Archive | June, 2011

Fried squirrel, jelly and third thursdays

This week is going to be a big week for us ( it has already started). Yesterday was the launch of Reading Arts Week at the Forbury, led by the New Directions Team. I didn’t make it there as I was in the outside inside festival shop partly, planning for the Coopers days this week, [...]

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We need YOU to make something big happen

Some of you who have been around in Reading for a long time will know that jelly started in an empty shop due for demolition in 1993. In two weeks that space had changed, we turned it round and opened the doors of what was the first of our gallery spaces. From there we have [...]

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John Lewis, jelly and the big donation

We are delighted, excited, thrilled and ready to pop thanks to the largest material donation we have ever received. This contribution, made by John Lewis, is going to have an impact on what we can do for the next 18 months – thank you John Lewis. Here follows the official words, minus the popping and [...]

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outside inside festival shop

One of our favourite shops that we use for the Open for Art project, at 27/28 Market Place, is launching at 10 am today as a pop-up festival shop for outside:inside. There will be cakes, treats and the chance to see some of the work by the exhibiting artists in the festival plus hear some [...]

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Join in a Third Thursday, submission deadline 23 June 2011

Just a reminder that the submission deadline is fast approaching for artists, poets, writers and musicians who are interested in taking part in our Third Thursday programme. To find out more about Third Thursday, visit here. We are looking for artists from any artforms ~ dancers, actors, singers, musicians, film makers, poets, crafters, makers, designers, [...]

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Come along to the Third Thursday tonight

Since we started Third Thursday events back in November 2010, we have not had rain and each event has been in doors. The only exception being the December Third Thursday with the Reading Stories event at Blandy and Blandy where we had snow (beautiful snow showers). Typically today, when we start a series of Third [...]

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Stuart Booker, Open for Art

  The weekend full of activity has been and gone and we are already prepping ourselves for a new window installation tomorrow – Martin Stubbington, Friars Walk. Artists have been offered spots at the outside:inside pop-up Festival 2011 and this week is full of planning, meetings and admin but we are going to end it [...]

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An invite to the next Third Thursday, Thursday 16th June 2011

This coming Third Thursday, 16 June is the start of a new series over mutli venues, in different locations for the summer months. Jelly and Reading UK CIC are delighted to be able to to invite you to something different from the usual format, we will be celebrating emerging arts and artists from Reading through [...]

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