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BlakeFest 2016 17th - 18th Sept
BlakeFest is nearly upon us! Please follow this link to download a pdf with full details! Join us for two epic days of live music and poetry from a massive line-up including: Dodgy The Speak COLLide Tobias Churton Niall McDevitt Atilla the Stockbroker Mike Fry Tymon Dogg The FT Sarah Saville DJ Rob Filter ...and more tbc Tickets £15 each. Saturday, 17 September 2016 11:00-Sunday, 18 September 2016 at 21:00 // Bognor Cricket & Sports Club - PO21... read more »
We've done it - together!
Blake's roof of rust'd gold where he saw angels and wrote Jerusalem bought for the nation. It's hard to believe it’s only just a year since the Blake Festival was held in Felpham to launch the crowdfunding side of the Blake Cottage Campaign. Prior to that, a Patron’s event was hosted by the Blake Society in the Houses of Parliament on the 7th July. Alongside the Blake Society initiatives, Rachel Searle, William Harvey, and the rest... read more »
Jerusalem (Katherine Ellis and Adam Evans) now available!
Katherine Ellis and Adam Evans have recorded a version of Jerusalem and donated proceeds of all sales of it towards The Big Blake Project! We are so touched by their generosity and would encourage everyone to buy it online by following this link. At least £1 from every sale will go towards the fund that is... read more »
Observer Article: Artist celebrates Sussex Links
Chris Price's unique and beautiful map was created to celebrate William Blake's links to the Bognor Regis area. The stunning map is available to Observer readers for free and links the town centre to green spaces and those 'banks of the ocean' which inspired the poet and mystic. Permission for the map which draws connections between the town and the mystic was obtained for Southern Railway. The Trail which is part of the wider... read more »
Observer Feature Centre Spread (+ gallery)
Jerusalem was sung at the station by St Wilfreds Choir Saturday 15 November, to mark the publication of the new Blake Trail map. Later the Bersted Air Scouts had fun building the Bognor-Felpham Blake trail with Angel Stickers. The famous song, whose words were penned by Blake echoed around Bognor station's concourse to the delight of railway passengers. The stunning map by illustrator Chris Price shows the land that Blake saw as Beulah. According to... read more »
Students' Blake art on show in town centre - 21st August 2014
Featured in the Bognor Observer, students' William Blake art is displayed in an empty shop at The Arcade. read more »
The Big Blake Angel Project May-July 2014
The Big Blake Angel Project aims for angels in any medium to be displayed throughout Bognor Regis and Felpham. The latest contribution from St Mary's are on display in the Bognor Regis Library. read more »
Blake Cottage Campaign at the Houses of Parliament
As the Tour de France sailed by, Barry Shearman (MP) hosted the launch of the campaign to buy Blake’s Cottage at the Houses of Parliament on 7th July 2014. read more »
Big Blake at the Green Fayre
The map caused a lot of excitement as it was revealed at the Green Fayre in Bognor Regis. read more »
Art in Public Spaces
The Angel Project is seeking to engage local schools in providing material for public places in and around Felpham and Bognor Regis. Contributions so far from St Mary’s and the Regis School. read more »
Big Blake at the Green Fayre – 3rd May 2014
The Big Blake Project joined forces with Greener Bognor Network to create orbs at the Green Fayre. The Green Fayre was an initiative of the events students at the University of Chichester. Greener Bognor Network shared a tent with the Big Blake Project and they demonstrated skills of willow weaving. A map planned for the Blake Trail was also revealed and generated a lot of interest from members of the public. Angels created by... read more »
Cold Frames
Come and see and be inspired to create art from everyday objects. See the Victoria and Albert Museum’s website for more information on Richard Slee. http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/r/richard-slee-from-utility-to-futility-essay/ Come to Hotham Park and be inspired to turn everyday objects into works of art. Donated to the Big Blake Project – A Greener Bognor Network project – by the Cass Sculpture Foundation. About the Artist – Richard Slee a long list of... read more »
Launch of the William Blake Trail
21 July, lots of creative events to engage people of all ages. @ Blake’s View http://www.victoriahulatt.info/ 10:00 – 12:00 “Auguries of Innocence” and Lantern workshops @ Rife Orchard 14:00 – 16:00 “Auguries of Innocence” and Lantern workshops @ Jeneses Gallery Bognor Regis 11.00 – 12.00 Pick and Stick, Walk and Chalk 11.00 – 1:00 Clay work-shop 14:00 – 16:00 Clay work-shop @Cloud hopper Gallery @ Church Field St Mary’s Church Felpham 2.30 – 3.30 Guided tour with Beryl Kingston…., extract... read more »
Blake and Beryl
Beryl has been in love with Blake for “over 60 years”. This inspired her to write The Gates of Paradise which she finished in 2006. The Gates of Paradise is the story of the three years the poet William Blake spent in Felpham, of the impact of his revolutionary ideas on a pair of young lovers, of his quarrel with a trooper and his subsequent arrest and trial for sedition. It is also story about people,... read more »
School Linocut Project
Victoria Hulatt, Community Artist ran lino printing workshops in the spring term 2013 at Downview School. They looked at Blake’s work, made sketches and the children (Year 1s and Year 6s) produced linocuts which they then printed up and collaged. As you can see they are really fantastic. They were also on display in the Bognor Regis Arcade alongside favourite quotations from English students at Havant College with their own illustrations. read more »
Arcade Shopfront
I give you the end of a golden thread... In the summer of 2013 David Silver, of Silver News let the Big Blake Project use the shopfront for a display relating to the Big Blake Trail in Bognor Regis. There were contributions from Havant College - thank you James Middleditch and author Beryl Kingston. They selected and illustrated their favourite lines from Blake and we loved the results. Downview Shool had some amazing prints from Victoria... read more »
Community Involvement
We are very excited that community artist Vicky Hulatt is working with local schools to create a mosaic on the Rife Orchard bridge. read more »
The All Important First Step
Press-release text A champagne celebration was held on Monday 8 April in Hotham Park to celebrate the installation of Cold Frames in Hotham Park. The piece being covered with Rococo style natural motifs is quite a coup for Bognor Regis and a perfect first step for the forth-coming Blake Trail; a local Art and Nature Trail inspired by William Blake. Cold Frames was hand-crafted by one of the nation’s most highly regarded ceramists and was donated... read more »