White cliffs project 2013

• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  14 March 2013     15:45220371
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  courtesy of kent creative arts, some dates for the diary.
  
  
  
  The Project intends to unite the many art, photography and textile/quilting groups already existing and to give opportunities for children and people of all ages to get involved in an artistic activity.
  
  This is the chance for anyone, whether a professional artist or teacher, class member or new artist to celebrate the landscape, seascape, the history, the flora and fauna, and the people associated with the White Cliffs in the medium of their choice during the summer of 2013, and have their work exhibited.
  
  These venues have already offered exhibition space for the following dates:
  A rolling exhibition of paintings throughout the summer at the White Cliffs Hotel and Walletts Court Hotel, St. Margaret's at Cliffe.
  
  29th May - Children's workshop (11-2) Adult's painting (3-5) at the South Foreland Lighthouse, St. Margaret's, followed by exhibition of work in the new Marconi Hut.
  
  1 - 31st July - Paintings at the Old Chapel Tearoom, St. Margaret's at Cliffe.
  
  22nd July - 9th August - Photography at the Crabble Corn Mill, River.
  
  28th July - 7th August - Paintings at the Marconi Hut, South Foreland Lighthouse.
  
  13th July - 21st July - S.L.A.T.E. exhibition at St. Peters Church, Sandwich.
  
  27th July - 10th August - Students' Showcase at Charlton Arts Centre, Dover.
  
  1 - 30th September - Quilts/textiles at the Old Chapel Tearoom, St. Margaret's.
  
  2 - 9th September - Paintings at the Astor Community Theatre, Deal.
  
  7 - 21st October - Workshops showcase at the Charlton Arts Centre, Dover.
  
  October half term week - 'Plein Air' Painting at St. Margaret's Bay, Coastguard Pub.
  
  20% of the sale price of any piece of work will be donated to the exhibition venue.
  
  If YOU would like to exhibit your work at any of these venues (or later on, would like a place on a workshop,) please contact Joan Weston (details below).
  Painting, Photography & Textile Workshops are being arranged throughout the summer.
  Further publicity on the Walmer Web, the First Light, Coast & Country & the N. T. websites.
  Contact: Joan Weston, Project Co-ordinator
  joanwestonquilts@hotmail.com | 01304 851867 |
• Guest 710

  • Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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  15 March 2013     11:05220503
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  This has probably more to do with one of the tangents the 'Dove Big Local' thread has, history, development & tourism etc....
  
  "Protecting our history
  
  SIR - Your suggestion for special protection for key historic towns and cities is an excellent one ("The battle lines are drawn over the historic heart of England", Features, March 9).
  You say "the answer is proper planning, to make sure that development goes in the right democratically decided places". Here lies the rub. Historic cities, towns and villages will often not be the major centres of population in a local planning authority's area. Many people living outside the most valuable historic areas do not themselves want large amounts of new house-building, so their votes work to spread new housing widely, forcing historic settlements to share the load, regardless of heritage merit.
  The National Planning Policy Framework's protection of setting, views and historic buildings is insufficient to counter such democratic pressures.
  Helen Fleming
  North Warnborough Green, Hampshire
  
  SIR - The historic market town of Wimborne in Dorset is being threatened with 1,300 new houses on greenfield sites around the town, against the wishes of many of its residents.
  This would increase the population of our town by over 40 per cent, meaning infrastructure would be unable to cope. Less than half of these houses would be affordable homes and only available to those who qualify under certain conditions.
  Sheila Bourton
  Wimborne, Dorset
  
  SIR - Our elected planning councillors have voted against an unnecessary housing estate in our village. However, housing officials have exerted their prerogative to force a second vote after a month's "cooling off period" and seem prepared to ignore the mountains of evidence provided by residents as to why such a development would be disastrous, as well as an 85 per cent thumbs-down in a local referendum.
  Elected representatives of the people at every level of government are struggling to uphold common sense and justice against the overpowering influence of complicated "rules" and "procedures".
  Josephine Evans
  Ampleforth, North Yorkshire"
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/9931027/Pope-Franciss-election-is-good-news-for-Catholics-but-will-he-bring-change.html
  Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.