This year we want to encourage you to support us through monthly giving. Pledging to give a small amount each month to Arts Together makes a huge difference to our ability to continue the work we do with older people in Wiltshire. Knowing that £10 or more is coming in every month means we can: […]
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If you have a spare moment, take a look at the Age of Creativity website to find out what else is happening for older people and the arts. www.ageofcreativity.co.uk Also worth a viewing is the film about an installation by artist Suzanne Lacy at Tate Modern called The Crystal Quilt. Go here and scroll to […]
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The Devizes group worked with Anna Lane for 5 weeks developing their ‘Fabric Fables’. Each member first chose one of Aesop’s Fables that meant something to them. They could have written their own but loved Aesop. Tales chosen ranged from ‘The Hare and the Tortoise’ to ‘The Mountain that gave Birth’. They then set about […]
Read MoreOne of the group Comes willy nilly Every week Her name is Lily Here is MarieNext to BeaTo drink her teaAnd be arty Singing a tuneIn comes JuneAlways helpfulWhat a boon! Mary and MaryAre never contraryThey volunteered To draw a canary! Opposite RalphIs always BellaHe isn’t her fellaBut we won’t tell ‘er! Every ThursdayWe see […]
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These are pictures of the latest mosaic made by the Marlborough Group and exhibited at the GP surgery.
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Trevor Bale spent a day as a ‘living installation’ back in November last year when Arts Together took over the window of Devizes Bookshop. Throughout the day people peered in through the glass and had their photo taken by Trevor. It rained and rained and rained! But the reaction was great. Sterling efforts by the […]
Read MoreKarolyne was on the Mark O’Donnell morning show on BBC Radio Wiltshire on Friday talking about Arts Together and the problems facing isolated older people in Wiltshire. Listen here Interview with Karolyne var YWPParams = { autoadvance: false };
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The Arts Together workshop and meeting on Wednesday for staff, volunteers, artists and trustees was inspiring, informative and fun. Here are a few comments. “What a great day. Makes me so proud of Arts Together, inspires and keeps me motivated.” Manager “It is a really amazing charity – just wish every town had it!” Volunteer […]
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24th Nov 2012 for the benefit of Arts Together the Wiltshire charity that makes older life worth living Trevor Bale has been a member of Arts Together’s Devizes group since its start in 2000 and a Trustee since 2005. Trevor will become a living work of art, spending a day as an ‘installation’ in the […]
Read MoreArts Together has received £265.26 to date via the Grow your Tenner scheme being run by Localgiving.com. Every £10 donation is doubled – so Arts Together gets £20. There is still time to donate a tenner at Localgiving.com. Thank you
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