Celebration of Stone - Jurassic Coast

Photo © Annie PfingstWatch out for…Jurassic Coast Partner ProjectBen Osborne – JurassicJourneyThe Jurassic Journey is currently inits research and development stage.Lead artist Ben Osborne is one ofthe stills photographers for DavidAttenborough’s BBC series’. Ben hasspent the last 12 months developingmaterial for this project. Over thecoming year he will work with threeother artists. The work produced willtour 12 venues through the Artsreachand Villages in Action rural touringprogrammes in early 2011. There willbe an extensive workshop programmethroughout 2010 and 2011 followedby exhibitions at major venues alongthe coast in 2011/12 and a scaleddowntouring exhibition which willvisit rural areas and smaller spaces.”Exploratory LaboratoryExhibition, talks and workshopspresented by Big Picture at BridportArts Centre exploring theinterface between contemporaryvisual art and the earth sciences.Find out about the technology thatscientists are employing to recordand measure the changing coastand how artists are using it to lookcreatively at the environment.Info: www.bridport-arts.comAdrian Gray - StonebalancingAll summer, weather dependent atmain beach Lyme Regis and atLyme Regis ArtsFest, 26 September -3 October, 2010Info: 01297 445062adrian@stonebalancing.comAdrian uses huge stones and fossilsfrom the Jurassic Coast beaches tocreate artworks that are massive yetephemeral. He balances them, notso much on top of each other as sideby side in thin air - strictly withoutthe aid of adhesive or pins. Theyremain in place through the naturalforce of gravity and friction.‘Nature’s glue’ sustains them in these