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WOODSTOCK is staging a celebration of the visual arts, which will
take place from October 23 to 28, and involve most of the shops,
hotels, and galleries in town.
Even the local garage and the old school is taking part. Artist Alison Parry, pictured, who works at the Creative Art
gallery, in High Street, is particularly excited about the
celebrations, as several of her atmospheric abstract works will be on
display in the gallery. They will be hung alongside several very
colourful paintings by the highly acclaimed, award-winning artist Peter
Wileman, vice-president of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters. He will
be at the Creative Art gallery from 1pm to 4pm on Saturday, October 27,
to talk about his work.
Other establishments, such as the Marlborough Arms hotel, will be
staging talks. On Thursday, a panel discussion on The Artist's Ego will
take place there at 7.30pm, and on Friday, at 7.30pm, Tom Kemp will be
asking What's The Point of Art?, while Nick Owen discusses photography.
There are also artist's workshops throughout the week, including a
drawing workshop with the popular children's book illustrator Korky
Paul, who will be inviting children aged eight to 14 to join him at the
town hall from 2pm to 3pm on Thursday, October 25. Those who know
Korky's work or have watched him interact with a group of youngsters
don't need to be told this workshops will probably prove to be one of
the highlights of the the celebration.
A drop-in workshop with sculptor Anne Carrington for children aged
from five to 16 will take place in the Woodstock Museum gardens from
11am to 4pm on Saturday. For children who enjoy landscape painting,
George Mogg will be staging a morning workshop for children aged five
to eight, and an afternoon workshop for older children at the
Marlborough School, on Sunday, October 28. On walking around the town, visitors will discover that there are works
of art in virtually every shop window - making Woodstock a great place
to visit next week.
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