A Swindon Open Studios venue has called on a garrison of Stormtroopers and Daleks to provide extra protection for the work of 20 artists and craftspeople at the Carriage Works on 21 September.
The classic science fiction villains were drafted in as a precaution following the recent theft of Banksy's 'Howling Wolf' from Peckham.
On 21 September a family fun d will kick off the opening of the exhibition at 11am, with children invited to come dressed as their favourite Sci-fi character.
Apart from paintings, pottery, digital art, photography and jewellery, there will be two children’s book authors exhibiting, and New College will be demonstrating media make-up.
Swindon Open Studios has 130 participants in 56 different venues in and around Swindon this year. The event at The Carriage Works presents a once-only opportunity for artists to exhibit together in this iconic space.
Immediately afterwards, the historic listed building will undergo a major renovation.
The family fun day with café was the brainchild of Mark and Anna Enright, who run Podpadstudios. They jumped at the chance of working with Swindon Borough Council and Create Studios to use the huge Carriage Works space, because they have never been able to exhibit their entire collection of life-size film props under one roof before.
Podpadstudios' Terminator-inspired Robot T-1-FNY, steampunk Dalek, Dr Who's K9, Star Wars R2D2 droids, anamatronic dragons and life-size Batmobile will be joined by The Stormtroopers from MKG who will be fund raising for Prospect Hospice, Swindon.
Entry is free to the family fun day and Swindon Open Studios exhibition which runs for the last two weekends of September.
Full details of Swindon Open Studios can be found at https://www.swindonopenstudios.org/
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