Igniting Ambition 2011 Festival Programme

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WlcomeIgniting Ambition Festival 2011 Northamptonshire is a uniquefestival for the county that showcasesa diverse range of projects beingdelivered across the county as partof the Cultural Olympiad programmein the East Midlands.

The programme has been designedto engage young people and localcommunities through exceptionalcultural projects, events and festivals

that celebrate the countys richcultural heritage, outstanding naturalenvironment and hidden gems.

The festival therefore introduces anumber of new ambitious projectsand partnerships such as FLOW,Formula Fashion and SHINE andpresents a fantastic opportunity toshowcase and promote the verybest of the countys cultural assetsto local, regional, national andinternational audiences in advanceof the London 2012 Olympic andParalympic Games.

The programme has been madepossible through funding from LegacyTrust UK and the European RegionalDevelopment Fund, with support fromkey partners Arts Council Englandand Northamptonshire CountyCouncil, and many others.

Legacy Trust UK is an independentcharity set up to create a culturaland sporting legacy from the London2012 Olympic and Paralympic Gamesacross the UK.

For further information and forlatest programme updates go to:www.northamptonshire2012.com

We very much hope that you enjoythe festival.


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CLXJanOct 2011

Further information [email protected]

Image opposite that of nationalkick-boxing champion ChantelleCameron from Northampton and oneof the Eleanor Crosses at Geddington.Credit: Chris Denner.

CLIX is an innovative and excitingdigital photography project thatencourages participants to explorethe values and themes of theCultural Olympiad and London2012 and promote the countyskey cultural and sporting assets.

The project workshops will beprimarily delivered throughNorthamptonshires Study Centreswhich include Northampton SaintsRugby Club, Northampton TownFootball Club, NorthamptonshireCricket Club, Rushden andDiamonds Football Club, SilverstoneRace Circuit and Adrenaline AlleyUrban Sports Park, Corby.

The general public are alsoencouraged to submit their ownphotos that marry the countys keycultural and sporting assets and thethemes and values of the Olympics.

HNEAprOct 2011

Location Brixworth, Earls Barton,Northampton, Rothwell, Oundle

Further information www.shine-northamptonshire.com

Image overpage of All Saints Church,Brixworth at night supplied byHingy Lee.

SHINE will celebrateNorthamptonshires medievalheritage through several of its ancientand historic Grade I listed churches.

Informed through local researchand participation, SHINE will providean online repository of heritageinformation to include trails, photos,videos, music and stories connectedwith the church and its associatedtown or village.

SHINE will culminate in theautumn of 2011 with a series ofoutdoor multi-site illuminatedexhibition events.


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dbotTheasonMayOct 2011Performances and exhibitions atvarious locations.

21 May, ICON, Daventry

21 October, The Core, Corby

Additional October performance atSt Andrews, Northampton tbc.

Further information

www.mad-about-the-seasons.comwww.ori-musicali.com

Image: Monica Fernandez.

Mad About The Seasons is a digitalarts project expressing a sense ofplace and identity for communitiesin the 21st century, around issuessuch as sustainability, climatechange, and our rural and culturalheritage.

Inspired by Vivaldis The Four Seasonsand by the Northamptonshire poetJohn Clare, Fiori Musicali juxtaposethe traditional with the new, engaging

audiences with music and poetrythrough the digital arts.

Fiori Musicali work with MonicaFernandez (Film & Photography),Patrick Bond (Poetry), Julian Partt(Environmentalist & Photography),and Sean Clark (Interactive Arts) inan array of participative events andcelebratory occasions.


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rmuahiKey Silverstone exhibition dates:

012 June (2011 Air Asia MotoGP)

810 July (2011 Formula 1 SantanderBritish Grand Prix)

224 July (Silverstone Classic)

Formula Fashion is an exciting newproject that will explore the technology

nd materials used in the motorport industry.

Utilising Silverstone Circuitsnternational reputation for excellence,nd using leather as one of their

primary materials, ve talentedrtisans from across the UK, have

been commissioned to produce aange of new works inspired by theountys traditional leather and

motorsport industries.

Formula Fashion represents a newnique cultural partnership for theounty which includes Silverstone

Circuits, Northamptonshire CountyCouncil, University of Northampton,Design Factory, SouthNorthamptonshire Council andNorthamptonshire Enterprise Limited.

