Visionaries
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Visionaries brings together artists working in this honourable and challenging tradition, which includes William Blake, Goya and Samuel Palmer – those who explore with passion the territories of the spiritual, the religious and the human condition.
Hero of Art Resistance : Billy Childish
Saturday
Artist, author, poet, songwriter, photographer, filmmaker... It's fair to say that Billy Childish is a multi-talented guy.
Billy Childish
Saturday
Artist, author, poet, songwriter, photographer, filmmaker... It's fair to say that Billy Childish is a multi-talented guy.
Dave Nevard
Over the last year Dave Nevard has found himself making work from within the lust-fuelled environment of Amsterdam's Red Light District, to amongst the makeshift beds of the homeless under Hong Kong's overpasses.
Gethsemane
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Gethsemane is a meditation - a data projection piece from a series exploring concepts of purpose and meaning, choice and wisdom. Projecting a grid of words from Jesus' Gethsemane prayer, its theme is the human and divine will struggling for dominance towards a final resolution.
See Me
An exhibition of stunning artwork created by a number of young people in the care system, giving them a voice to express how they feel about their lives.
Cloud of Witness - Martin Evans : Cloud of Witness
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
The Cloud of Witness is an installation consisting of an octagonal room, in which are hung a number of prints and drawings. In the room also are a piece of liturgy and some music, plus a guide to helping you think about the Cloud of Witness in your life.
Nick Davies
Nick Davies is the author of Flat Earth News, a book in which he exposes falsehood, distortion and propaganda in the global media.
Proost
Saturday
Pull up your sofas for Proost artists Dubb and Tyte, Harronell and Padraig Twomey offering up mellow songs, spoken word, beatbox, and hymns to swear by, topped and tailed with Proost animations.
Photo Flash Swap
This year at Greenbelt we're inviting festivalgoers to bring along a print of a photograph that they have taken for an open exhibition in the Hub.
(Shhh!)
Saturday
(swap the festival mayhem for an hour of quiet creativity in the hub. shhh! no talking, quiet records played by DJ Matt Stevenson; bring something creative to do – knitting, drawing, writing, reading, whatever – or make something with the materials provided…)
Greenhaus: Greenbelt School of Art
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
This year the Greenbelt School of Art has a new name – the Greenhaus – and a new home up in the Grandstand.
Greenbelt Self-Portrait
Come back down to the hub and be part of this year’s giant self-portrait of Greenbelt! Once again we’re inviting everyone at the festival to come and spend half an hour or more creating a life-size head-and-shoulders self portrait, which we’ll then add to the growing crowd on display.
The Hub
The home of Greenbelt’s literature and visual arts strands, The Hub returns this year with a souped-up programme including big-name novelists and art that everyone can be part of.
Visual Arts 2008
To celebrate the launch of this year's line-up, our Visual Arts team have put together a short video of the highlights of their programme at Greenbelt 08.
Having faith in art : Rita Nakashima Brock, Adrienne Chaplin, Billy Childish
Saturday
Great art often springs from faith and art can inspire faith. But art comes from other places too and sometimes faith is paranoid and wants to suffocate art. When can art, propaganda and evangelism be best of friends? Panelists include philosopher and aesthetician Adrienne Chaplin, theologian Rita Nakashima Brock, musician Angie Fadel from Agents of the Future, artist Billy Childish, chaired by Jo Wroe.
Artists Forum Invites
Greenbelt Artists Forums are an excellent opportunity to present, view and discuss contemporary artworks with like-minded practitioners and industry professionals.
Another Me
2 years ago we were captivated by these beautiful photographs and since then have wanted to exhibit them at the festival & tell their story to a wider audience.
Comic Book Portfolio Surgery
Sunday
The Greenbelt comic book portfolio surgery is open to illustrators and budding graphic novelists of all ages – from those just starting out to more experienced artists.
Street Art
This year we have a number of Street Artists working onsite producing pieces in response to the theme.
Martin Wilson
Untangling threads, exploring Greenbelt and the Long Now through threads spun from nylon and canvas cotton
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