this workshop series to 2 refugee homes, 3 local schools, a nursery, a mother and baby group as well as other community groups, such as The Scouts and The Brownies. Our Art Club will be creating an interactive installation using sculpture and creative tech tool Spokeboard to explore the ideas of community and sustainability which will be installed at Winscombe Community Centre for the public to explore. We are also creating a 50 foot Mural on The Strawberry Line alongside a public consultation, and there will be community painting days to get involved with in the run up to the festival.
On the day there will be environmental arts and crafts to have a go at, like seasonal wreath and crown making, bug hotels, stick bread and herb-hair-heads to get families learning about sustainability and local worldlife, as well as learning to grow and cook their own food!
There will be a parade of giant puppets for families to join, performances from local choirs all topped off by a village feast, served from our community kitchen at Winscombe Community Centre. We might even have some dancing!
In the future, we would like to invite local professional theatre companies, local musical talent and local food businesses to come together to celebrate the talents of the region and make Winscombe a destination for arts, culture and community spirit.
Also check out other Arts events in Axbridge, Festivals in Axbridge, Workshops in Axbridge.
