Concert, exhibition & artist talk

The summer term exhibition and Unveiled programme at St Andrew's Wickford begins this week.

 
From Easter to the summer, there is a feast of The Arts coming to Wickford and Runwell, beginning with the summer programme for 'Unveiled' at St Andrew's Wickford and continuing with the 'One Beautiful World' Arts Festival, which has churches in Wickford and Runwell as its venues. Art, collections, dance, music, photography, poetry. Art trails, concerts, exhibitions, performance, readings, talks. Full details can be found at https://joninbetween.blogspot.com/2023/04/feast-of-arts-in-wickford-and-runwell.html and https://onebeautifulworldfestival.blogspot.com/.

 
This feast of arts events begins with:

One Beautiful World: An exhibition of space art by Jackie E. Burns
26 April – 23 July 2023
St Andrew’s Church , 11 London Road, Wickford SS12 0AN

Jackie E. Burns is a Fellow of the International Association of Astronomical Artists and seeks to foster the inquisitive joy of art and astronomy while inspiring people to the awe and beauty of space and astronomy.

Hear Jackie speak about her work at ‘Unveiled’ – the arts & performance evenings in St Andrew’s Wickford - Friday 28 April, 7.00 pm.

During the One Beautiful World Arts Festival this exhibition will be on show from 16-26 May.

and

FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2023 AT 2 PM – 4 PM
One Voice Choir Community Performance
St Andrew's Church (11 London Road, Wickford SS12 0AN)

One Voice Choir community performance presented by The Grange Care Home. Please come along for an afternoon of songs performed by residents of The Grange care home. Free entry. All welcome. Cream Tea at the end of the performance.

This term's Unveiled programme begins on 28 April with Jackie Burns speaking about her space art. We continue with a talk on collecting by artist and curator George Morl (12 May), a concert by Simon Law (26 May), a talk on the Plotlands by Ken Porter (9 June), a talk on the Memorial Park by Kim Oakes (23 June), a talk on art in worship by Jonathan Evens (7 July), and an Open Mic Night on 27 July.

The One Beautiful World Arts Festival includes the following: Art Trail - 20 May; Concerts - Six Hands Together (12 May), Emma-Marie Kabanova (14 May), Yardarm Folk Orchestra (19 May), Festival Music Event (21 May), Simon Law (26 May); Dance - Steven Turner (13 May); Exhibitions - Tim Harrold (12-26 May), George Morl collection (12-14 May), Jackie Burns (16-26 May), Compass Photography (19-20 May), Wickford Christian Centre (25 & 26 May); and a Poetry Reading (20 May).

We also have the Allegro Choir in concert on the evening of Saturday 24 June (this will be a ticketed event - more information to follow) plus two Quiet Days on 31 May (Creation) and 1 July (poetry and prayer).

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David Bowie - Space Oddity.