Wednesday, 29 May 2013
Tuesday, 14 May 2013
Monday, 13 May 2013
Making connections & something about the #Thames!
It's astonishing how art makes you make connections. I'm not just referring to the networking kind that is a fundamental requirement for artists.
I thought it would be a good idea to start a 'conversation' about Hadleigh Art Trail 2013 not just through this blog but via Twitter. So I created @HATrail on Twitter last week - I liked that it has 'HAT' and the word 'Trail' but it's also somewhere to hang your hat (a hat rail!) but in hindsight it does sound a bit like a travel company - oh well. Tentatively I tweeted a few 'hashtags' #HadleighArtTrail #EssexSummerofArt and then #HAT2013 - almost by return I had my first 'follower'.
'Henley Arts Trail' is now following you, I returned the favour of course! Immediately followed up with a "thanks for following" and offers of sources of help for our Trail. It turns out Henley Arts Trail 2013 is also using #HAT2013 which is where the connection was made.
Then it struck me - it is not just a # or the Trail format or even the art (or Arts) that connect us but also the River Thames! Here we are in Hadleigh overlooking the mouth of this mighty river but follow the thread of the snaking Thames on a map toward its source and you will arrive at Henley, near Twyford and beyond Marlow.
So art connects us, art trails are a common denominator and the mighty Thames, as it turns out is our thread. All because of a little #.
Sue Willis
Hadleigh Art Trail Co-ordinator
I thought it would be a good idea to start a 'conversation' about Hadleigh Art Trail 2013 not just through this blog but via Twitter. So I created @HATrail on Twitter last week - I liked that it has 'HAT' and the word 'Trail' but it's also somewhere to hang your hat (a hat rail!) but in hindsight it does sound a bit like a travel company - oh well. Tentatively I tweeted a few 'hashtags' #HadleighArtTrail #EssexSummerofArt and then #HAT2013 - almost by return I had my first 'follower'.
'Henley Arts Trail' is now following you, I returned the favour of course! Immediately followed up with a "thanks for following" and offers of sources of help for our Trail. It turns out Henley Arts Trail 2013 is also using #HAT2013 which is where the connection was made.
Then it struck me - it is not just a # or the Trail format or even the art (or Arts) that connect us but also the River Thames! Here we are in Hadleigh overlooking the mouth of this mighty river but follow the thread of the snaking Thames on a map toward its source and you will arrive at Henley, near Twyford and beyond Marlow.
So art connects us, art trails are a common denominator and the mighty Thames, as it turns out is our thread. All because of a little #.
Sue Willis
Hadleigh Art Trail Co-ordinator
Sunday, 12 May 2013
Call for guest 'bloggers'
Fancy blogging for the Hadleigh Art Trail 2013? You may be an artist, represent a venue or an arts group - we'd love you to share your experience leading up to the Trail and during. Can be words, photos, pictures of work in progress or all of those.
A visitor to the Trail? First timer or a regular - share your experience of the Hadleigh Art Trail, write a review of the whole Trail, a venue or an activity you have participated in. Words, photos, poems - anything that captures the mood!
If you would like to be considered as a guest blogger for the Hadleigh Art Trail 2013 get in touch via the website and tell us why. www.hadleigharttrail.org.uk or email info@hadleigharttrail.org.uk
Look forward to hearing from you
A visitor to the Trail? First timer or a regular - share your experience of the Hadleigh Art Trail, write a review of the whole Trail, a venue or an activity you have participated in. Words, photos, poems - anything that captures the mood!
If you would like to be considered as a guest blogger for the Hadleigh Art Trail 2013 get in touch via the website and tell us why. www.hadleigharttrail.org.uk or email info@hadleigharttrail.org.uk
Look forward to hearing from you
Saturday, 4 May 2013
2013 TRAIL Call for Submissions
Coming soon...call for submissions - 2013 Trail.
Please check back within the next few days when we will be publishing details about how to apply as an individual artist or artist group.
If you are a venue and would like to offer a space to an artist or group or become a Supporter of the Trail by displaying a poster and a supply of trail maps - details of how to get involved will be published shortly. Please check back in a few days.
Meanwhile check some images from the 2012 trail at Visit Essex
Please check back within the next few days when we will be publishing details about how to apply as an individual artist or artist group.
If you are a venue and would like to offer a space to an artist or group or become a Supporter of the Trail by displaying a poster and a supply of trail maps - details of how to get involved will be published shortly. Please check back in a few days.Meanwhile check some images from the 2012 trail at Visit Essex
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