{"id":413,"date":"2009-03-21T18:11:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-21T18:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdon.blog\/abingdon2007\/2009\/03\/21\/abingdon-arts-festival-blake-to-vermeer\/"},"modified":"2009-03-21T18:11:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-21T18:11:00","slug":"abingdon-arts-festival-blake-to-vermeer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=413","title":{"rendered":"Abingdon Arts Festival &#8211; Blake to Vermeer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag09\/09032101.jpg\" \/><br \/>At John Mason School &#8216;Lettermania &#8211; family art activities&#8217; were taking place, and looked very popular. Also displayed on the art gallery walls were letters inspired by the recent Peter Blake Lettermania exhibition, and done by local schools.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag09\/09032103.jpg\" \/><br \/>On the Market Place was a stall, plugging all the Arts Festival events over the next two weeks, including Bigging up Vermeer&#8230;<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag09\/09032104.jpg\" \/><br \/>Over a period of 6 hours, 25 artists each painted a square.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag09\/09032107.jpg\" \/><br \/>I think they actually used the same squares used last year for bigging up Holbein which had been recycled.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag09\/09032114.jpg\" \/><br \/>Here is the finished work.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag09\/09032112.jpg\" \/><br \/>And here it is with the artists &#8211; each pointing to the square they did. It can be seen for the next two weeks, together with one by chidren, at the Guildhall.<\/p>\n<p>There could well be better pictures soon done by the official photographer on the Abingdon Arts Festival website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At John Mason School &#8216;Lettermania &#8211; family art activities&#8217; were taking place, and looked very popular. 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