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Photograph of an artwork featuring a hardboard anchor covered in the self-portraits of Brave Art students. Blog posts

Anchors Aweigh for Brave Art Students

Brave Artists in Bury St Edmunds ended the summer term with an exciting commission for the Anchors Aweigh! Art Trail, Woodbridge Festival. Student Josh said: ‘It’s like riding down a river of paint to a world of colour!’

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A huge puppet, powered by a person inside, using long poles to manoeuvre the large hands. The figure is dressed in long flowing net gown, drapes of green fabric resembling seaweed and has the rising sun as a crown News

Greetings from First Light Festival in Lowestoft

It was a glorious day on the beach at First Light Festival – and here are just a few of the wonderful postcards made by participants in our Greetings from Lowestoft workshop in the Cosmic Pirate Zone.

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Long strips of blue and green felt and silver netting laid out on a table ready to be made into bunting News

First Light Festival Welcome from Hildesley Court

The folks at Hildesley Court have been busy, making beautiful blue bunting in time for the First Light Festival Parade on Saturday 17th June.

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Clown Doctor Dr Kit Kat AKA actor, Katrina Beckford, wearing a red nose and smiling. Artists' stories

Presenting Dr Kit Kat (Giggleologist)

Dr Kit Kat is known for being purrfectly sweet and gentle. She can be quite easily spotted as she has adorable, fluffy, purple ears, a red nose and a smile like a Cheshire cat.

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Dear Family Please come to the First Light Festival at the beach on 17th - 18th June from Freddie Blog posts

Pakefield Postcards

Our final Greetings from Lowestoft session – before we meet on the beach at the Festival Light Festival Cosmic Pirate Zone on Saturday, 17th June.

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Nine collaged postcards depicting Lowestoft seaside Blog posts

Greetings from Red Oak Primary School

Beautiful postcards created by Year 5 pupils at Red Oak Primary School in Lowestoft – ready in time for the First Light Festival

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A collaged postcard featuring overlaid pieces of blue patterned papers, including one that is latticed, a tiny picture of a deckchair and beach umbrella, a framed image of a butterfly and a bird and wooden shapes of 3 blue fish, a starfish and a scallop shell Blog posts

Bunting and beach scenes

Sea-themed bunting at the Kirkley Centre and postcards from Windsor Care Home.

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a group shot of workshop participants looking to the camera Artists' stories

Clown Through Mask

Suffolk Artlink’s Clown Round team recently participated in a Hocus Pocus Theatre hosted professional development residency ‘Clown Through Mask’ led by world-renowned clown teacher Sue Morrison visiting from Canada.

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