Thread and Word - A Walk with Shrines. Ofrendas responding to The Hoarder by Jess KiddTaking time to reflect with Virginia Fitch Images of Ofrendas (offerings ) made by Virginia Fitch with some words as she reflects on the process."Although I...
Category: Public Art
Elspeth Penfold 2018-10-15 07:26:00
Thread and Word - A Walk with Shrines.A film with footage of processional walking and of offerings created to form a liturgy to four books by four authors at The Autumn Bookie in Margate. An introduction by Andreas Loizou , founder and director of...
Elspeth Penfold 2018-10-04 15:06:00
In The Winter Gardens, MargateA Walk with Shrines'The Hoarder'by Jess KiddHere a final blog on our authors. Last but by no means the least, we responded with offerings to Jess Kidd's book published in America as, 'Mr Flood's Last Resort, an...
Elspeth Penfold 2018-10-03 10:44:00
A Walk with ShrinesA photo Diary of Ofrendas made by artists/makers for 'Madonna of the Mountains' by Elise Valmorbida Photography by Anastasia MillerWork in progress Sharon RoweThe work made by Sharon Rowe was completed and is included in &n...
Elspeth Penfold 2018-10-02 11:55:00
photography, with thanks, Anastasia MillerA Walk with Shrines with The Margate BookieA Walk with Shrines was part of Margate Festival 2018:Now, which was funded by Turner Contemporary, Dreamland and Kent County Council.'Ofrendas' made by artists/...
Elspeth Penfold 2018-10-01 07:25:00
A Walk with Shrines - Owen Lowery, Transitions PoetryHere images of four 'Ofrendas' made by artists/makers/authors in response to #OWLOWERY 's Transitions Poetry Margate Bookie.Our film 'Ofrendas' made with support from Arts Counci...
Elspeth Penfold 2018-09-23 13:32:00
A Filming day for "Ofrendas" 'Ofrendas' is a short film which will be shown before A Walk with Shrines at The Margate Bookie on Saturday September 29th at 10.30 a.m. at Turner Contemporary, as a part of The Margate Bookie.A Walk ...
Elspeth Penfold 2018-09-11 09:56:00
Weaving the [email protected] #4Wcop (the Fourth World Congress of Psychogeography)A fab invitation from Sonia Overall, to become her Ariadne, led me to 4Wcop in Huddersfield on the 7th and 8th of September .Huddersfield canal , I love a houseboat!&nbs...
Elspeth Penfold 2018-08-28 16:40:00
Pilgrimages, Shrines, Walking, Making Labyrinths and Story Telling.In her talk at the conference Beyond The Pedestrian: Walking in Research, Theory, Practice and Performance in Liverpool on July 26th Professor Dee Heddon stated that we learn...
Elspeth Penfold 2018-08-18 06:06:00
Slow Looking - Exploring the relationship between weaving, threading, walking and the landscape .A long Walk to Nowhere, through Thread and Word part of the Whitstable Biennale Satellite programme 2018A visual reflection on a walk for the Whitstab...
Festival Season: A Summer Walk at Bard
Summer means festival season for music-lovers, and thoughts turn to listening to stirring music in a place with clean air, surrounded by picnic baskets and leafy lawns. New Yorkers have plenty of opportunities to enjoy music in the city and to many dif...
Elspeth Penfold 2018-06-01 14:17:00
Some thoughts on walking, weaving and how we share stories.Supporting the walk in July by The Refugee Tales : http://refugeetales.org/book-for-refugee-tales-walk-2018/ An Introduction.Each of the textile birds that will be displayed in my T...
Meet SPOT, the Giant Fiberglass Dalmatian on East 34th Street
SPOT! is the name of the giant Dalmatian at the east end of 34th Street balancing a yellow taxi on its nose. This new public sculpture by artist Donald Lipski sits outside NYU Langone’s new Helen L. and Martin S. Kimmel Pavilion at 34th Street and Firs...
Elspeth Penfold 2018-05-13 16:23:00
Looking forward to Hazelfest on May 20th hope to see some of you there.Thread and Word at The Wandsworth Arts Fringe 2018Highlighting the campaign by The Refugee Tales for an end to the unlimited detention of asylum seekers and refugees in the U.K.Thre...
Elspeth Penfold 2018-05-06 10:28:00
Virginia Fitch performs from Pruffock'Sound and Sway' A photo diaryA Walk for the Margate Spring Bookie 2018 Thread and Wordat the Turner ContemporaryWith thanks to:The Margate Bookie team headed up by Andreas Loizou,Jennifer Deakin (photogr...
Elspeth Penfold 2018-04-20 15:33:00
Thread and Word working to support The Refugee Tales at the Wandsworth Arts Fringe and beyond. This event supports the campaign to end the unlimited detention of refugees and asylum seekers...
Elspeth Penfold 2018-04-15 11:54:00
Looking for the magic in the everyday through TS Eliot a walk in Margate on March 24th 2018.Walking with The Waste Land- An edited Photo diary of "A Treasure Trail". Thank you to all who joined, participated and contributed to make this such...
Elspeth Penfold 2018-02-24 12:58:00
Walking with The Waste Land Photo-Diary - 'Mud Walking' On Friday the 23rd of February, members from the walking group Walking with The Waste Land and their friends conducted a walk from the Sportsman Car Park in Seasalter, near Whitstable, in Ken...
Elspeth Penfold 2017-12-28 14:42:00
Snapshots ending 2017 and a sneaky peek at projects in 2018 Walking San Pedro de Atacama, Chile 2017 I have been working o...
Ai Weiwei’s Vision in Washington Square, Night
In celebration of its 40th anniversary, the Public Art Fund has unveiled its largest public art project to date in the city, “Good Fences Make Good Neighbors” by the Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei. The installation, consisting of more than 300 a...