THE BOX ZINE Issue 04

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ISSUE 04

CONTENT PLANNING & WRITING: Lucy Rendle

PROMOTION & WRITING: Jack Hadley

LOGO, DESIGN, ILLUSTRATION & EDITING: Chris Jones

ILLUSTRATION & ART DIRECTION: Sam Taylor

GUESTS: Rachel Hutchinson, Alexandra Rowan, Emma Guppy, Johnathan AtterPOETRY COMPETITION: Sarah James, John Taylor, Ruth Stacey

Box Email: [email protected]

Blog: [http://boxzine.tumblr.com/]

Also join The Box Zine on Facebook!

FRONT COVER DESIGN: Chris Jones

CONTRIBUTING ILLUSTRATORS:

Rachel Boulton, Sally Jane Rich, Beth Walrond,

Jian Yang Dong, Caroline Liddington, Bobby Cheung,Lucy Rendle, Sam Taylor

BACK COVER IMAGERY:

Jack Hadley & Chris Jones

PRINTED BY:

Mike Welgan


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All artwork submitted to the Box is used

with permission of the original owner. All

rights belong to the creators.

ILLUSTRATION: Chris Jones

Whats in the Box [04]

Box Team and Guests [06]

42 Open Mic Night [08]

Art Map : Malvern [10]

Metamorphosis II [12]

Guest Poem [14]

AoTM - Emma Guppy [16]

Box Poem II [19]

PotM - TKD-ART [20]Box Poem II [22]

Cogito Ergo Sum [24]

WLF : Parole Parlate [28]

Box Poem III [32]

AIMs [33]

The Hidden Green City [34]

May Exhibitions [36]

WAW / Cafe Events [37]


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-GUESTS-

~Rachel Hutchinson provides poetry

~Alex Rowan gives an insight into AIMS

~We have entrants for our Poetry Competition!

-FROM THE TEAM-

~Lucy & Jack talk 42

~Lucy writes about the Literary Festival

~Chris continues his Metamorphosis report.

~Sam takes Box to Malvern


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MISSED PREVIOUS EDITIONS OF

THE BOX?Then please visit our Facebook page or go to

[http://boxzine.tumblr.com]To read our last Boxes online!

~Our Artists of the Month are

Emma Guppy

Jonathan Atter


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The Boxs main journalist andphotographer. Lucy provideda box fairy for the front cover,and has a nice set of articlefor you this month, includinga secret garden

The Boxs designer,editor and illustrator. Thismonths front cover drawsupon other artists voices tocreate a new vision for themagazine.

The Boxs promotor. TheRoyal Wedding will not bequite remembered the sameas it was in Worcester.

Our other artist in residence.He is currently exploring Artin Malvern and managingour event pages for us.

This month, the Box nearly came to a standstill. A slight spillage on the main hub ofour magazine nearly ended this months issue! Panic over, we have the nished zine herefor you! Moral of the story folks, back up your stuff and dont eat or drink next to yourcomputers.

The Box Team have wanted to make this issue a more collaborative venture, visually. The

front cover started as the template for a group project. Conducted completely onlinethrough email, social networking and video conferencing - the artists on the cover have verykindly donated artwork to the zine.

[They were asked to personify an item from their attic]

Please check out their websites on our guest page! Look forward to more collaborativeventures next month! We have some exciting instalments on the way. For this issue wehave more details on the Worcester Literary Festival and the 42 Gothic Exhibition.Also we have an interview from illustrator Emma Guppy, and some poetry from RachelHutchinson, and some submissions for the Big Poetry Competition!


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42

Worcesters frst alternative open

mic night at Worcester Arts

Workshop

A Gothic treat awaited us down inthe depths of the Worcester ArtsWorkshop cellar.

Jack and I were invited byGlenn andAngela James to attend their rst

Gothic, Horror, Sci- and Fantasyopen mic night.

42 is Worcesters one and only Gothic,

Horror, Sci- and Fantasy open mic

night brought to you by G&A Presents.