The Formula Fashion exhibition atSilverstone will be open to the publicduring event opening times each day(approximately 8am6pm).

For the Silverstone exhibitions,access will be free to all motorsportevent ticket holders. Tickets forthese events are available fromwww.silverstone.co.uk

Following exhibition at Silverstoneduring the MotoGP, Formula 1 andClassic, the new pieces will beexhibited at the University ofNorthampton Gallery, NorthamptonMuseum and Art Gallery and TheHub, the National Centre for Craftand Design, Sleaford.

Opening times for touring exhibitionto be conrmed by individual venues.

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Dvry Aria1823 July 2011

Further information www.daventry.co.uk

Sally Halson, Manager,Daventry Business Partnership [email protected]. 01327 828 391 andSue Stewart, Co-Director,Field Day Arts CIC [email protected]

tel. 01327 300 952

Daventry Arts Festival is a rstfor this rural market town in westNorthamptonshire, and will takeplace in open spaces and communityvenues across the town, includingthe spectacular new iConEnvironmental Innovation Centre.National and local artists will bringpoetry, drama, comedy, dance,carnival, visual art, and orchestral,folk and world music to the town.

We will also feature an eventcelebrating Daventrys heritage

as the place where the BBCWorld Service was born. The festivalis the rst partnership project ofField Day Arts CIC and DaventryBusiness Partnership.

rptCrnia Fotsts o20TheCluflJuSaturday 11th June 20112 noon to 7:30pm

Delapre Park, London Road,Northampton NN4 8AW

Carnival Parade leaves Park at 2pmhrough the Town Centre and back tohe Park.

Further information www.northamptoncarnival.com

[email protected]

mage: Jonathan Cobb

VoiCunttheing16th and 17th July 201111am4pm, both days

Canons Ashby, Daventry,Northamptonshire NN11 3SD

Free entry. No booking required.

Further information www.watch-this-space.org.ukwww.nationaltrust.org.uk

Image provided byThe National Trust.

Watch This Space and The NationalTrust are recreating the Victoriansports day that the Dryden familyhosted in 1879. Inside the houseyoull be taken on a magical tour byWatch This Space, one of the regionsmost exciting arts organisations.

The grounds will be transformed intoa country gathering with the originalraces and a variety of stalls andactivities. So come and decorate thegarden with bunting, try pinholephotography and take part in thesporting activities!


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Baze! an Reay3rd and 24th July 2011 Olympic

Open Weekend

3rd July Outside The Cube,Corby Daventry Leisure CentreThe Castle, WellingboroughKettering Market SquareTowcester Centre for Leisure

4th July Althorp House followedby nale and mass participation inNorthampton Market Square

All events are free of charge.Further information www.youtube.com/user/blaze

ancerelayto learn the dance routineNorthants Dance 01604 233122

Blaze! Dance Relay is an excitingdance project involving communityperformances in ve outdoor areasof Northamptonshire andculminating in a nale extravaganzaof performances and participationopportunities for people of any ageand background.

Go online to learn the dance movesthen come along and join in the fun.This is an opportunity to be part of arecord breaking dance routine withhundreds of people dancing together

and celebrating dance inNorthamptonshire, choreographedby Louise Richards, Artistic Directorof Motionhouse Dance Theatre.

LOMayOct 2011

Grand Union Canal, River Nene,Water Tower(s) and Reservoir

Further information More details about planned eventsand activities can be found atwww.ow-northamptonshire.com

FLOW will deliver an exciting seriesof new site specic artworks thatexplore and respond to the journeyof water through the county focusingon different aspects of the countyswaterways, from its major canalsand rivers, to its iconic water towersand reservoirs.

Conrmed artists and organisationswithin the programme include JoFairfax, Charles Monkhouse, SteveMessam, Fermynwoods ContemporaryArts and The Fishmarket Gallery.

FLOW is a Northamptonshire CountyCouncil led project delivered inpartnership with Anglian Water andBritish Waterways and is associatedwith the regional Breath of Fresh Air

programme that encourages localcommunities to engage with theenvironment.
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TheyrungJuneOctober 2011

3rd September: Corby CUBE

16/17th September: FishmarketGallery, Northampton


The Lyric Lounge is a season ofmini-festivals celebrating spoken

word in transformed spaces. Thisyear the Lounge will tourNorthamptonshire, Lincolnshire andRutland, where lead artists will becommissioned to write inspirationalpieces of work. Diverse participants,including young people, will engagewith internationally renowned spokenword artists and writers, benettingfrom workshops, showcases, andthe opportunity to explore newvenues. The festivals will bringliterature to new audiences, who willexperience a broad range of creativework in unusual settings.

