B-Wing Special Events
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Many thanks to Chris Lee for designing the B-Wing posters.
Programme of Events
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
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
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
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
