The Arnold Circus Sharing Picnic 100.(UK) The Arnold Circus Sharing Picnic 100 18th July 2010, 1pm-5pm 1pm-4pm : picnic, artist's fair, music on the banstand 4pm-5pm: alternative vehicle parade & cycle ride Arnold Circus, Boundary Estate, Tower Hamlets, London E2
Join in and celebrate the renovation and centenary of Arnold Circus, at the heart of the world’s first social housing scheme, with a grand community picnic, artists' fair, music on the band stand and 100 laps cycle ride & alternative vehicle parade. BRING A PICNIC AND YOUR BIKE FOR THE 100 LAP CYCLE RIDE! home live art, the innovative live art and performance company joins with The Friends of Arnold Circus to continue the Friends' tradition of an annual sharing picnic with the Sharing Picnic 100. This special event is designed to celebrate 100 years of the famous bandstand, Arnold Circus and its history as a vital community space at the heart of the Boundary Estate. The Sharing Picnic 100 is a broad-based collaborative event - over 50 local artists from Shoreditch’s artist community join with local groups, schools, volunteers and neighbourhood businesses, to invite people to share in a vibrant community event around food and friendliness: a sumptuous picnic with cooking demonstrations, artists' food projects and the sharing table, an artists’ fair with participatory activities, installations and games and a bandstand music programme with brass bands, beat boxing, female rappers and more. The final challenge to cycle 100 times around the Circus will feature an extraordinary alternative vehicle parade by artists Francis Thorburn & Richard Elliott. Participants: Abake, Aesop, Adam Dant, Alex Bettler, Alex Rich & Momoko Mizutani, Alix McAlister, Ben Freeman & Ditto Press, Bethnal Green Technology College, Bob & Roberta Smith, Brassroots, Cathy Wren, Clare Patey, Columbia Primary School, Cowling & Wilcox, Foodcycle, Francis Thorburn & Richard Elliott, The Gentle Author, Jerome Rigaud Electronest, Jonathan Polkest, Julia, Juliana Ong, Kondirto & Cook, La Grotta Ices, London Fire Brigade, Markus & Karin Bergstrom, Mary Spyrou, Matzos, MC Paul L Martin, Miche Fabre Lewin, Nathan 'Flutebox' Lee and The Clinic, Nazareno Crea, North Brick Lane RA, Poetic Pilgrimage, Rochelle School, Rock A Hula!, Romana Sharmin, Search Party, Society of Wonders, Sophie Hexheimer, Spitalfields Music, St Hilda's East Community Centre, St-Pierre & Miquelon, Swing Zazou, Tatty Divine, Thinkpublic, Tim Mitchell, Virginia Primary School, Winkball, Yuri Suzuki. Supported by: A Foundation, The Albion, Arnold & Henderson, The Arts Council of England, Awards for All, The Big Lunch, Bishopsgate Foundation, Calvert22, Canary Wharf Group, Cowling & Wilcox, Create 10, Food cycle, Friends of Arnold Circus, Garfield Weston, The Heritage Lottery Fund, home live art, Joule, The Live Art Development Agency, London Borough of Tower Hamlets Arts & Events, Spitalfields Music, St Katharine & Shadwell Trust. For more information please contact: home live art: [email protected] Tel. 07957 565336 www.homeliveart.com www.facebook.com/homeliveart www.twitter/homeliveart Friends of Arnold Circus: [email protected] Tel. 020 7729 821 www.foac.org.uk _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
