Hello and welcome to my new blogspot. My name is Adrian Edwards and it is my honour to be the 411th Mayor of Newbury. Here I am pictured in my full Mayoral robes with my Mayoress Edwina Cooper. It is my second time as Mayor of this town and it will be my pleasure to record and explain the numerous roles of a modern day Mayor. I hope you will enjoy reading this online diary as much as I am sure that I am going to enjoy carrying out my civic duties. If there is anything you wish to query or indeed if you would like me to attend a function that you are organising, have no hesitation in contacting my Civic Manager Joyce Lewis on 01635 41583. Thank you once again for sparing your time.

Thursday, 24 May 2007

The Creative Arts Festival 2007

I was invited with Edwina Cooper, the Mayoress, to attend the Creative Arts Festival at Newbury College on Thursday 24 May. This was to view the work of 1st and 2nd year students who were on a 2 year B Tech diploma course.

We were accompanied throughout the evening by one of the first year students who was able to describe each item of art in respect of types of paint, the materials used and in respect of photographic pieces, how it was created and how the finished product was mounted. We were also able to meet some of the students who were able to describe in detail their exhibits. There must have been 30 or more items on show on the ground floor, and they all were very interesting and imaginative. The colours of some were quite striking.

There were many more exhibits upstairs and in addition, there were complete rooms given over to particular themes. Some were a combination of coloured materials supplemented by water features while others were more sensory in their presentation. It was a fascinating evening and we were almost the last visitors to leave. I sent a letter of thanks to the student who was kind enough to show us around.

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