Centennial
Fabrica gallery in collaboration with arts and heritage organisation Strike a Light will be hosting a free and specially created event Centennial.
Forming a part of the nationwide Heritage Open Days free events across England and Wales, this afternoon drop-in commemorates the beginning of the centenary of World War I. It profiles and examines aspects of our experiences of the war through the use of diaries, moving image, wartime songs, creative workshops, and talks, exploring our shared and personal memories relating to the war, and the stories we were left with.
The event will offer art activities, film showings, workshop activities, talks, and free afternoon tea. In addition, Fabrica will be highlighting a plaque honouring the parishioners who fought and died in WWI, hidden from public view for decades.
The event will be followed by a free evening film showing of musical romp Oh! What a Lovely War with low cost bar & nibbles.
Aimed at all and especially older people, visitors can relax, and encounter visual art in entrancing, fun, creative way. This event also welcomes everyone including families, babies and children of all ages. Free transport is available for the elderly and disabled. Please get in touch to arrange this.
To find out more about this event and others in the Special Daytime Events programme at Fabrica, please contact Clare Hankinson, Fabrica Project Coordinator on 01273 778 646 or email: office@fabrica.org.uk Web: http://www.fabrica.org.uk
To find out more about the arts and heritage organisation Strike a Light please contact Nicola Benge strikealight@rocketmail.com or web: http://www.strikealight.org