Fundraising means festival will be free
Exhibitions and events for the Belle Vue Arts Festival in Shrewsbury will be free to all thanks to a fundraising event with more than 30 scarecrows and sculptures.Exhibitions and events for the Belle Vue Arts Festival in Shrewsbury will be free to all thanks to a fundraising event with more than 30 scarecrows and sculptures. The festival will start on June 6 after the preview event on May 18, which saw 16 gardens open to admirers in the Belle Vue area. Money from the Gardens and Scarecrow Trail has helped ensure admission to exhibitions and the open air event. The Let's Celebrate Art takes place at the Coleham School field on June 15 and is free. Organisers say they are very grateful to householders for boosting funds by opening up their beautiful gardens. Festival secretary Judy Townsend said: "From 2pm to 5pm on the afternoon, we provide more than 20 family art activities, music, magic and entertainment, but want to make this available to the whole community. "We do receive help from Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council, The Mid-Counties Co-operative, Shrewsbury and District Arts Association and local shops and businesses but not enough to pay for the whole festival. The garden trail has helped to plug the hole." Read more in the Shropshire Star
Exhibitions and events for the Belle Vue Arts Festival in Shrewsbury will be free to all thanks to a fundraising event with more than 30 scarecrows and sculptures.
The festival will start on June 6 after the preview event on May 18, which saw 16 gardens open to admirers in the Belle Vue area. Money from the Gardens and Scarecrow Trail has helped ensure admission to exhibitions and the open air event.
The Let's Celebrate Art takes place at the Coleham School field on June 15 and is free.
Organisers say they are very grateful to householders for boosting funds by opening up their beautiful gardens.
Festival secretary Judy Townsend said: "From 2pm to 5pm on the afternoon, we provide more than 20 family art activities, music, magic and entertainment, but want to make this available to the whole community.
"We do receive help from Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council, The Mid-Counties Co-operative, Shrewsbury and District Arts Association and local shops and businesses but not enough to pay for the whole festival. The garden trail has helped to plug the hole."June 6 will be a preview night to the art exhibitions in Art Full House at the English Bridge Workshop, where there will be exhibitions of work from artists living in Belle Vue and work from the whole community.
The exhibitions, art work and local history at Holy Trinity Church will continue all week and will be joined from Tuesday to Friday by a photographic exhibition at The Barnabas Centre.
The centre will host a concert, Jazz Plus, on June 7 at 7pm, featuring Coleham School choir, music and dance groups from The Wakeman School, the local Jigsaw Choir and the Barnabas' own jazz quartet.
The programme is available on line from www.belle vueartsfestival.co.uk or from Judy Townsend on (01743) 236302.