THANKS AMY, THANKS CHARLIE, THANKS F.O.C.H.

Not the last day of our project or of our time at the Coro, but the last day of Coro All , the event that has launched the building's new relationship with the town and our local authority and hosted our work

 
While the dance workshop set up in the main hall we sat back in our gallery and listened to voices from Arts Council, SLDC and Ulverston Community Enterprises  telling us the story of the transfer of ownership and their hopes for the future.

 For me the event ended as it began , with a room full of  interested people with a common purpose and who  value each other's efforts. So, thank you to:


The schools  and their pupils, and to our artists Alex, Lex, Pete and Fran  for their enthusiasm, skill and commitment;

Charlie Rowley and the Staff at the Coro for advocacy, space, tech support ,coffee and a great working atmosphere;






and to Amy Parker, architect of Coro All, without whom etc. My thanks and congratulations on behalf of all our team on a  varied, inclusive, bonkers  and wonderfully organised few days.

And we're not finished yet.

FRAN'S HEAD AND MIA'S MODEL HOUSE

Alex guides visitors around Fran's "Symbolical Head" piece
....here's a closer look....

And here is Mia from Church Walk, pointing out  her model of Church Walk House and enjoying Fran's Journals...

The latest from the comments book...

"Excellent imaginative project which has clearly enabled the children to explore 3D/Texture/birds eye views and colour in addition to understanding their surroundings..also the felt work is exquisite."

PHOTOS BY IAIN RAVEN and EXHIB UPDATE

Huge turn out today for Coro All...drum workshops, halloween video sessions, children's craft sessions..and us. We've been full up all morning. Lex and Alex have been meeting and greeting our visitors and again its been great. New contacts with Scrap Stores in Blackpool, and Wax Lyrical http://www.wax-lyrical.com/

...more visitors from our schools groups, and lots of people who stick their head round the door and then stay for a while..

The Evening Mail have been over so there'll be something in the paper next week..Some more comments... (I know I'm blowing our own trumpet  a bit, but its a good trumpet, and I'm going to.)

"A fantastic and inspirational project which I will be hoping to take to Blackpool and use at  the Tip and our schools"

" I like the train track by SJB. Lovely"

 "Awe inspiring work. More please."

And we've been given some great photos by Iain Raven, so they'll be appearing in the bye and bye.  The first is at the top of this page, and here is another.

Thanks Iain.

MORE FROM THE GREEN ROOM EXHIBITION

You can see our house from here...

These visitors to the show were able to read the Croftlands piece like a real map, and find their house...while this lad is getting deeply into Pete's Sound piece..



Another fine day at the Coro despite the weather. We've had a steady footfall of visitors, including more boys and girls from our schools, and some welcome faces from the Friends Of The Coro, whose support set the project rolling.

Earlier it was great to watch two young visitors engrossed in Fran's sketchbooks, exploring the secret pockets and pull-outs and enjoying the variety of images and techniques in them.

Lex will be in tomorrow, and shes planning to bring a bit of her current work in progress. We'll be open from 10am. Ish. 

FROM THE COMMENTS BOOK

Two days into the run and another busy day, Fran's sketchbooks are attracting plenty of attention, and we just had a late wave of visitors after the Roller Disco..  here are a few comments....

"..thought it was wonderful as a mix of generational talent...(prospective and professional) Great Ideas."

"Absorbing sketchbooks."


" The quality from all concerned is inspirational..a body of work which has depth and breadth..a rich and valuable project which  has clearly been exceptionally well delivered."

"Plenty to enjoy and much food for thought"

 "Wonderful exhibition showing aspects of Ulverston in such innovative ways. Well done to all."

It's been nice to see some of our boys and girls enjoying the show,  and again we've made some interesting contacts with artists and people in education from our area and beyond. 

Cracking day. 

PICTURES AND COMMENTS FROM DAY 1 OF OUR EXHIBITION

Our open sessions at the Coro were among the most enjoyable and important parts of the project, and it was good to see some our visitors again on the first day of the show. 

Here's a couple of pics from early in the day and later, when the U3A members and Natterjacks Reading Group called in and met Fran, who showed them around the work and had a useful talk about their groups and the way they work.

We had another good chat with a local Scout leader, who told us about a very interesting and creative use of their space at Dragley Beck involving mapping and the use of Found Objects to evoke the past present and future of the town

The morning session today has been shared with the Ulverston WI Country Market.  Behind a stall we met up with Jess Muckelt, organiser and Animal Artist, who also knows our Lex. 
You can find more about Jess here..

 http://animal-sketches.co.uk/Gallery.html .

The comments book is looking good too..personal favourite so far..

"The room  just makes me feel like smiling."

FIRST DAY OF THE GREEN ROOM EXHIBITION AT THE CORO

The show is up and running...here are a couple of pictures from last night when I finished the hanging...we've had 25 visitors in our first hour and some great comments and conversations and the postcards of the children's work are proving popular... I'll put some more photos up later, but for now it's just nice to sit back and watch people enjoying the work and talking to the artists, and mingling with everything else that's happening at the Coro this week during the Coro All event..

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