Check
out the photo gallery of some the artwork from the Summertown Festival
2004
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During
this three week festival starting on May 15th over a thousand artists
will be displaying their work in their homes or in small venues
where the public can view and talk to the artists.
The
Summertown shopping area will be alive with music, dance, and children's
activities on Saturday morning, 15 May when the local street festival
launches Artweek in Summertown.
This
year's street festival will feature nine musical groups performing
music ranging from jazz to acapella singing, two dance groups, and
a theatre troupe from the Pegasus Theatre.
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| Artwork
from the Summertown Festival 2004 |
There
will be two contests with prizes, one for art work sponsored by
Shepherd and Woodward where there will be a chance to meet Scooby-Doo,
and the other an arty fancy dress parade judged by well-known children's
illustrator, Korky Paul and sponsored by Marks and Spencer.
For
the second year running, the Summertown artists have organised an
art forum. This year's forum will be held in the University Museum
on Parks Road on Wednesday, 19 May. A panel from various ranks of
the arts including Richard Wentworth, head of the Ruskin School
of Art, will speak on the subject "Can art be taught?".
There
are over forty artists in this small section of the city which extends
up to just beyond the ring road and includes Woolvercote.
They
range from professionals to people taking the plunge into exhibiting
to the public for the first time. They work in a range of medias
from painting, photography, ceramics and jewellery.
They
share the passion of all artists for their work, but what makes
Artweeks special is that the works are shown primarily in the artists'
own homes. Thus the setting is very personal and informal, and it
allows the public a unique opportunity to chat with the artists
about their methods, style, and vision.
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| Artwork
from the Summertown Festival 2004 |
All
visitors need do is look in the free Artweeks guide where each artist
is listed with a photo and brief details about the kind of art they
do along with their address and visiting times. The guides can be
picked up in shops, libraries, doctors' and dentists' surgeries,
and other public places.
Many
local businesses are supporting the artists in the area by displaying
work, sponsoring street festival entertainment and the Summertown
Artweeks flier, and distributing Artweeks guides, so this is a real
community effort.
See
our feature on Artweeks 2004.
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