Eastlife Spring 2021
This is our fourth issue during the pandemic. Fourth! I can’t quite believe it. Like many other businesses we have learned to adapt. I am no longer flustered when events are cancelled at the last moment before print, it has become the norm.
This is our fourth issue during the pandemic. Fourth! I can’t quite believe it. Like many other businesses we have learned to adapt. I am no longer flustered when events are cancelled at the last moment before print, it has become the norm.
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On the<br />
Canvas<br />
Discover the latest art<br />
exhibitions in the region<br />
The Great Big Art Exhibition<br />
The Great Big Art Exhibition launched on 28 January <strong>2021</strong> and will run until the end<br />
of April. It calls for the nation to create work following leading artists who will choose a<br />
different theme each fortnight.<br />
People across the UK are being invited to make works of art to put up in their front<br />
windows to create the nation’s largest ever exhibition – a celebration of creativity to<br />
counter the gloom of the pandemic.<br />
© David Parry_PA Wire<br />
Work can be submitted from individuals or as a community, by joining up ‘virtually’ with<br />
neighbours, schools, churches or football teams for example, to produce memorable<br />
and exciting artwork.<br />
Presented by Firstsite, Colchester, to celebrate its 10th anniversary and supported by<br />
the Plus Tate Network, which includes leading museums and galleries across the UK,<br />
artworks can be made of anything. Firstsite will be making key works from across the UK<br />
available for download to use as a template, for colouring in or as an inspiration.<br />
www.firstsite.uk<br />
The Robins Project<br />
The Robins Project aims to celebrate the lives of children and adults facing<br />
life-threatening conditions by providing professional photography sessions,<br />
free-of-charge.<br />
Developed by Kristi Atkinson, the photographs will not tell a bleak story, but instead<br />
focus on joy, family, and what it means to truly live. It is a wonderful service that helps<br />
families capture lasting memories.<br />
For more information visit www.humanknd.co.uk/the-robins-project<br />
‘Moments’ Exhibition of Modern Art<br />
Featuring some of the world’s best-known contemporary artists, ‘Moments’ exhibition will<br />
open on Sunday 2 May and run for an extended time of five months until Thursday, 30<br />
September at Moyse’s Hall Museum, Bury St Edmunds.<br />
© John Brandler<br />
Artists will include Banksy, Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, Kaws, Pure Evil, Connor Brothers<br />
and Rachel List, with both original artworks and prints.<br />
The exhibition, which will be of national importance and interest, is a major coup for West<br />
Suffolk Council which runs Moyse’s Hall Museum. It will play a major role in helping the<br />
town’s economic recovery, after the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent<br />
lockdowns.<br />
It will be supplemented by a range of workshops, live art demonstrations, artist talks and<br />
pop-up activities themed around the concept of ‘moments’, some will be suitable for<br />
school and college students. These activities will take place at various locations around<br />
the town including The Apex entertainment centre.<br />
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