Welcome to the Creative Hertfordshire Newsletter,
Items that have caught our eye this week:
- UH Arts + Culture and St Albans Museum + Gallery are delighted to invite alumni, students and staff who were part of St Albans School of Art to the launch event of 'Living Memories of St Albans School of Art'. When: Wednesday 22 May, 14:30-17:00 Where: St Albans Museum + Gallery in the Assembly Room Entry: FREE Booking Recommended: www.uharts.co.uk or RSVP to l.rolinson@herts.ac.uk. Anyone with associations with St Albans Art School are welcome to attend, including relations of those who were part of the school’s community. Unable to attend but still want to get involved? Contact l.rolinson@herts.ac.uk
- Launch of a new book by storyteller, Sharon Blackie ' Wise Woman' a collection of myths and folktales celebrating the power and wisdom of women. ‘Ungainly giantesses. Sequin-strewn fairy godmothers. Misunderstood witches. Fierce grandmothers. Hairy-chinned hags. Craggy crones.’ Sounds great! Published by Virago the book isn’t out until October 2024 but it can be pre-ordered either through a bookshop or online. Pre-order numbers are a good early indicator of a book’s likely success, and this can lead to retailers increasing their initial orders for it, so ensuring that the book will be available on publication in bookshops and more likely that a book will show up in search results and recommendations. For more information go to: https://sharonblackie.net/wise-women/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
- Join the very wonderful Mark Thomas at the Old Town Hall, as he tries out material for his brand-new show. Jokes, rants, politics, play and the occasional sing song. In his time he has won awards (current total is now officially ‘fuckloads’), forced a politician to resign, changed laws on tax and protest, become Guinness Book of Records world record holder for number of protests in 24 hours, taken the police to court 3 times and won, walked the length of the Israeli Wall in the West Bank and generally mucked about trying to have fun and fuck the right people off.
We are off to try and see if we can discover where the sun has gone!
With all good wishes,
The Creative Hertfordshire Support Group
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