Hi Hilds

Saw Tony today...running on high octane fuel. Now have the red camper van parked here, with running repairs to sort, a broken window, graffiti and a petrol cap cover with no key to unlock. Apart from that it is all systems go. In exchange he has got all our Christmas lights for his daughter's leaving to go to Uni party tonight, and when we dropped off the stuff at his old place there was about 10 minutes to spare before being interviewed by the press about giving away his kidney to his sister.  He kept dashing up a ladder in his garden asking me did I want some Bramleys whilst I paced up and down.  I feel a certain stomach sinking sense of apprehension about the Museum of Possibilities being on rather rocky ground as a starting point.  Way to go! Phew!

Hi Mags

Confirm I have sent my proposal as artist in residency, with my project which will be a series of travelling interventions entitled the Museum of Possibilities.  I confirm I will be responding to and aim to have fun setting up different scenarios as part of the Art/works Festival 2010 at Radstock, over the period of Sept 18 - 27.  The camper van is organised and I will be picking it up on Wednesday.  As I tell people about the project my collections that I will be bringing with me are growing, adding to the retro picnic set is a suitcase of dressing up stuff, a bundle of red and white gingham, an interestingly curious series of found and given objects which now includes a small sewing cupboard, a set of tiny wooden clogs and a teaspoon with a seaside view on it.   I confirm I have organised to go and meet with the Education Manager at the Holbourne Museum, Bath at 12 midday to discuss curatorial concerns.  I will be then driving directly over to you as there is a need to spread the news, so I will be over to you to meet up with you on for podcast at Somer Valley FM. Could we meet a bit later than 2.00, say 2.30 if possible?  If not I will make a dash. Where shall we meet?

I confirm also that I will be at the start of the festival on the 18th and 25th, and as I will be exploring journeys, notions of home and away, I have booked a bike ride possibly on a tandem, gulp, plus want to do something with the giant knitted house and Monica's mad knitting workshop, plus animation workshop.  The tea dance is a must. So is the final event, when and where will that be? Plus want to liaise with the library, as I was wondering if I was asking for people to bring maybe old stuff to create collections the library could be a drop off point, or nesa new office.  Which would work best?

Jillx

Hi Fiona

I understand you work in Willow. I am going to be the artist in residence during the art/works festival.  I am creating a travelling intervention, called The Museum of Possibilities, it will have a retro/vintage feel and aims to create a series of happenings, which will unearth and inspire stories in relationship to notion of journey, inspired by narratives of home and away, rituals of everyday life, exploring a contemporary take on fairytale and myths to celebrate the nature and spirit of community.

As part of the festival I will be asking workshop facilitators to respond, if they would like, to the Museum of Possibilities, and somehow then this could link up the different activities.  In the animation workshop this theme will be hopefully explored, and too in the Drop in and Dress Up Tent - where someone has already donated a huge bag of hats.   I wondered if you would be happy to get participants in your workshops to make fairytale inspired objects, to make crowns, wings, wands?  

My base will be the gifted loan of a camper van, and I already have a growing series of given and found object collections, a friend has made stained glass wings for a collection of figurines.  My latest acquisition is a tiny 4" fairydoll with glittery pipe cleaner wings and a rather odd stare.  So, I was wondering if anything resulting from your workshop could also be contributed that would be great.  I was wondering too, that it would be great fun for the Drop in and Dress Up tent for a pair of wings to be available, or even for me to wear during the week.   I wondered if they could be made from willow, or is that mad, and would wire and tissue paper would better????

Hope this all makes sense.  It would be great to talk on the phone if you prefer, and I could always ring you.

Hi Chris

Nice to speak today, great idea about joining in with the Artworks Festival bike ride on Tuesday 21. I like the idea of a Castles & Cauldrons picnic, but I can't believe I am organising to join in and get myself on a tandem bike.  To confirm I have left a message on Eugene's mobile, asking him to ring me - and we shall take it from there!

Meanwhile, I am worrying what to wear and how to carry my picnic set.