This is a unique opportunity for buddingscribes and writers with a passion for

these genres to make their voices heard.

Glenn and Angela James

42s group is unique to Worcester, whether youre adie-hard Gothic worshiper,or a lover of Doctor Who,or one who appreciates thebizarre side of life. Everytaste was catered for, and

even music in betweenperformances serenaded uswith sci- inspired songs.

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A collection of fans waited in the darkness and atmospheric gallery in anticipation of theperformers.


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Performers included;

The very talented Suz Winspear whoread a variety of dark-humoured,inspired and beautifully descriptive

short stories. The theatrical MarkEllis, writer-in-residence at the

Worcester Arts Workshop, treatedthe crowd with some very bizarreand enchanting tales, which were not

intended for the faint hearted.

The cofounder Glenn read narratives about Worcester Cathedral and its History. They wereinsightful stories which gave a different perception of our fair citys landmark (you wouldnever think of it in the same way again!)

Sean Jeffrey andAnna Mason, the acoustic duo who performed an excellent musical offantasy Sci- pieces to accompany the performances. Pete Bevan, who equally enchantedthe attentive audience with his dark interpretations of life and death.

There is much more to comewith further open mic nights. We will keep you updated.For more information please

visit

www.gapresents.co.uk/42

or contact 0844 500 6181

The background gallery work displayed in the above photography, belongs to Sam Francisco


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My next stop was theMalvern Hills Gallery, a place that lookssmall on the inside, but vastly spaced on the inside. Everywallspace was devoted to local artists and the building isa community lead building, where creatives help fund andrun the place. They have a small room located in the backfor small exhibitions, one currently held was by RebeccaTibbutt, a photographer [featured in our last issue] who focuses

on the hidden world and captures the beauty of life that youwouldnt normally see.

One day I visited Malvern. Though living quite close to the town, I hadnever been there before and I was curious to nd about the art scene. I

was pleasantly surprised by how much I found there;

The next exhibitionis by Ruth Booth.They also had art

by Fran Horneof selected wordstaken from book

pages to create newsentences.

Rebecca White is a contemporary ne artist who usesgestural marks in her paintings to capture the anxietiesin situations she sees. Alan Brown, the shop owner, haddocumented a story, on how he woke up from brain surgery,with the gift of being an artist. He works in Acrylics to createsurreal environments.

ART MAP: MALVERN

I started at the Original Art Work Storejust off Church Street. The walls featured an diversevariety of paintings. All originals, displaying various styles, walks of life, landscapes to neart gurative paintings, Victorian to contemporary and from local to regional. It boosts animpressive collection from artists.Anthony Bridge, a contemporary Oil landscape painter

who has painted everyday for 600 days in all weathers.

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Malvern has a lot to offer; It holds a very proud collectionof artists from all walks of life, along with a community of

well run studios and galleries. This visit has certainly changedany perspective of Malvern being just a small quiet town onthe big hill. They also have a theatre holding shows regularly,

as well as a number of small gallery/frame shops hostingeven more art. It shows that spending a day going out toexplore, experience and try something new, is worth all the

while. Even when it is just past the doorstep.

Iapetus gallery is a morecomically run place, which

sells ne jewellery, cards andgifts. It holds true for beingdifferent, most of the stuffis local or national produce.It is a great place to pickup something unique, forexample; a hand sewn clockand jewellery made out of

buttons. They have donea great job in not makingtheir shop too commercialand retain integrity to anabundance of uniquelycreative items.

Just past the Malvern HillsGallery up St Anns Road is

Artist Open Studio. I visitedthis last, an amazing place

which was a downstairshouse converted into an

Aladdins cave. Its a small tearoom/ Vintage shop whichsells clothes, jewellery, bags,tea sets and so much more.

Think of it as two roomsfull of interesting things thathave character and charm

to each item, it is denitelyworth a look.


