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Art abounds in the town Help Swindon get

With the frenzied atmosphere about cuts to arts funding over the last few months, as Swindon Council into jubilee spirit
contemplated cultural hart-kini and the derision that comes from trying to turn a town into a cultural wasteland, Swindon Museum & Art Gallery is
it's easy to forget that there are loads of creative things going on in schools, where children are both learning dusting down the bunting and
about and doing art.
stocking up on red, white and blue
for a free exhibition opening on
Saturday 20 April, to help the town
celebrate the golden jubilee of
Queen Elizabeth II.
The exhibition will show how
Swindonians have celebrated the
many different royal events in the
nation's history over the years. The
museum has souvenir mugs. news-
papers. photographs of Old Town
decorated for Queen Victoria's
golden and diamond jubilees. even
a 78 year old paper serviette from
the 1924 visit by George V and
Queen Mary.

Independent community artists No Added Sugar have been adding a bit of spice to school life by working From The Link archives. Novem-
with children at Greenmeadow in North Swindon and Brook Field in West Swindon.
ber 1999 Tregoze School children
At Greenmeadow, above, each class studied an artist and made their own sketches using that particular welcome the Queen to Lydiard Park
style. Then they transferred the ideas to large panels which have been hung around the school halls.Warhol's
Marilyn Munroe has become the modern day icon Bart Simpson, geometric patterns represent Kandinsky, But they need more. If you could
they went totally dotty with Suerat and completely crazy about Jackson Pollock. lend anything relating to royalty in
Swindon. or have any special
"It was a great project." said artist Gordon Dickinson. pictured above
memories, call 466556.
centre. "The kids love the creativity that this work gives them. There's
All borrowed memorablia will be
no holding them back." The Russian Connexion
In a similar project at Brook Field School every class took an artist to treated with utmost care.
The group brings together people
study during a creative arts week after half term, 18 to 22 February. This
of any nationality interested in
ti me Gordon was commissioned to create an eight foot high statue of Discover the Sarthe
Russian language and culture and
three figures in sheet metal, based on Giocometti designs given to him
next meets on Friday 8 March. The Anglo-French Club of Swindon
by children, which will stand by the front door.
8pm in the Crown, Ermin Street, presents an audiovisual show on
Getting ready for art week at Brook Field. In early February every child Stratton, Swindon. the Sarthe (Loire region) at Croft
contributed to a giant Klimdt collage hung in the school hall. Pictured Exchange ideas, books, news- Sports Centre, Marlborough Lane,
with art coordinator Clare Hughes. from left, Laura Usherbastar, Ui papers & contacts and meet some Old Town on Monday 4 March,
Yoshida, Ryan Martin, Hannah Bassell, Robert Bolt
native Russian speakers. For 7.30pm. Admission is £2.
details. call 337113 or 491003 Regional specialities and cider
[email protected] will be served afterwards. For
www.communigate.co.uk/wilts- details of the Anglo-French Club
russianconnexion/index.phtml call Grace Wilkins on 706775
Germanic links
The German Connection brings together people of any nationality in the
Swindon area interested in German language and culture.
Friday. 15th March. 8pm. The Crown, Ermin Street. Stratton. Swindon
(Please note change of venue).
Schau doch einfach mal vorbei urn nette Leute kennenzulernen. zu
quatschen and zu kloenen, deutsche Traditionen and Feste zu feiern
and Ideen aus-zutauschen.
Wir freuen uns immer ueber neue Gesichter!
01793 539808 [email protected]
Besuche auch unsere Web-Seite fuer naehere Informationen:
deutscherfreundeskreis. homestead .comi
Deutsche Spiel /Krabbelgruppe (German Playgroup)
Trifft sich einmal die Woche in and um Swindon and freut sich ueber
neue. Bei Interesse bitte anrufen: 496776