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This August Painswick is holding its second Arts Festival, which will coincide with the Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen’s annual summer exhibition which has been a feature in Painswick for some decades.

As a way of launching the Festival the village streets will be closed for a parade of extraordinary creations designed to excite our imagination, and the event starting at 12pm will be compeered by well known actor Keith Allen. The models will be twirling to music by local composer Jacqueline Kroft, and the creations judged by celebrities in the world of art and fashion Dan Chadwick and Selina Blow.

The winning entries will be displayed in shop windows in Painswick throughout the month of August. During August there will be exhibitions and open studios throughout Painswick.

What on earth is wearable art you may ask? It is the interpretation of one of the 3 chosen themes to create an extravagant, imaginative, bizarre, and maybe humorous but yet wearable creation with a real show stopping quality.

The themes for this year are:-

LAMB TO LOOM

QUEEN OF THE COTSWOLDS

POWER DRESSING (to reflect sustainable energy)

There will be categories for Primary schools, Secondary schools, College/Fashion/art students, Individual artists & Veterans.

There will be some very generous prizes to entice participants in the various categories, including work placements for art/fashion students, designer fabric, and some sizeable cash prizes, to name only a few.                

Entry free if registered before June 1st; £10 between June 1st & July 2nd (entries close July 2nd).

For more details on participating, contact libbygraesser@clara.co.uk