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METAMORPHOSIS: PART II

On Drawing, Magic Numbers & Hoaxes

In Issue 03, I covered the rst artists that spoke atFalmouth Illustration Symposium 2011. The day was aninteresting insight into the current practices of illustration,and how artists adapt their imaginations to literature.

John Vernon Lord, one of the greatmasters of Illustration, has produced afascinating collection of work, includinga adaptation ofAlice in Wonderland. In thisversion, Lord decides to illustrate Carrollsnarrative in rst person perspective,choosing not to illustrate Alice and readersees everything from her viewpoint. Onereason for this decision was that TennielsAlice is ultimately regarded as the one trueinterpretation of the protagonist.

He began his talk with his own descriptionof Metamorphosis; going from one thing to

another. Lord discusses a number of hisworks, applying the metamorphosis totheory and how he has adapted himselfto a piece of literature. His life experiencefeeds into his visual language, drawing isall about the interpretation of that whichsurrounds the artist. The artist transcribestheir experience, documenting details

onto paper, then the audience interpretsthe drawings, based upon their ownexperience. Thus drawing is a transitionof metamorphosis from artist to reader,object to subject.

One example was Lords adaptationofAesops Fables. The characters are

personied animals from a zoo, and thebackgrounds are the contemporary settingsfrom which Lord has hybridised from hishome in the countryside.

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The drawing is a journey across paper[as Paul Klee famously quoted, drawingis taking a line for a walk]. Usually, anartist never knows what the end game oftheir work is. They have a vision, but it isdeciding on the strange conclusion; whendoes an artist decides a work is nished?

Woe to you the day it is said that you are nished!To nish a work? To nish a picture? What

nonsense! To nish it means to be through with it,

to kill it, to rid it of its soul to give it its nal

blow; the most unfortunate one for the painter as

well as for the picture.Pablo Picasso

There was Lords own comparison todrawing from observation, and from theimagination, and the cycle between them.How observation must feed imagination,rather than the other way round.

Ironically in this Issue we have an article onthe Worcester group 42, Lord has an obsession

with the magic number 42, an obsessioninspired by Lewis Carroll (the number isheavily prominent in his narratives; like thefamous Court Rule[anyone in court overtwo and forty foot high must leave thecourt room], also, the original Alice had 42illustrations). It is also The Hitchhikers Guideto the Galaxysanswer for the meaning oflife, the universe, everything.


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Lord dedicated an entire image to the number 42in his own adaptationof Alice in Wonderland. [I would speculate, since Lord times howlong he takes to create an image, he would have worked on the imagein a factor of 42!]

Lords talk was as humorous as his work. He mentioned a storythat once he drew his studio keys for a book project. One dayhe lost the keys. The original drawing was locked in the studio.Lord had to borrow one of the books from a neighbour, take itto the key cutters to have an exact replica of the drawing in keyform. Hence skillful observational drawing can be an essentialmetamorphosis indeed.

The remainder of the talk went into Lords works and histechnique is a traditional illustrator. I recommend his bookDrawing Upon Drawing, if you want to read further on Lord,his works and thoery.

In the next part, I will conclude with George

Hardie, Amelia Johnstone, Lorenzo Mattotti

and the Question time.

Catrin Morgan, a tutor on the MA course, then spoke forten minutes. She alluded illustrator as Surgeons [using thisas a metaphor for cameramen] and Magicians [a metaphorfor a painter. Like cutter bees - the illustrator is given,

brought about, adapts and cuts away and into the text. Theillustration remains in the negative space around the text.

She spoke about the crux of the moment - the momentbefore something happens, which Lord had alsopreviously touched upon, Morgan alludes to XenosParadox of the Arrow [ for at any one moment in time,the arrow is in a space and is still]. The illustrator has to

pick the moment that heightens the text, but this is aparadox in its own right. The illustrator can illustratethe text in any number of ways, but it is still onlytheir interpretation. The nal interpretation is stillmade, with images or none, by the audience.

