Whats On
JMT200 Commemorative Textile Project with textile artist Vanessa Rolf
11am - 1pm or 2pm - 4pm,
The sessions will take place on the second and fourth Monday of every month. The next session is on Monday 13 September. The afternoon sessions are nearly full so if you would like to join in please come to the morning session as we still have plenty of space.
Jaywick Martello Tower is celebrating its 200 year anniversary and to commemorate we are creating some textiles.
Come along and find out how you can get involved in making a JMT community commemorative textile. Whether you want to learn new skills or practice existing ones then you will be welcome! Free tea and coffee will be provided.
You can follow the progress of the textile project through the groups blog.
For more details email info@jaywickmartellotower.org or ring 01255 822783 (Saturday and Sundays 10.30am -3.30pm)
Fleet: Art in the Haven Ports
JMT is proud to be a partner for Fleet, a major cross-channel programme for temporary visual arts commissions and residencies. Gavin Turk is the lead artist for the project, which seeks to encourage people to attend arts events through environmentally sustainable transport. It will offer an international series of unique experiences and encounters in Kent, Essex, Suffolk and Nord Pas de Calais in France, and is supported by a cultural exchange programme.
Please click on the Fleet logo on the right to download a copy of the Programme.
Jaywick
1st - 30th September
Wednesday - Sunday, 10am - 5pm
Fleet commission by artist in residence Fabien Rigobert.
Since May 2010, Fabien has been undertaking research and speaking with people in Jaywick, a community still haunted by the tragic floods of 1953. This episode is never far from people's minds. Along with the potential threat of climate change and rising sea levels, recent consultation has proposed limitations to maintaining flood defences and restrictions on new house building on land at risk of flooding in the future.
Fabien set up a photographic shoot and produced a series of animated images manipulated and developed into a narrative sequence using bespoke software. He says, "I am not setting out to make a reconstruction of the disaster of 1953, rather I am making a work for today, suggesting the aftermath of a new, fictional flood." The work will make both a historical reference and allude to contemporary issues of climate change and what this means for communities like Jaywick.
The Jaywick Martello Tower Bicentennial Writing Competition
Closing date: 23 September 2010
A short story and poetry competition celebrating Martello Towers and their place in British history. £150 first prize for winner and other prizes for each runner up and special awards.
Short stories and poems should reflect an aspect of the history, construction or use of Martello Towers through the ages or be set during the Napoleonic era.
All enteries must be accompanied by an official entry form, available from schools and libraries in Tendring or download the entry form and guidelines here.
Entry Fee: £3.00
Open to Tendring District residents and students at schools in Tendring.
For more information call Jaywick Martello Tower, 01255 822783, 10am - 5pm, Wednesday - Sunday.
Please feel free to download a copy of the Jaywick Martello Tower Leaflet or 2010 Programme here.