A three-day arts festival is taking place in Highbridge’s Apex Park this weekend.
The Birds and Beasts Festival runs from Friday 16th July to Sunday 18th July from 10-4pm each day, with free entry.
Local art group Highbridge and Burnham Artists (HaBA) is organising an array of visual treats, including a sculpture trail around the park, family workshops, live music, an arts and crafts fair, a photography display, a photographic competition and a drawing competition.
The sculpture on show has been produced by local schools, youth clubs, residential homes and some of the artists themselves.
The event is set to build on the success of the two previous HaBa events held along the River Brue in 2009 and 2008. There will also be visits by local emergency services plus Somerset Wildlife Trust and the RSPCA.
.SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday 16th July
Painting in the Park with a tutor 10am – 4 pm
Sculpture Trail around Apex lakes, watch or help the artists working
Saturday 17th July
Sculpture Trail around Apex lakes
Art & Craft Exhibition with various artists & makers
Art & craft Workshops for all with qualified tutors
Mosaics 10am – 12noon
Willow workshop 2 – 4pm
Help Paint a Mural
Draw Burnham on Sea Day Competition Collect your forms at Apex Park from 10am
Bring your drawings to Apex Park by 3pm, Prize giving at 3.30pm
Photographic Competition, bring your cameras & take pictures of the landscape & wild life.
Bring your own picnic & listen to the folk bands 12noon – 2pm
Talk to the RNLI, Coastguards, BARB & RSPB organisations
Sunday 18th July
Sculpture Trail around the lakes
Art & craft Workshops for all with qualified tutors
Painting & mixed media 10am – 12noon
Clay modelling & inlaid tiles 2 – 4pm
Help Paint a Mural in the Park
Photography Exhibition by the Burnham Camera Club
Photographic Competition Bring your prints to Apex Park at 2.pm, Prize giving at 3pm
Bring your own picnic & listen to the the folk band 12noon – 2pm
Talk to the RNLI, Coastguards, BARB RSPB and wild life organisations
First aid available all weekend, all tutors are CRB checked.
