A huge thanks to everyone who turned out for our Beccles event. With dance, drawing, food, makers and more, it was a celebration of creativity and art in all its glorious forms.
Wild about Art
5th March 2022
The starting point for all MarketPlace events is a really good conversation with the relevant stakeholders. It’s key that the events we create are unique to their locations, represent the project goals whilst still keeping the town and its community at the heart.
We discovered that Beccles had a really great community of artists and creatives but a lack of galleries and outlets for exhibitions. It was quickly apparent that an art led event would be an interesting direction to take the Beccles event.
Wild about Art was born, at its heart was a pony trail featuring Sarah Cannell’s Marsh Ponies linked by large and small decorative ponies around the town. Complimenting the trail was a makers and artists market, free, have a go art activities, live music and a sprinkling of street food.
“We really enjoyed being part of the Wild about Art event and were
lucky enough to display one of the ponies, our customers loved seeing them. We would love to see other events like this take place in Beccles , it certainly brought excitement and cheer to our community”
Community Champion Morrisons Beccles
Our Survey Said…
We asked visitors to the Wild about Art event if similar activities would encourage them to travel to neighbouring market towns.
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Image credit: Adam Barnes