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Creative Trail

East Cliff Creatives October: All of the artworks are now in place now so you are welcome to explore a trail of beautiful artworks, all created by local Folkestone artists, laid out across Folkestone, ready to be be discovered with the help of The Creative Trail map. Armed with your copy of the map, you can plot your own route between the artworks, ticking them off as you find them and posting photos of them on social media, using the hashtag #creativetrailfolkestone.

The trail is the perfect way to keep the kids entertained, they can hunt out the treasures as you explore as much or as little of the trail as their little legs can handle.

Exploring the trail is also the perfect way to keep fit, walking between the artworks while encountering parts of Folkestone you may not have previously encountered.

While exploring, you will also be discovering new independent businesses along the way. It is these businesses that will be displaying the artworks, so why not pop in and say hi while you’re there.

Finally, and best of all, if you find an artwork that you absolutely love, you will get the opportunity to own it. All the artworks on the trail will be made available in a silent auction at the end of October. So who knows, maybe that perfect piece of art you’ve been looking for is out there on the trail!

Find out more and download the trail map at http://eastcliffcreatives.com/creativetrail/

#creativetrailfolkestone #folkestone #supportlocalbusiness #arttrail

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DSC artists show at Brew

Three Dover Studio Collective artists are showing work at coffee shop Brew in Folkestone over a period of two weeks starting from this week. Clare Smith, Deborah Colam and Mike Tedder display selected prints, collage and cyanotypes in this beautiful gallery space. Pop in for a coffee and take a look.

Brew: 83 Cheriton Rd, Folkestone CT20 1DG https://www.facebook.com/brewfolkestone/

Clare Smith
Deborah Colam
Mike Tedder

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Our shop is re-opening!

Exciting news, our East Cliff Creatives shop is reopening! We have been working hard to get our shop ready to safely welcome back customers and will continue to review, to help keep everyone safe. Looking forward to seeing you again!
We are open Thursday 18th June 11-4 then, with the following
new opening hours: Thursday to Sunday 11-4
66 The Old High St, Folkestone CT20 1RN

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Creatives Fair at Sunflower House

East Cliff Creatives invite you to a Creatives Fair at Sunflower House, where you can discover unique works for sale from a wide variety of creatives including art, photography, ceramics, crafts and more…

Saturday 15th June
10am – 5pm
Sunflower House, 45 Foord Road, Folkestone CT19 5AE

http://eastcliffcreatives.com

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Pebble painting workshops – Lasting Memories Project

East Cliff Creative’s Lasting Memories Project, to commemorate peace after WW1, is gaining a real momentum but there are still many pebbles to be painted before the end of June. If you or anyone you know would like to make their mark on a few there are a number of free walk-in painting workshops:

May 11th Folkestone Library 10am-2pm
May 16th Block67, 67 Tontine St 11am-7pm
May 17th Cheriton Library 10am-12pm
May 19th Block67, 67 Tontine St 10am-4pm

The project is growing rapidly with over 1,500 school children taking part in painting pebbles at schools and youth centres.
They only have to paint 20,000!!!! Each one will be a mini artwork that will become part of the seven giant Beach Poppies to be constructed on the 29th/30th June. Anyone can take part and you don’t have to be an artist.
To find out more here are a few links that will explain:

https://eastcliffcreatives.com/lasting-memories-beach-poppy-art/

https://eastcliffcreatives.com/lasting-memories-how-to-get-involved/

Lasting Memories is centred around the creation of seven giant poppies on the beaches of Folkestone at the end of June 2019. The poppies will be created from around 20,000 Folkestone pebbles. Each pebble will be its own mini artwork, painted using special eco-friendly paint by the community, young and old. Everyone is welcome!

The Poppies will represent the seven months between the Armistice of WW1 and eventual peace, with the signing of the treaty of Versailles on June 28th 1919. Each poppy will represent stories from seven themes that impacted on the local community during this time.
Follow #pebblepoppies to see updates on Instagram!