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B-Wing Special Events

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Many thanks to Chris Lee for designing the B-Wing posters.
Programme of Events
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All events are FREE


* Some free workshops and talks include a free get-into-prison ticket with bookings. 
​These are all starred and require advance booking.

Otherwise, prison entry is at the reduced rate of £10 adult, children free, accompanied


Sat 21 Sept: 
1.45-5pm Andrew Miller Writing Workshop. Advance booking essential. * (Now fully booked)

Sun 22 Sept: 
11am-1pm Ex-prison Art teachers: Artists-in-conversation with Geoff Dunlop chairing: Fiona Hingston, Adam Grose, Lucy Willis, Candace Bahouth, Jo Taylor, Erika Flowers (ex-prisoner), Elaine Culley (ex-police officer, Police & Crime Commissioners Crime Award) 

Wed 25 Sept:
11.30am-1pm Luminara Star, Talk and Exhibition Tour  *

Thur 26 Sept: 
11am-12noon Join in the Conversation, Lou Baker & Fiona Campbell
2-2.30pm Art Tour with artists Lou Baker & Fiona Campbell


Fri 27 Sept:
Fri 27 Sept:  2-2.30pm  Lucy Large  Exhibition Tour

Sat 28 Sept. Special Events Day: 
10.30-11am Special Guest Speaker John McCarthy (renowned writer and broadcaster) & Introductory Talk
11am-12noon Join in the Conversation, Lou Baker & Fiona Campbell
12.30-1.30pm Artist talk, Lucy Large
2-3pm Cleansing Ritual Performance, Luminara Star
3-4pm Poetry Reading, Rosie Jackson  

Sun 29 Sept: 
11am-12noon
Ian Keys, talk 'Shepton Mallet - From wool to walls: insights into the history and geography of Shepton Mallet and its prison.'  Advance booking essential. *

Mon 30 Sept: 
2-2.30pm  Fiona Campbell  Exhibition Tour

Tues 1 Oct:
1.30am-12.30pm Alice Maddicott  Artist Talk; 2-4pm Alice Maddicott Writing Workshop. ‘Writing as visual art - a site-specific creative writing and text art workshop responding to memory and place’.  Ages 19+. Advance booking essential. *

Thurs 3 Oct: National Poetry Day:
10.30am-12.30pm Poetry Writing Workshop, Rosie Jackson. Advance booking essential. *(Now fully booked)
2-4pm, 18 Poets in B Wing, poetry performance, 14 female & 4 male poets from the South West, led by Rosie Jackson. Ages 12+

Fri 4 Oct:
2-2.30pm  Luminara Star  Exhibition Tour

​Sat 5 Oct: 
​10am-1pm, Family Sculpture Workshop, Fiona Campbell.  Constructing soft sculptures from recycled and found materials using a range of 3d techniques: twisting, wrapping and weaving. Advance booking essential. *(Now fully booked)
 
Book:  bwingsheptonprison@gmail.com 

* Workshop participants will benefit from a free 'get-into-prison' ticket. We particularly aim to attract those living in the Shepton Mallet area

Free One-off Artist-led Workshops
For Adults ​​

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Be a part of B-Wing - our ACE-funded contemporary art project & exhibition taking place in Shepton Mallet Prison as part of Somerset Art Weeks Festival 21 Sept - 6 Oct.

B-Wing is offering 2 one-off free 3 hour art workshops for adults. Led by experienced artist/educator Fiona Campbell, we will create collaborative sculptures using recycled and found objects & materials, to be exhibited as part of the exhibition.  Construction techniques will include binding, wrapping, weaving and wirework.

*Bring 2-3 special objects/possessions that hold a memory or had a value to you, but are no longer wanted. 

Dates: Tuesday 23 July 4-7pm or Tuesday 6 August 4-7pm
Venue: The Art Bank, 13 High St, Shepton Mallet, Somerset BA4 5AD

​Book: bwingsheptonprison@gmail.com 
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