Christopher Jelley
Kenilworth Arts Festival 2018
Last week I was invited to be part of the Kenilworth Arts Festival and deliver two days of The Lost Words Storywalks trails in...
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Christopher Jelley
Sep 11, 20181 min read
The Song of Seven Herons
Yesterday I was on this jetty as the tide came in, it is called Kynoches Foreshore and was once apparently used to bring in starch to...
Christopher Jelley
Aug 15, 20182 min read
Lynford Labyrinth
Weaving around a grass meadow labyrinth in Lygnford Park, Priorswood would seem like an idyllic way to spend a day. The planning began...
Christopher Jelley
Aug 13, 20182 min read
Beaford Poetry Boxes
Saturday 4th August saw the installation of seven new poetry boxes along a section of the Tarka Trail in North Devon and they are already...
Christopher Jelley
Jul 14, 20181 min read
Libraries Unlimited
Wet the pavement outside Exeter central library this summer and poetry will reveal! The Reboot project working with Libraries Unlimited...
Christopher Jelley
Jun 12, 20183 min read
A Forgotten Landscape
Storywalks with Severn Beach Primary School, Bristol. Day two of my time with Severn Beach school is complete, and the project feels like...
Christopher Jelley
Jun 6, 20182 min read
For the Sake of a Lawn Stripe
A little poem I finished this morning. It speaks for itself so I shall just say, enjoy. Mow the grass to stem the weeds I want a lawn...
Christopher Jelley
May 1, 20181 min read
'Quiet on set'
These are a few words I wrote yesterday whilst with Amanda McCormack at Appledore Primary school. Her project has involved the...
Christopher Jelley
Apr 1, 20184 min read
Future Ghosts of Bideford
A few days ago just before Easter break I ran a digital workshop from Bideford library to create a digital walk called Future Ghosts...
Christopher Jelley
Feb 20, 20185 min read
Sprites at the Museum
Next week will see the first trial of keyword Storywalks at the Museum of Somerset and the pupils of Parkfield Academy School will be the...
Christopher Jelley
Jan 19, 20183 min read
What's the Keyword Mr Jelley?
Storywalks has the grace of the goose at the moment, that gentle strength on the surface with a lot going on beneath making it all...
Christopher Jelley
Dec 21, 20171 min read
The Turn of the Year
Today is the Winter Solstice and the sun has just gone down so wanted to wish every one a great year to come (and be the first to say...
C Jelley
Nov 23, 20171 min read
Free Literacy Workshops
This is a very exciting announcement for schools in the Taunton Museum catchment area. Storywalks has successfully obtained an Arts...
Christopher Jelley
Nov 16, 20172 min read
Gather-ing (visitor book)
Visitor books are tricky objects to place in an exhibition, they are essential to capture thoughts and words about the works but often...
Christopher Jelley
Nov 10, 20173 min read
Museum Experience Storywalks
Last month I worked with Huish Episcopi Academy at the Glastonbury Rural Life museum during the Gather-ing exhibition in their Tithe...
Christopher Jelley
Oct 20, 20171 min read
The Lost Words - Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris
With The Lost Words now in the top ten books list, I think the 'spell book' has begun to weave its magic. Designed to re-engage nature...
Christopher Jelley
Oct 19, 20172 min read
Huish Episcopi Creative Literacy Day
The Gather-ing exhibition is a response to tithe barns and their once essential place in our society. Four artists were commissioned in...
Christopher Jelley
Sep 20, 20171 min read
The Gather-ing
The bi-annual (or so it seems to have become) Gather-ing of five artists responding to Tithe barns opens this Saturday at The Somerset...
Christopher Jelley
Aug 25, 20172 min read
Poetry Pin and Willow Words
Ash, oak and willow herb Woven flight of swift bird Smell of green in warmth pervading Circle songs of birds uplifting Happy Moment by...
Christopher Jelley
Aug 10, 20172 min read
Pride in Priorswood
Just last week, Michelle Rumney and myself created a grass labyrinth in an area of Taunton called Priorswood. Both Michelle and myself...
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