Morgans practice specialises in moments ofdeception. Her rst book Phantom Settlements

has just been released by Ditto Press.


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But now, you house the creased remains

of every silly dream,and I cannot cry

because every day away was lled with beauty,sunshine, ice-cream, perfume and delight,

an unwise cocktail,

On holiday,

you consume the disarraythat lay

in lace and scarlet silk across the oor,pooled in hopeful silhouettes

of the woman I might be if I wore

them.

Conversation...


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The clothes are all but worn out, in two short weeks -

the other girls looked nicer, even though

in twenty years my own daughters will

ercely deny that it was so,and pour their own silken fantasies into my image,

Pack their own cases, and y into their futuresunaware,

a different perfume on their wrists,

different names across their hearts,

same perfumes and same colours on same lipswaiting to be kissed,a world apart.

a misguided night,

and I pressed the postcards here in your front pocketto remind myself of the eveningswine would obliviate!

...with a suitcase

Rachel Hutchinson


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Q2. Where did you study?EG: I studied at Hereford College of Arts after havingcompleting a BTEC Diploma in Art and Design in the sameplace. I was toying with animation and archaeological art atthe time I was applying for a degree but at Hereford, I knewI had strong and encouraging lecturers, so I was ecstaticwhen they offered me a place.

I have since been living in Swansea which has given methe fantastic opportunity to produce detailed sea studies inSwansea Bay and the Gower, just west of the city and I amcurrently living in Cambridgeshire right next to Nelsonshome county of Norfolk

Artist of the Month

Emma Guppy

My main inuences lie with Military History, specically the Napoleonic era and the shipsof Nelsons Navy. As a result, I have a unique mix of graphic art that incorporates thecolour, properties and often subject content of ship painters throughout the ages. I basicallylove highly detailed, but creative work, that shows off an artists skill with their media andcomposition. I love to be challenged with the art I enjoy and create.

EG: Hey. Well I am an individual full of contradictions.I am very addicted to Manga and the modern Japanesegraphic style, made famous by such artists asAkira Toriyama

(Dragonball) and Osamu Teszuka (Astro Boy). I am equallyenthused by historical and technical illustrators like GeoffHunt, andNicola Bayley(The Mousehole Cat).

Q1. Hello Emma. Thankyou for being with us

today. Could you tell us

what inspires you?


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Q3. How do your inuence feed into your creative practice?EG: My inuences of Naval and Military ction and epic battles are very strong in my work.

You can still see that my roots in manga play a very big part of my work, compositionally.A lot of my paintings and illustrations have come from various books set in the Frenchrevolutionary wars such as Patrick OBrian, Bernard Cornwall, Allen Mallinson, Alexander Kentand C.S Forester. I also collect and read a lot of recollections and diaries from ofcers whotook part in the Peninsular Campaigns and more. These works inspire me to pick up penciland paper and show the rest of the world how fascinating this era can be.

Q4. What you are currently working on?EG:I am currently teaching in a secondary school in North Cambridgeshire and I amthoroughly enjoying sharing my crazy obsessions with the students. All my students can tellyou my favourite colour and that I love ships. I have even had my some of my Key Stage 3classes sat in divisions, Starboard and Larboard. They are very encompassing for my mad

ways! Teaching is a great way for artists to get recognition and keeps your skills honed and

allows you to have 12 weeks of paid holiday in which you can concentrate on your real work,painting. When I am not working at school or at home on my artwork, I can often be foundin the local, talking nonsense!

Q5. What are your impressionsof traditional illustration versus

digital processes, and do you think

there is a place for traditional

illustration in our increasinglydigitised world?

EG: You cannot live without one ortother these days. I work with bothtraditional and Photoshop. I see them asjust means to an outcome. I work withpaints, inks and paper to begin with, but

will touch up mistakes on the computer.

