One Beautiful World

The One Beautiful World Arts Festival ran from 12 -26 May 2023 in Wickford and Runwell, with local churches providing venues. The Festival featured: concerts involving Emma-Marie Kabonova, Simon Law, Ayo Omololu, Sam Opeche, Spring of Hope Choir, and Yardarm Folk Orchestra; dance from Steven Turner; exhibitions involving Jackie Burns, Mike Fogg and Terry Joyce of Compass Photography Group, Timothy Harrold, Pamela Jones, George Morl (and his art collection), members of Wickford Christian Centre, and Wickford and Runwell Mothers Union; poetry readings from Jonathan Evens and Timothy Harrold; a talk by George Morl; and an art trail involving the Wickford Salvation Army, St Andrew's, St Catherine's and St Mary's churches.

One Beautiful World: An exhibition of space art by Jackie E. Burns26 April – 23 July 2023 St Andrew’s Church , 11 London Road, Wickford SS12 0AN Jackie E. Burns is a Fellow of the International Association of Astronomical Artists and seeks to foster the inquisitive joy of art and astronomy while inspiring people to the awe and beauty of space and astronomy. 'The Art of the Diorama' by Tim Harrold Friday 12 – Friday 26 May, 9.00 am - 4.00 pm St Catherine’s Church , 120 Southend Road, Wickford SS11 8EB Tim is exhibiting a selection of dioramas constructed over the past decade, some of which have never been seen publicly before, and some entirely new ones. He see these miniature ‘worlds in boxes’ as visual parables, lost objects with forgotten stories found and reimagined into new tales of meaning and significance. Tim Harrold is an artist who works with bric à brac, flotsam and jetsam, the discarded or misplaced along the journey of life. He finds lost objects and gives them new...

Day 9 of the One Beautiful World Art Trail included an Art Trail in Wickford and Runwell that took in the photographic exhibition at the Salvation Army, Jackie Burns’ Space Art at St Andrew’s, Tim Harrold’s assemblages at St Catherine’s and paintings by Pam Jones at St Mary’s. Jackie Burns painted live at St Andrew's Church throughout the day and Mike Fogg gave a talk on Composition in Photography at The Salvation Army. Jackie E. Burns is a Fellow of the International Association of Astronomical Artists and seeks to foster the inquisitive joy of art and astronomy while inspiring people to the awe and beauty of space and astronomy. Her One Beautiful World exhibition of space art by Jackie E. Burns is at St Andrew's until 23 July 2023. In his 'Composition in Photography' Mike Fogg said that when you “take a photograph” you are really creating a work of art! Many of the same principles that apply to artists apply to photographers. Mike used examples of his own “good” ...