Eating out
July 12th, 2006
Food, fun and sun - what more do you need for the al fresco experience of communal eating outside the old-fashioned way, sans chargrilling? Yesterday people with learning disabilities and older folk were invited to take part in a picnic as part of an art piece organised by the Phoenix Arts Centre at The Bishops Palace Gardens, Exeter. (More on picnics later in the week.)
Members of the Contact Club in Palace Gate enjoyed picnic food and were supplied with cameras to record the event. Mortonhampstead artist Carol Harvey and Caroline Mawdsley were looking for green areas in Devon to hold picnics, culminating in a big public picnic on Haldon August 13. The idea is that picnics cross cultures and bring communities together.
Member Alic Galloway 68, and registered blind said: ‘I think the Express and Echo should be here and the TV. The hooligans make the headlines but this should be headlines. It’s fantastic. I doubt this would make news though.’
News it is indeed young Alic, and citizens, you can read all about here - on the People’s Republic of South Devon.
Posted by Wren
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