WAVENEY & BLYTH ARTS
Annual report 2023/24 (covering the period 1.2.23 to 31.3.24)
Waveney & Blyth Arts
Charity registration number 1199773 Field House, Thrandeston, Diss, Norfolk IP21 4BU
Trustees
Hilary Garner, Brian Guthrie, Jade Nice, Simon Raven, Nina Saunders, Philippa Williams
Governance
Waveney & Blyth Arts (WBA) has been operating since 2010 and became a Charitable Incorporated Organisation in July 2022. Its patch extends from Diss
to the sea, down the valleys of the rivers Waveney and Blyth; it includes the
towns of Diss, Eye, Harleston, Bungay, Halesworth, Beccles, Southwold, Great
Yarmouth and Lowestoft. It has no premises.
It is a membership organisation operating primarily through regular meetings (about ten a year) of its trustees. There are monthly email newsletters to all
members and to an email list of people who have registered, having attended an WBA event. Members are also sent occasional emails about specific issues.
Trustees are recruited when needed through informal contacts and by approaching the membership.
Activities
WBA supports the work of artists, musicians, writers and makers in the area, as well as partnering with other arts organisations. Our mission is to build
connections between people, the arts and places by creating art and engaging
our communities. We initiate and support events, exhibitions, projects and
workshops, and collaborate with organisations and artists to bring the arts to a wide audience.
As well as the newsletter, we produce a regular list of regional job opportunities in the arts sector.
We have a website which promotes the work and activities of our
members, as
well as advertising regional arts events generally. We are active across the range of social media.
These are some of WBA events in this period.
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An informal on-site discussion about the nature of art, drawing on a collection of objects
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A workshop on perspective, led by a established artist
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Creative beachcombing
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A ghost walk
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A poetry workshop
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An illustrated talk about Roger Deakin from his biographer
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A screening of The Swimmer , the film that helped inspire Deakin’s eponymous biography
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An ex-keeper of the Queen’s pictures and a royal portraitist in conversation
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A screening of Akenfield, with an introducion from the director’s daughter
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A collaboration with a play reading
Performance
The last few years have been difficult, not least because of the contuinuing effects of covid on arts organisations and individuals, and on audience. This has affected
Waveney & Blyth Arts and encouraged us to review our activities. We have
continued to serve our members and stage as many events as practicable.
Feedback from members and the public generally encourage us to think that we
have a continuing value.
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