LitFest Art and Poetry Extravaganza

Participate In Art has teamed up with this years Worcestershire LitFest and Fringe to help create a unique event. Chris Oxlade-Arnott of PIA and LitFest committee member Suz Winspear will be hosting a LitFest Art and Poetry Extravaganza, a wonderful mix of illustrative art and poetry.

The 2019 LitFest Hub is open from Tuesday to Saturday will not just host the new book shop and the illustration exhibition, but day time poetry performances too (again new for the Lit Fest). The Hub will also be a place to purchase evening performance tickets, LitFest raffle tickets, event T-shirts and even find out what other events the Litfest produce or support throughout the year.

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For more information please download the new 2019 LitFest Programme below:

It will take place at The Old Pheasant, 25 New St, Worcester, WR1 2DP from Tuesday 11th to Friday 14th June from 12 noon to 6pm and Saturday 15th from 12 noon for the Festival Finale, Slams and Raffle. We will also be the hosts for the special evening events from 7:30pm on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

The exhibition will also be the LitFest hub/box office, providing visitors information and the sale of event tickets. The venue will house the illustration exhibition and the poetry book sales shop, as well as being the host for the LitFest’s main events on both Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings as well as the location for the Finale on Saturday Lunchtime !

There will be an exhibition of illustrative art and poets presenting throughout the day, perhaps writing poetry inspired by the artwork, or on themes of art, plus some poetry salon-style sessions with interaction from visitors and members of the public. A number of local and visiting and guest poets will be performing live in the exhibition space throughout the cause of the four day.

There will be a display and shop for a huge range of poetry books from the poets taking part in LitFest, Black Pear Press and beyond, available throughout the exhibition period.

Book Shop

Over 100 different titles available !! Works will be available to purchase from Black Pear Press, V Press and as well as a selection of books from winners of the Young Writer and Flash Fiction Competition, Worcester Poet Laureate and many other individual poets including Bob Woodroofe, Daniel Burton, DrayZera, Georgie Bull, Heather Wastie, Jason Conway, Jon Hartless, Kathy Gee, Kevin Brooke, Mel Wardle Woodend, Sarah Leavesley, Sue Johnson and Suz Winspear

Tuesday afternoon at The Old Pheasant

Our afternoon events combine Art with Spoken Word, introducing poets and a range of innovative performers. Today at the LitFest hub, the exhibition of illustrative art opens, along with LitFest’s information point and bookshop.Our Tuesday afternoon performers include poet Jason Conway from Gloucester, and spoken word performance artist Georgie Bull, whose work is often emotionally-intense and thought-provoking.
Open 12.00 – 18.00, free entry, everybody welcome. Drop in and see what’s going on!

Wednesday afternoon at The Old Pheasant

Our afternoon events combine Art with Spoken Word, introducing poets and a range of innovative performers. Today at the LitFest hub, the exhibition of illustrative art will be open, along with LitFest’s information point and bookshop. Our Wednesday afternoon performers include Cath Gardner, who left Ledbury to study puppetry and object theatre at the Haags Theaterhuis in the Netherlands. Now she’s back, with a mysterious friend, Ludmilla Nikolayevna Popova, who is looking forward to meeting the people of Worcester . . .
Open 12.00 – 18.00, free entry, everybody welcome. Drop in and see what’s going on!

Thursday afternoon at The Old Pheasant

Our afternoon events combine Art with Spoken Word, introducing poets and a range of innovative performers. Today at the LitFest hub, the exhibition of illustrative art will be open, along with LitFest’s information point and bookshop. Our Thursday afternoon performers include the inimitable performance-poet Drayzera. Once seen, never forgotten!
Open 12.00 – 18.00, free entry, everybody welcome. Drop in and see what’s going on! O

Friday afternoon at The Old Pheasant

Our afternoon events combine Art with Spoken Word, introducing poets and a range of innovative performers. Today at the LitFest hub, the exhibition of illustrative art will be open, along with LitFest’s information point and bookshop. Our Friday afternoon performers include Jenny Hope, whose nature-poetry evokes a mystical sense of the living world.
Open 12.00 – 18.00, free entry, everybody welcome. Drop in and see what’s going on!

Current Illustrator Artists

• Colin Clark
• Bic Beaumont
• Jadu Sheridan
• Jilly Oxlade-Arnott
• Richard Delingpole

Participating Illustrator Information

Colin Clark – Biography

I’ve done a lot of creative work in my life from archaeological and historic illustration to jewellery making and then working as an artist painting portraits, nudes and, large semi abstract landscapes.  But it was when I decided to undertake an MA in Illustration that my artistic world came alight with new possibilities and creative adventures. I realised that illustration is the most fun I can have with a pencil in my hand.

As an illustrator I find that some subjects are just too much fun not to draw.  The antics of garden birds inspired me to draw and paint a collection of caricatures showing the humorous side to wildlife in the Cotswolds.  I’m always on the lookout for an edge of humour that brightens my day and helps me create work that’s entertaining and amusing in pen, ink and watercolour.  I also sell prints of my work.

If you wish to find out more about the Worcestershire LitFest & Fringe please go the website link below:

or visit their Facebook page below:

If you are interested in participating in the LitFest Art and Poetry Extravaganza event:
Artists please contact Chris Oxlade-Arnott on mobile: 07713 055 999 or email: chris@participateinart.com
Poets please contact Suz Winspear on email: suzwinspear@btinternet.com

Located in The Old Pheasant, New Street, Worcester, WR1 2DP from Tuesday 11th to Saturday 15th June

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