easton arts trail

Saturday 18 – Sunday 19 June 2011, 11am – 6pm

Welcome to the Easton Arts Trail. On the weekend of 18 & 19 June 2011, Easton will be putting on a show! More than 100 local painters, photographers, sculptors, performers, craftspeople and artists of all kinds will exhibit their work in their homes and other local venues, and there will be music, performance and activities for all ages, in and outdoors. Everyone is invited to come and experience the sights, sounds and imagination of this unique neighbourhood and its famously creative community.

Feel free to stroll around our streets, visit the open houses and exhibitions to see and buy art from local residents and admire the gardens. Don’t miss the performances and do get stuck into the hands-on workshops.

Special Attractions

• Raffle with prizes donated by local artists and businesses
• Opening party at the Greenbank pub on Friday night 7pm-10pm
• Thirty Three open houses and venues
• The Chelsea Flower Show – come and make your own flower to add to the ‘garden’ on Saturday at the Chelsea Inn 12-6pm.
• Performances by the Fellow Travellers 1pm, Gurt Lush Choir 3pm, DollyAnna MonkeyFeet 5pm, and CrackTan 12, 2pm, 4pm at the Community Centre on Saturday.
• Live painting at the Chocolate Factory on Saturday and Greenbank5 Studios all weekend.
• Creation of a flower sculpture installation on the outside of the Chelsea Inn pub by Mad Visions.
• Craft market with performances, competitions and silliness at the Greenbank pub all weekend.
• Demonstrations and workshops at Easton Community Centre including hula-hooping (2pm Sat), doll dress making (all day Sat) and SpinDyeWeave (all day Sun)
• St Anne’s Church on Sunday – 2pm Easton Community Choir performance, 3pm announcement of winners for Front Garden Competition and raffle draw.
• 13 Foster Street – Spoken word performances with free tea, Sunday 2-5pm – bring a poem!

Click on Venue Map or Artists to see who is taking part and where they are exhibiting or performing this year. You can also pick up free maps and programmes over the weekend from all of the big community venues (Easton Community Centre, St Mark’s Baptist Church, St Anne’s Church and The Greenbank Pub) and from most of the open houses too. You lucky folk living in Easton should have received a copy through your front door by now!

The Front Garden Competition is back!

There will be three prizes awarded: Prettiest Garden, Tastiest Garden and The People’s Choice. The Prettiest Garden and Tastiest Garden will be judged by local gardening experts. The People’s Choice will be judged by you! Use the voting slip on the map leaflet to vote for your favourite, or email your vote to masonsophie@ymail.com – polls open at 11am Saturday and close at 1pm Sunday. Prize-giving ceremony at St Anne’s Church at 3pm on Sunday – winners will each receive a bespoke flower pot by local artist Berni Vinton.

Remember to buy your raffle ticket for the chance to win amazing prizes including: original works by trail exhibitors Fleur Barnfather, Shelly Abrahams and Lisa Furness; a free picture-framing service from Greenbank5; tasty local produce; and prizes generously donated by the Mandarin Chinese Takeaway, Cafe Maitreya, Monte Carlo Cafe, Thali Cafe, Selcon Pharmacy, Bristol Sweetmart and the Spar. Prizes will be drawn at St Anne’s Church at 3pm Sunday.

How to get here if you don’t live here already

By bike or foot: You can get to Easton on the Bristol-Bath cycle path (turn off at Bruce Road, Devon Road or by the Community Centre).

By bus: The 4, 24, 48, 49, U3 and more stop at the junction of Stapleton Road and St Mark’s Road, near the Black Swan pub. The 6 and 7 stop at the junction of Whitehall Road and Devon Road. The 585 and 586 go right through the heart of Easton itself.

By train: Regular services run to Stapleton Road station from Bristol Temple Meads, Clifton Downs and Bristol Parkway.

Credits & Thanks

The Easton Arts Trail is organised by volunteers from the local community who work hard throughout the year to coordinate this annual community event that celebrates the quality and diversity of the creative talent in Easton. We are an artist-led organisation, founded in December 2006, with the aim of showcasing the broad range of creative talent in Easton by providing a platform for local artists, makers and performers to promote and develop their work in the community.

This year we would like to say a big thank you to joint chairs, Julie Begen and Joanna Waterfall, to Lisa Furness who coordinated the arts trail, Patrick Winch – membership secretary and treasurer and to Shelly Abrahams – fundraising. A huge thanks Sarah Cooke for all her work organising the front garden competition and to both our designers this year – Laurence Briand who designed our striking poster, Simon Davis who created and designed this years programme and map and Sophie Mason for coordinating our PR and communication activity this year.

Big thanks also to the Easton Community Centre and all who helped out with and came to the arts trail fundraiser on May 13th where we raised £600 to go towards to cost of running this and next year’s arts trail.

We are always looking for volunteers to help coordinate the event and for more artists and performers to take part, so if you are interested in getting involved please email info@eastonartstrail.co.uk

Big thanks also go to our funders, sponsors and supporters:

Bristol City Council’s Arts, Festivals & Events Team for grant funding through the Community Festival & Event Fund.