2018 Binsted Arts Festival Report
Click here to download the2018 Festival Programme
Events at a Glance were:
Friday 8 June
‘Protest Poetry’ - Writing workshop led by Mandy Pannett, poet and creative writing tutor.
For people of all levels of experience or none. Examples of protest poetry and some ideas for attendees to try out.
3.00 to 5.30 pm at the Pool Room, Mill Ball, Binsted: £10: up to 14 peopleRefreshments will be available at Stable Cottage, Binsted, opposite the church, for anyone attending the workshop who would like to stay for the poetry evening
Poetry Evening and Competition Prize-giving
With readings by prize winners and also by Jeremy Page, the competition judge.
7.00 to 9.00 pm at St Mary’s Church, Binsted: free
Saturday 9 June
Guided Woodland Walk: ‘Binsted’s Ancient Woodland: what to see and how it’s threatened’
Led by Tony Whitbread, retiring Chief Executive of the Sussex Wildlife Trust
10.00 am to 12.00 pm, starting at St Mary’s Church, Binsted: £5: up to 30 people‘D.H. Lawrence, Censorship and the Meynell family in Sussex’
Talk by Oliver Hawkins, artist and local historian and a descendant of the poet Alice Meynell
2.00 to 3.30 pm at St Mary’s Church, Binsted: £5‘Seven Brides for Binsted’ - An evening of dramatic sketches
by Drip Action Theatre Company
7.30 to 9.30 pm at St Mary’s Church, Binsted: £10
Sunday 10 June
‘Lassus Lamentations: Renaissance masterpiece mourning the destruction of a place’.
Concert of music by Orlando Lassus (c. 1532-1594)
By a local Consort of Viols with Singers
12.30 to 2.30 at St Mary’s Church, Binsted: free: half-hour interval with light refreshments, or bring a picnic‘Michael Wishart, Artist’
Talk by Tim Hunting about this mystical nature painter and witty memoirist, brought up in Binsted (1928-1996).
4.00 to 5.15 at St Mary’s Church, Binsted: £5
About the Festival
The Binsted Arts Festival builds on the long-held attraction of Binsted near Arundel and the wider Sussex countryside for artists and writers.
It involves the local community and anyone with a feeling for these special places in artistic activity enjoyment and learning today, at locations in and around the village of Binsted.
Our 2017 Arts Festival theme was a 'Harvest' of rural life in Sussex, and celebrating the Binsted countryside.
Click here to read the June 2017 Binsted Arts Festival Report
Click here to read the June 2016 Binsted Arts Festival Report
How you can join in
The Arts Committee would be happy to hear your thoughts and if you would like to contribute in any way, for example:
Would you like to contribute Art, Performance or Writing, or just be kept informed?
If you have ideas which might feature in one of our festivals or future publications, please Email Emma Tristram (Binsted Arts committee member).
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Committee for Binsted Arts
All committee members are residents of or are otherwise connected with Binsted
Chair Camilla Lambert - Walberton resident and poet
Secretary Emma Tristram - ed. 'Binsted & Beyond', writer, Binsted resident
Treasurer Isabel Thurston - Barnham resident
Melanie Penycate - Walberton resident and poet, The Forge Gallery
Susan McGowan - former Walberton resident, now Tangmere
Gilly McCadden - artist, Binsted resident
Susan Martineau - Walberton resident
Susan Elphick - Binsted resident
Joanna Shackleton - Walberton resident
Gill Powell-Jones - Walberton residentWebsite Mike Tristram - Binsted resident