The Great Glass Bead Game
13th June - 30th June
Slack Space @ Victoria Place
Open Wednesday - Saturday 11am - 6pm
Cast, flame and blown glass work
Glass sculpture
Fused, vitreous and iridescent. Mirrors,
minerals, web and wire
Wall mounted
Ice, light, clear
Space marbles, glass peacocks, spiders
webs and life size men
Beads of sweat, tears
Pure and impure
An exhibition of glass work and
imagination featuring submissions from:
Red Flower Glass
Carola Smedjebacka
Liz Wotton
Dominique Hodges
Jean Muir
Ellison Art Glass
Carol Hennahane
Jane Ostler
Claudia Uller
Steam Punk Glass
Caroline Moiret
Dorian Kelly
Stained Glass work from Adult Community
Learning group led by Carol Hennahane
The Colchester Glass bead!
From 13 – 30 June 2012 Slack Space
presents a very special exhibition ‘The Great Glass Bead Game!’ This exhibition
is part of Colchester Carnival and Sparks Will Fly, the official Essex Cultural
Olympiad event, and features some very exciting activity!
In May a 12ft high champion Marina (a
stilted performer and chariot) arrives on a sail barge to Harwich. She is met
by local dignitaries and others. The Champion is here to play ‘The Game’ and
must collect 12 giant glass beads from across Essex. A few days later
another Champion, Boris, arrives via Stansted Airport and is greeted with the
full state welcome! Boris too is here to collect glass beads and play ‘The
Game’. For the next month the two Champions go all over Essex, never meeting
each other, joining in a big event in each town and finding beads. Each time
they visit a town they grow bigger and by the time they get to Colchester they
are 12 foot high!
The finale date is Hylands Park
Chelmsford on July 6th when the two Champions meet and battle it out in ‘The
Game,’ accompanied by a spectacular fire show. This finale event also
celebrates the arrival of the Olympic Torch in Chelmsford.
The puppet Marina will arrive in
Colchester on 30 June, Carnival day, to find the Colchester glass bead!
Image: Simon Bruntnell
Level 2 National Diploma in Art and Design - End of Year Exhibition
13th June - 30th June
The Colchester Institute and Braintree College present the end of year show. An eclectic mix of work covering a range of disciplines from 3D design to textiles and graphics.
and....
Level 2 National Diploma in Art and Design - End of Year Exhibition
13th June - 30th June
The Colchester Institute and Braintree College present the end of year show. An eclectic mix of work covering a range of disciplines from 3D design to textiles and graphics.
and....
