Alrewas Arts Festival
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Alrewas Arts Festival is a free, bi-annual festival held in early September in the Staffordshire
village of Alrewas
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The festival brought together more than 20 village artists and craft workers who volunteered to share their skills and run “have-a-go” sessions. In addition, over 100 local performers took part in a variety of events, from poetry and drama to classical music and dance.
Amongst other projects completed for the festival were a 10-foot-high youth willow sculpture; a giant multi-image tile mosaic; a film documenting the making of the canal
, entitled A Cut Through Alrewas; and a big art session held outside the local shops.
Staffordshire
Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
village of Alrewas
Alrewas
Alrewas is a large village and civil parish within Lichfield District, in Staffordshire, England. It lies on the A38 road, approximately 5 miles north of Lichfield...
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Festival 2006
This first festival took place between Saturday 16th and Saturday 23rd of September.The festival brought together more than 20 village artists and craft workers who volunteered to share their skills and run “have-a-go” sessions. In addition, over 100 local performers took part in a variety of events, from poetry and drama to classical music and dance.
Festival 2008
The second festival took place between Saturday 6th and Saturday 13th of September.Amongst other projects completed for the festival were a 10-foot-high youth willow sculpture; a giant multi-image tile mosaic; a film documenting the making of the canal
Canal
Canals are man-made channels for water. There are two types of canal:#Waterways: navigable transportation canals used for carrying ships and boats shipping goods and conveying people, further subdivided into two kinds:...
, entitled A Cut Through Alrewas; and a big art session held outside the local shops.