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Northampton Town Centre


Night Run Northampton is the UKsrst dedicated night running event

with a twist. Participants will beencouraged to run or walk a 3kmtown centre circuit that takes in allof Northamptons key culturallandmarks at night.

The proposed route will be animatedthrough a mix of lighting installations,live music and dance performances,giant LED screens, indoor andoutdoor art exhibitions and MarketSquare illuminations. The event isaimed primarily at young peopleand families.

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August to September 2011

Please check for opening times.

Fermyn Woods Country Park andLyveden New Bield, Northamptonshire.

The exhibition is free to visitors in theCountry Park, tickets to Lyveden NewBield cost 4.50. All associatedvents are free.

Further information [email protected] with anynquires or for further details.

Encounters invites visitors totake part in a series of artistinterventions, residencies andinstallations along the 3-milebridleway connecting Fermyn WoodsCountry Park to Lyveden New Bield.

Artwork by national and internationalartists will explore ideas aroundlandscape, place and belonging,using different forms of language visual, verbal and musical as we ask:What makes a place signicant and

not just empty space?How do people living/working inurban areas relate to rural places?

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Country wide locations

Further information More detailed listings onNorthamptonshire based OpenWeekend events and activitieswill be made available at:

www.northamptonshire2012.com

nd on the ofcial London 2012website:

www.london2012.com/get-involved/open-weekend

This years London 2012 OpenWeekend will start the countdownto one year to go to the start of theOlympic Games, as we welcome theworld, showcasing the best of whatthe UK has to offer in art, dance,music, lm and sport.

In 2010 Northamptonshire had astaggering 21 Open Weekend, the

joint highest in the East Midlandsregion and more than severalneighbouring counties. This yearwe want to go one better.

Open Weekend events and activitiesare currently being planned acrossthe county with a highlight this yearincluding a free Film Al Fresco eventat the Althorp Estate that includeshave-a-go sport activities, award-winning short lms by the countysyoung lm makers, access for up toeighty people to the main house anda mass participation dance event aspart of Blaze!

The public will also be encouraged tobring a picnic, enjoy the grounds andview lms on a large outdoor LEDcinema screen.

Planners are also hoping for anappearance by one of the ofcialOlympic mascots.

OrjreentsMay

International Waendel Walk,1314 May, Wellingborough.

Further information www.wellingborough.gov.uk/waendelwalk

Crick Boat Show and WaterwaysFestival, 2830 May, Crick.

Further information www.crickboatshow.co.uk

June

Althorp Literary Festival,1011 June, Althorp

Further information www.althorp.com/literaryfestival

Stoke Bruerne Gala Weekend,1213 June, Stoke Bruerne.

Further information www.friendsofcanalmuseum.org.uk

Northampton Music Festival, 12 June,Northampton Market Square.

Further information

www.marketsquareevents.com

July

Festival of History, 1617 July,Kelmarsh Hall, Kelmarsh

Further information www.english-heritage.org.uk

Oundle International Festival,1524 July, Oundle.

Further information www.oundlefestival.org.uk

August

Nene 250 River Festival, 7 August,Beckets Park, Northampton.

Further information

www.northampton.gov.ukNorthampton Balloon Festival,1921 August, Billing Aquadrome.

Further information www.northamptonballoonfestival.net

Shambala Festival, 2528 August,Northamptonshire.

Further information www.shambalafestival.org

October

The Run 11, 2 October,Northampton.

Further information www.the-run.org

World Conker Championships,9 October, Ashton.

Further information www.worldconkerchampionships.com
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Corby

Kettering

Oundle

Wellingborough

Daventry

Towcester

Silverstone

Northampton

River Nene

River Nene

M1

M40

M45

Grand

Union

Canal

A45

A5

A428

A43

A14

A14

A605

A43

A45

A43

A43

A45

A5

A5

A442

Canon Ashby

Brixworth

Brackley

EarlsBarton

LyvedenNew Bield

Rothwell

Oxfordshire

Warwickshire

Leicestershire

Rutland

Lincolnshire

Cambridgeshire

Bedfordshire

Buckinghamshire


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