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Forthcoming
Events: Saturday 14th November, 7:30pm – St Mary’s Church
St Mary’s Church, The Churchyard, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1QG
Africa to Appalachia
Canadian banjo meets African griot singer and kora player in ‘Triumphant’
Album (The Observer)
Adults £10,
Concessions and Students £8,
Family (2 adults 2 children) £24,
Children £3 -
Tickets available from Ashford Tourist Information Centre
18 The Churchyard, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1QG
01233 629 165
tourism@ashford.gov.uk Friday 27th November, 8pm
North School, Essella Road, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8AL
Concluding Autumn 2009 EQUATOR hosts an evening with folk Star Pete Coe. The one man folk
industry will be performing an array of songs from his vast repertoire of traditional and original pieces.
Adults £12,
Concessions and Students £10,
Family (2 adults 2 children) £28,
Children £4 -
Tickets £1 extra on the door
Tickets available from Ashford Tourist Information Centre
18 The Churchyard, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1QG
01233 629 165
tourism@ashford.gov.uk Artists
Open House, Forge House, High Halden
Nov 14 6.00pm to 9.00pm
Nov 15 10.00am to 6.00pm
Nov 16 10.00am to 6.00pm West
End Gallery Christmas Exhibition, Smarden
Nov 8 - Dec 24
Thurs-Sun 10.00am to 6.00pm AVA
Christmas Exhibition, Godington House
Nov 28 - 30
Daily 11.00am to 4.00pm
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If you
are into your arts and culture then you have a number of choices
available to you: Ashford
Visual Arts:
Founded in 1999, AVA aims to develop the practice and appreciation
of the visual arts in the region by promoting exhibitions and
events. Members include artists in the fields of painting,
photography, video, graphics, textiles, installation, sculpture,
metalwork, jewellery, furniture design and other media.You can find
out more about Ashford Visual Arts by clicking
here. Ashford
Photographic Society:
Their meetings are a mix of Speaker Evenings, League Competitions
and Themed Competitions. If you
are in to photography, you can find out more by clicking
here. Stour
Valley Arts:
Kings Wood is a
1500-acre forest in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty,
in Challock, Kent. It is managed by Forest Enterprise for
conservation, recreation and timber production.
The forest is an ancient woodland site with both broad-leaved trees
and conifers: species include sweet chestnut, beech, Corsican pine
and Douglas fir. It is home to a huge diversity of flora and fauna,
including fallow deer, adders, nightjars, green woodpeckers, lesser
and greater spotted woodpeckers, foxgloves, bluebells and
woodspurges.
Since 1994, SVA has commissioned artists to make sculptures within
the forest and also other kinds of artworks. Artists who are
particularly responsive to the nature of this working forest are
invited to spend long periods here. As a consequence of their close
and sympathetic involvement with the forest, they often use natural
materials found in the immediate area, and engage with seasonal and
growing cycles.
Sculptures that have been built using natural materials gradually
change, even though, for some, the process will be longer than for
others. All will eventually become part of the natural forest cycle
of decay and regeneration. Day to day, they are transformed by
light, weather and seasonal occurrences. Colours and surfaces are
alternately dulled and brightened by rain, sun, frost, etc. Weather
also affects the visability audio qualities of particular works. If
you want to know more about Stour Valley Arts Project
click
here. Ashford
Music Society:
To find out more about them contact 01233 622971. |
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