Being an illustrator, my prerogative isto produce images for books/ posters/yers etc, so work must be versatile -Photoshop allows this. When it comesto paintings, I will only use paints andcanvas however, to reproduce prints, I

will take a scan of the nished piece, thiscan then be put online, so even there you

have a mixed media creation.Interview conducted by

WORDS & ILLUSTRATION: Emma Guppy


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"When faced with two choices, simply toss a coin. It works not because it settles the question foryou, but because in that brief moment when the coin is in the air, you suddenly know what you

are hoping for."

Anonymous


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POETRY: Sarah James


[Box Poem 1]

Fairy tale Ending

Shes nagging again, the ungrateful cow,moaning about the mess in her garden.I only chopped down an old r tree. But

her tongue strikes sharper, deeper than my axe.

A jobs a job. Its all on my shoulders she wont cut back on her furs, designerlabels, red Jimmy Choos, Prada; demandsthe best teak chest for her Grannys heirlooms.

Once she called me her oak. Now she wants more,

different. I catch her, ear pressed to our darkwindows, straining for his howling; forestsin her eyes, mossed cheeks bleeding fresh pine sap.

Id have a wooden heart not to kill falsehopes of having me and her wild dream wolf.


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Jonathan Atter / TKD-ARTIm Jonathan, at 23 Ive always lived in Worcestershire, apart from my fantastic three years in London.

Im a Geography graduate from the LSE, but art has always been a big part of my character. I am

predominantly a portrait artist and photographer but I also use different mediums and combine them in

my work. I started drawing properly in 2007, teaching myself, often drawing a drawing a week and then

I started to put my artwork on YouTube. I lm myself drawing or painting and then speed the footage up

into a couple of minutes. I have now accomplished over 3.1 million total upload views, with one drawingin particular pulling in over 575,000 views. I sell artwork around the world using my website I created:

http://www.TKD-ART.com

I am recently starting to share my photography more. My camera often goes with me everywhere and I take

photos every day for my picture diary. I am always looking for the next shot.

(you can fnd my work on YouTube, and social media sites)

What inspired you to be aphotographer?

My grandfather always tooka lot of photography andused to make calendars withthe printed photos. He gaveme my rst camera whichstrangely broke around the

time he died. Collectively mygrandfather and my fatheralways took a lot of photosand that gave me the tastefor it.

Have you got a favouritephotographer?

I went to Australia in2004 and saw galleriesowned by Peter Lik, heinspired me to really get intophotography and from thenon I starting taking loads

of images everywhere. Hislong exposures and vividcolours really captured myimagination.

What type of photographyinspires your work?

Shots that show mesomething different, orthat present the subject in aclever manner inspires mywork. Bold landscapes and

arty images that show you

things you might overlookare of particular interest tome too.


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What do you think of the

art and culture scene in

Worcester

Its denitely improved sinceI was younger. The venues aregreat and the cafe/ gallery inthe Art Workshop is brilliant,just what Worcester needs.

Do you use digital and flm

photography?

I use purely digital now,but I did use lm while mycamera still worked.

How would you

describe your style ofphotography?

I have two styles. Firstly Itake a lot of photographyshowing everyday thingsthat people may walk pastbut never really take in, I liketo share detail in buildings

and nature. My secondstyle is my abstract lightphotography. My work isalso about capturing subjectsI am drawn to and have apersonal interest in and wantto share.

Were and how long did you study?

I didnt study photography, rather I taught myself alwaystaking my camera with me and taking photos every day..

Could you describe tothe readers your current

exhibition?

The exhibition shows someof my abstract work, andalso the way I generally try totake photos in perspectivesthat people might not usually

take them, or I take imagesthat capture a mood andcommand your attention asif you were there too.


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[Box Poem 2]

Averse Muse

If you don't wantpoems written about

you, then

Don't make me fall in love with you

by seducing me softly until the honey

suckles.

You should ee female poets, their call

will transform you into a buck

leaping to escape the word dogs.

This is solid advice, it is true.

Beware, your blue eyes will turn bitter.

I am not just this season, not your bit of fun,

Because I will write poems that will petrify

your royal jelly into wax, I willdescribe the growl that you make as you come.

