Lace in Place – A series of Five events
Sponsor: Bedford Creative Arts
Dates, Times, Places:
Conversations in Lace – Saturday, February 25, 2012, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Bedford Tourist Information Center, St Paul’s Square, Bedford MK40 1SJ. Free admission.
Large Lace – Saturday, March 24, 2012, 1:00 PM to 4:00 pm
Bunyan Meeting Mill Street, Bedford, MK40 3EU.  £3.00 admission.
Music Box Lace – Friday and Saturday, April 13-14, 2012, from 1:00 to 4:00 pm
123CREATE, 123 Midland Road, Bedford, MK40 1DE.  £3.00 admission.
Sounds of Lace – Friday and Saturday, April 27-28, 2012, from 12:30 PM
123CREATE, 123 Midland Road, Bedford, MK40 1DE.  £3.00 admission.
Site Specific Installation unveiling – May 5, 2012, tbd.
Website: http://tinyurl.com/3lwel8c
Email:  info@bedforcreativearts.org.uk
Twitter:  @BCAproducer  @BCAintern
Phone: 01234 818670

These four events are designed to provide new artistic inspiration from Bedford’s long history of bobbinlace. Two modern artists will create works involving public participation in their design and execution.
Bedford-based visual artist Arabel Rosillo de Blas, http://tinyurl.com/6qrsx7u, in collaboration with the Aragon Lacemakers, invites the public to share their laces and provide inspiration for a large public work at the February 25th event. On March 24th, the public is again invited to become pins and bobbins, weaving the actual large work.  The event will be filmed, and the final product will be displayed on May 5th, site as yet unknown.
Audio-visual artist Kathy Hinde, http://kathyhinde.co.uk/, will hold a workshop on April 13-14 to introduce the public to the creation of music via punched cards (I’m reminded of a Leaver’s Loom). A second workshop follows on April 27-28, where special software will be used to create compositions from lace patterns.