Poetry Night @ The Gladstone Pub

You are invited to

"GLADY'S HANDBAG"

a brand new Poetry Night

at

The Gladstone
Loscoe Road
Carrington
Nottingham

8pm Thursday 15th July

This month featuring: Mullet Proof Poet, Rosie Garner and Jane Bluett

plus OPEN MIC SLOT Bring Your Poems!!

Bookbinding Summer School 2010

Christina Williams, one of the organisers of this years Sherwood Art Week is hosting a 'Bookbinding Summer School' coming up in the next few weeks.

It will be held at the Sherwood Workshop on Mansfield Road in Sherwood on Wednesday 21st, Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd July.
Three individual projects over three days.

Day 1. Accordion/Concertina Book.
This book is composed of a continuous folded sheet of paper (or lengths tagged together to make one) and is often enclosed between two covers. At this point there are two styles of concertina books, single sided star book or double sided fold out book. They are both good to display artwork or photographs as you can stand them up to view both sides. We will endeavour to create both.

Day 2. Flag Book and a Pocket Flag Book.
The spine of this book is an accordion fold and has two sides, each going in a different direction. The flags could have images or words or both! This basic principle can be applied to many variations on the same theme.
The pocket flag book is a flag book with pockets to hold all sorts of stuff! The beauty of a flag book is that you can create the pages before you bind them.

Day 3. A Long Stitch Book.
A long stitch book looks like a traditional book but has the advantage of versatility. Each folio is sewn in separately and can be undone and replaced if necessary. The spine and covers can be made out of a range of materials and to most sizes. An exciting project with a beautiful finished product you can use forever.

The course is from 9.30am to 4.30pm with a lunch break. Take a packed lunch or there are many shops locally.

The cost of the course is £40 for 3 days.
Book on 07809 158606 or 07803 108003 or alternatively email info@sherwoodartweek.co.uk and we will forward your messages to Christina.

SAW Focus 7 - The Sherwood Festival

Saturday 26th June 12pm - 8pm
Sherwood Festival
Woodthorpe Park, Sherwood
Free Entry




The Sherwood festival is part of Sherwood Art Week.
It is a day full of live music and entertainment, food and drink, stalls and activities for everyone to enjoy.
It’s an event unique to Sherwood with the majority of activities, stalls and entertainment being provided by local groups and businesses.

The music starts at 12 noon and finishes around 8pm.

Lineup and stage times as follows:

12.00 - 12.45 Edwards Lane Music Club

1.00 - 1.30 Young Potential - http://www.youngpotential.org.uk/

1.40 - 2.05 Natalie Duncan - http://www.myspace.com/betweenthekeys

2.15 - 2.45 Clarion Choir

3.00 - 3.30 Dreaded Monkey - http://www.myspace.com/dreadedmonkey9

4.00 - 4.30 Jill Gregory School of Dance

4.45 - 5.15 Stuck in 2nd - http://www.myspace.com/stuckin2nd

5.30 - 6.00 Will Jeffery - http://www.myspace.com/willjeffery

6.10 - 6.40 This Modern Life - http://www.myspace.com/thismodernlife

6.50 - 7.20 Saphire Lane - http://www.myspace.com/safflane

7.30 - 8.00 Jezebel Rock - http://www.myspace.com/jezebelrockuk

SAW Focus 6 - The Secret Garden Craft Fair

Saturday 19th June 11am - 6pm
"Secret Garden Craft Fair"
The United Reformed Church
Free Entry





Sherwood Art Week begins it's week long annual celebration of creativity with the highly popular, and utterly fabulous, Craft Fair on Saturday 19th June.

This year we are lucky to be hosting the event in garden behind the United reformed Church on Edwards Lane. Not many people know where this is, hence our title "The Secret Garden Craft Fair".
However, come Saturday the whole neighbourhood will know it's location as this years gathering of local makers will be bigger and better than last years. Included in the wide range of quality wares available are mosaics, jewellery, textiles, glass, ceramics, lamps, plants & herbs, jams & chutneys and much more.

As well as the finest crafters Sherwood has on offer there will be a selection of refreshments available. The rotary club will be serving Cream Teas all afternoon, whilst the BBQ will be fired up from 11.30am, with a modest beer tent to the side providing Real Ales, Pimms' and soft drinks.
Inside the hall will be an exciting exhibition of pupils work from Carrington Primary School, so remember to pop in and experience the work of talented Sherwood artists of the future.

As if this wasn't enough to be going on with, we will be entertained by a variety of performers such as Mark Block & The Breezes, The Big I Am and Evening Chorus, courtesy of Folkwit Records, Steel Magnolias, Belly Dancing, as well as firm favourites Alamootie and Aistaguca.

The extraordinary Lady Carrington will be once again doing the honours at the official opening ceremony at noon, however you can catch her earlier as she walks up Mansfield Road admiring all the art in the shop windows.

We once again look forward to the whole community coming together to celebrate what is certain to be a day not too be missed.

SAW Focus 5 - Screen Reads

Wednesday 23rd June 7.30 - 9pm
Screen Reads
Sherwood Library
£1.50/ £1 concessions
Tickets available from Sherwood Library
For further details please contact Laura or Nicola 0115 9151155

Listen to extracts from books from around the world that became classic films.

SAW Focus 4 - Alison Knox

Tuesday June 23rd 7.30pm
Alison Knox
The Ukrainian Cultural Centre
Fee: £1.50/£1 concessions
Booking: 07771 280671

"I am an artist. I do not have a job, I have my work .
My art is not what I "do" it is who I am.
I do what I love and I love what I do.
There are no days off from being who I am, or doing what I do.
My art is how I earn my living, pay the bills and feed my family, it is my first and last thought each day.
I am an artist and I honour and uphold that as best I can, without compromise."

Local artist Alison Knox will share her parts of personal journey both as an artist, and what art means to her. Delivered as an unscripted, engaging and very down to earth talk, Alison hopes to encourage others to follow their artistic hearts in whatever way feels good to them.

APPROX 60 mins

Walking about Art in Sherwood: Art Week 2010

Article about Sherwood Art Week on the Creative Nottingham website  by John_with_beard, on June 9th, 2010

Walking about Art in Sherwood: Art Week 2010