POETRY: Ruth StaceyILLUSTRATION: Chris Jones


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COGITO ERGO SUM

[I think theefor I am]The fnal show

The weather stayed bright for us as we went to interview some

nal year students at Worcester University. Here some of the

nest students will be show casing their illustrative, lm anddigital creations at the university for the Final Show in May.

We managed to interview some of this talented group

Elisaveta Petrova

What inspired you to study your subject?

I have been drawing since I was born and there was

nothing else I wanted to do.

How long is your current course and do you wish

to take on further education?

It is my third year at Worcester University. For now Iwish not to study. The academic side of art does notappeal to me, I feel best in a studio surrounded bycreative people.

Next up was Frank, whose

creative process is rather

unique.Frank Stiles

What inspires you to work

in your chosen medium?

The styles of lm that haveeither been forgotten andthose found in mediums like

video games.

How would you describe your creative style?

A focus on story, without the conventional and expected use of exceeded dialogue andexposition, I want to emphasise the setting and mood of the narrative.

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Could you describe to

readers your current

exhibition and what

readers can expect to see

from you?

My work being exhibitedevolves a short lm witchquestions whether artisticaffects support or hinder.

The story is simple and ismostly conveyed throughmusic, setting, video footage

Finally we interviewed Ben who is studying

Digital Film production

What inspired you to study yoursubject?

Saving Private Ryan made me want tomake lm

[Good choice, I think as its one of the greatestlms ever made in my opinion,] Could youdescribe to the readers about your

exhibition at the uni, so the readersknow what to expect?

I will be showing two original lms,period pieces both written, directed, editedby myself and a lm that I have writtenand sound-tracked by myself.

So if we have enticed you enough with this

enlightening taster, support art and education go

view and admire some of Worcesters young upand coming creatives. The end of year exhibition

showing from 22 May. We wish all the 3rd year

students the best of luck in the future from The

Box Zine team.

ARTWORK: Ellie, Frank and BenINCIDENTAL IMAGERY: Sam Taylor

and 2D animation along with a bulk of live action footage. Additional work plays/storiesand opening sequence effects.


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UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER PRESENTS: COGITO ERGO SUM ATHREE YEAR CULMINATION OF CREATIVITY FROM THE DIGITAL

ART CENTRE ENCOMPASSING SUBJECTS AS DIVERSE AS: ANIMATION,

ILLUSTRATION, PHOTOGRAPHY, FILM AND DESIGN.

UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER - DIGITAL ART CENTER, (25-29TH of May) willbe hosting the nal show entitled: COGITO ERGO SUM.

This is a unique opportunity to see a selection of fresh and creative work, introducing a

new generation of digital artists.The digital arts centre aims to encourage and inspire students in a unique learning

environment, which prepares them for the future and provides them with the skills tobecome leaders in their respective industry.

This year boasts a multifaceted show with a broad selection of disciplines fromexperimental photography to sustainable design. Students from this year have worked

on a variety of projects including live briefs with clients such as Worcester City Council,

English Heritage, The National Trust and Westons Cider.

With a wide gamut of creative subjects, this year sees the annual show proud to expandthe event into the Digital Arts Centre and Cotswold Suite at the Henwick Road Campus.

The show will run for public viewing from Thursday May 26th until Sunday May 29th, 10AM to 4 PM.

This is an exciting opportunity to see the very best creative output to emerge from the

University of Worcester in 2011.

For more information and a PDF or print catalogue please visit:www.cogitoergosum.co.uk


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Worcester Literary Festivals

Parole Parlate

On a hot spring evening, Jack

and I were part of an audience,

patiently awaiting a talented arrayof poets. They were ready to make

their mark during this open-mic

night, hosted in the top function

room of The Little Venice.

