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The Abbey Wood Art Fair, September 2024: Sending a ripple through Abbey Wood
By WJC An Art Fair in Abbey Wood? You mean down the hill, the East of Bexley? Yes, how Abbey Wood has changed following the installation of the Elizabeth Line! Set in beautiful, ancient woodland and by the ruins of the Abbey, sits the Lesness Abbey Lodge, a modern glass fronted building alongside the landscaped Monks Garden. Here the fourth Abbey Wood Art Fair was hosted, a one day event with 30+ Artists selling their creations. A new opportunity for Centrepieces and with a team of 4 volunteers, we trooped across the park in glorious sunshine at a seriously early… Read more
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The Cycle of Joy – A bit of insight from what I understand to be Joy
Blog post by WJC I have coached many sports and seeing people develop and find Joy in achieving is amazing, a deep part of my life. So when I had to stop sport due to weak bones, I switched my coaching to Art, and it works! I love leading workshops at Centrepieces Mental Health Arts Project as when people grow and achieve, I feel great! I realise that this is an experience of Joy. Joy is important as it fuels our inner being; so what is Joy? I find it difficult to put into words so here are some bullet… Read more
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Some thoughts about Joy
Blog post by WJC The Theo Paphitis Art Prize this year has chosen the theme of Joy for artists to respond to. This I found both challenging and thought provoking as Joy seems a somewhat difficult concept for someone with anxiety and depression! If they had set sadness. I would have been fine! Three weeks later, thank you LGC as the theme of Joy caused me to think hard and research what Joy is, and even why it’s a bit alien to me. The first and very important point for me is that a reason I do not relate to… Read more
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Things that stop your joy, feelings of failure
Blog Post by WJC If you’re new to this blog, I have entered the LGC X Theo Paphitis Art Prize which has the theme of Joy. Therefore I am blogging about Joy for August. This post is how I think about failure, as I do not want failure to prevent, or dampen, my experiences of Joy. Managing and living with my mental ill health has often led me to reflect on why I feel so bad but no one mentioned looking at why I feel good! This I think has led me to often think more about negative experiences than… Read more
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WJC: Choosing my entry to LGC X Theo Paphitis Art Prize
On this blog post, WJC, one of Centrepieces artists talks about joining the London Graphic Centre 2024 Art prize. I came to Art from a sports background and having developed weak bones and a broken leg I had to give up sport and now use my energy for producing art. So a competition? that’s right up my sporting streak, I love to compete, and scoring a goal is amazing. So combining art into a competition was irresistible for me. I volunteer as a workshop leader at Centrepieces and use my sports coaching to develop confidence to produce art in fellow… Read more
