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Why I'm Excited #8: Bobby Baker

In a continuing series on the blog, we're going to be hearing about parts of the Lineup for 2010 that people are particularly looking forward to. (For all Why I'm Excited posts, click here.)
If there's something on the Greenbelt 2010 programme that you're particularly looking forward to, do email us a paragraph or two saying [...]

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Reimagining Treasures in Winchester

Greenbelter Ian Davies recently visited the Reimagining Treasures exhibit in Winchester. Here's what he thought…
One of the (many) great things about our venerable cathedrals is their continuing engagement with the here and now. The sight of modern art amongst the ancient stones is wonderful evidence of that continuum. On a visit to Winchester we wanted [...]

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Left Bank – Advent Exhibition

Leftbank Leeds, the former St Margaret's Church in Burley,  is a beautiful building. And it's currently showing Advent // An Exhibition for the festive Season.
Open between 11 & 4 on the weekends leading upto Christmas its well worth a visit if you're anywhere near Leeds. You can see some pictures from the private view on Friday [...]

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greenhaus – greenbelt school of art

We had more classes than ever this year covering a variety of subjects.
Jonah Mayfield ran a film workshop for all ages on the theme of 'time' Things moving at different paces: slow, fast, reversed.
He took 2 groups of 10 around several spots of the site and allowed them to film whatever they wanted, then edited [...]

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Slow crafts exhibition

For those of you still yearning for a "Long Now" experience you should point your feet, trains and cars in the direction of Birmingham and check out an exhibition.
The Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is hosting an exhibition of Craft and the Slow Revolution from the 17th October 2009- 4th January 2010.
The exhibition looks at [...]

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gb_visual arts : self portrait 09

In the hub at the festival this year over 400 people came & did a self portrait, and we were busy all weekend scanning each one.
We have created some screensavers you can view & download here
All the drawings appear somewhere in each of these three sizes – 1680 x 1050, 1600 x 1200 and 1024 [...]

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Eight Parts Nonsense

(by Simon Jones)
There's a problem though, sometimes. You come to get inspiration and it's easy to find. The artists are inspirational and so are the activists. The musicians can find the secret chord that David played and even the holy people can make you believe that being holy might matter. Greenbelt's creativity comes from its [...]

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Exclusive Pre-Festival Guided Tour of the Visionaries Exhibition

Visionaries: working in the margins
Guided Tour
Wednesday 10th June
6.30pm – 7.30pm
£7.50 incl. wine
Wallspace, All Hallows On The Wall, 83 London Wall, London EC2M 5ND
This year Greenbelt is bringing Trust Greenbelt recipients Wallspace’s exhibition ‘Visionaries’, to the festival. Whilst at the festival there will be a couple of guided tours of it, and Malcolm & Meryl, Wallspace’s [...]

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