We were kindly invited byLisa

Ventura to this event. It hasbeen very successful and has

been presented to encourage

all creative writers to enter

the Worcestershire Literary

Festivals competition, to ndWorcestershires very rst Poet

Laureate.The Box Zine Big Poetry competition

will be collaborating with Worcester

Literary Festival. This will enableour readers, who enter, to have

the opportunity to perform at thefestival, alongside poets from across

Worcestershire.

There were nine performers, of all ages

and experience, all with very strong and

diverse messages to express though

spoken word. The event featured a showcase of poets; includingRoy McFarlane,Birminghams Poet Laureate 2010/11,

and Laura Dedicoat,Worcestershires

current Young Poet Laureate.


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The search for Worcestershires rst PoetLaureate begins. To enter please go to;

www.worcslitfest.com

See our blog for more details on the Big PoetryCompetition;

http://boxzine.tumblr.com/

You can get more information about deadlinesand entry forms on Box Zines BIG PoetryCompetition.

This will be running along side Worcestershire Literary Festival. Sodo not delay any further and send allentries to

[email protected]

Please Subject emails with the BigPoetry Competition and await tosee if you are one of the performersreading at the WorcestershireLiterary Festivals, plus there will besome great prizes up for grabs too!

Good Luck to you.

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IMAGERY: Sam Taylor


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[Box Poem 3]

Come Into The Garden

Come into the garden, Maud,

It's a lovely day outside


Whilst the sun is in the skyStep across the threshold,

And lift your head up high!


It's a lovely day to die...

The day we wed I promised you

"For better or for worse",

Never knowing that my heartfeltwords

Would soon become a curse.

Our love-life withered overnight,

And in about the same

You became a witch, a harpy,

Bellowing my name.

Remarkably, we had three children,How I cannot think -

I recall no nights of passion,

Perhaps you spiked my drink,

For I had hit the bottle hard

To wash away the grey

Of waking up beside you

Each and every day.

Now the young have own the nest

It's you and me at last.

I did my duty for the kids

Now you and I must part.

I want no messy divorce

Where you take the lion's cut,

I've come up with a neater plan -

And I will keep the lot

I've been digging in the garden, Maud,

A hole, long, wide and deep,

I'm gonna push you in it, Maud

For an everlasting sleep.

And as the gentle scent of owers

Titillates our noses

No-one will ever realise

You are pushing up the roses.

But rst I've got to end your life

And therein lies the trouble,

The best I've thought of so far

Is hitting you with the shovel.

But come into the garden, Maud,

Its a lovely day today

Let me take you by the hand -

Im sure Ill nd a way.POETRY:John Taylor


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Art In Minds (AIMs) was formed seven years ago by ahealth trust funded artist, a senior occupational therapistand one ex-mental health service user.

AIMs provides an opportunity for artists with personalexperience, an understanding of or an interest in mentalhealth issues to exhibit their work in the public arena. Itoffers a supportive and professional environment where

members can partake in the organisation as much or aslittle as is possible for them. AIMs offers the chance forits members to gain expertise and knowledge within asupported atmosphere.

ARTICLE: Alexandra RowanILLUSTRATION: Chris Jones

In 2009 the AIMs Community Group was formed in partnership with the health trustfunded staff and a Worcestershire based artist. Initially the group was based at the City

Art Gallery & Museum in Worcester. However, as the group expanded, larger premiseswere required and weekly sessions are now held at the Worcester Arts Workshop. Thegroup consists of a community of self motivated artists who work both individually andcollaboratively to continue their creative journey and enhance their artistic development.

Working within the community helps to ensure that members continue their workingpractice and makes certain their talent is promoted through exhibitions held with both thegroup itself and the wider AIMs movement.

The AIMs Community Group has been supported by the City Art Gallery & Museum,two of the artists in residence based at the Worcester Arts Workshop, The co-operativemembership Community Fund, Worcestershire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust andCapacity Builders.

If you are interested in nding out more about Art In Minds please feel free to view ourwebsite at

www.artinminds.org.ukOur face book page or follow us on twitter at twitter@artinminds.


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The Hidden Green City

Worcester Arts Workshop are

renowned for there excellent

collection of educational and fun

lled childrens classes.

It was a beautiful spring day; Caf Bliss was bussing with people, but the forecourt hadbeen taken over by children. They were developing a secret city made entirely by theirhands. Each child moulded there own unique magical buildings; houses, towers andthere were even igloos dotted amongst the pot plants. These could be found hiddenwithin the forecourt; placed amongst roots of two tree stumps brought in especially for

the occasion.

For more information on the Worcester Arts Workshops classes drop in to the

building or go to [[email protected]]

Underneath the buildingsthe children placedseeds, which would growthrough there little claymasterpieces. The clay

would then melt andform in to other shapes

as each clay building hadnot been kilned enablingeach structure to take adifferent form.

Go and visit the secret miniature city, you may have to search amongst the jungle ofplants to nd some of the more hidden treasures, and why not savour some refreshing

drinks and lovely Mexican food while your at it .

Pottery classes run every Saturday morningcatering for children of all ages. But thisSaturday saw something quite special.


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Film POP

Until 7th of MayLooking at how Pop artists

took lm, its characters,themes and iconography, asreference material for theirart. Featuring a selectionof works on sci-, horror,murder mystery and western

themes.

Wolverhampton

Art Gallery,Licheld Street,

Wolverhampton, WV1

1DU. (01902) 552055

Close to Nature27th May 10th JulyNature is all around us,

but do when do we really

stop to look in detail or

think about its complexity,our own impact on the

landscape and its impacton us? A show case of

contemporary sculptures

The new Brewery Arts,

Brewery Court,

Cirencester,

Gloucestershire GL7

1JH

01285 657181

Animals by RobertDavies

March 12th 28th MayRobert Davies drawings

will dazzle you with theirlifelike quality. The cows,horses, chickens and pigsare all rescue creatures from

an animal sanctuary nearWorcester, with their ownnames and personas, thismakes you think about ourrelationship with animals

and how we treat them.

Wolverhampton

Art Gallery,

Licheld Street,

Wolverhampton, WV1

1DU. (01902) 552055

Exhibitions and Event in May

Contemporary

Collection Re-

considered9th April - 4th JuneBringing together worksby important British andinternational artists, thisexhibition explores thetension between rural and

urban landscapes.

Worcester Art Gallery

and Museum,

Worcester

Rugby Collection 2011

22nd March 28th

August

Collection of works byEduardo Paolozzi, StanleySpencer, Walter Sickert,Barbara Hepworth, BridgetRiley and l.S. Lowry. Only aselection is on display please

phone for details

Rugby Art Gallery

and Museum, LittleElborow Street, Rugby

CV21 3BZ (01788)

533204

Festival Feast

30th April 15th MayAnnual InternationalTextile Festival in Stroud,this exhibition will show

a selection of artistswho are in this yearsfestival. Inspiring andthought provoking textilescontemporary crafts and

multimedia.

The new Brewery Arts,

Brewery Court,

Cirencester,Gloucestershire. GL7

1JH

(01285) 657181


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Learn: Eat: Perform[Third Sunday every month]

~May 15th[Tickets 7 advance, 6 on

door workshop]{free to attend open mic}

Diana Scott

April 25th- 22nd MayA retrospective of paintings

Clik Clik collective presents:

Nathaniel Kara

April 25th- 20th MayPop art inspired urbanlandscapes

Events @ Cafe

Bliss

Worcester Art Workshop21 Sansome Street

Worcester. WR1 1UH

(01905) 21095

[email protected]

Lazy Sunday[Second Sunday of every month]

~May 8th

[Free Entry]


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In Issue 04...

~Chris concludes

Metamorphosis

~Interview with

Rebecca Grifths andCharlotte Stocksdale.

~Follow ups from ourguest artists

~Also details on our

new Website!

~More from Jack and

Lucy on 42

~Keep up to date on

Facebook concerningupdates and the Poetry

Competition!



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