August Picnic in the Park!
About this Event
August Community picnic
* see new location on the map, scroll down
Jointly organised by and , this free community picnic brings residents together through shared food, creativity, music, wellbeing and community connection.
This is a relaxed, family-friendly gathering will include arts activities, space for children and families, local creative contributions, and some home-cooked community food tasters.
For us, creativity is not only painting or performance, it can also be cooking, gardening, making, sharing stories, caring for the park, and bringing people together. These picnics are about celebrating the everyday creativity that already exists in our community.
What we have in store for 15th August:
- Nature: Tour around GPCG's forthcoming Woodland Walk
- Arts and Crafts: Wishing Tree eco decorations with Katie Carter-Leay
- Tai Chi with Tony
- Live music: K-A-B (Kelly Ann Buckley)
- Food tasters from around the world
- Games for all
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About our art actvity: Wishing Tree eco decorations
Follow our guides Zelda Jeffers and Sumaira Ali from GPCG and artist Katie Carter-Leay to explore the forthoming woodland walk nestled in the trees of Gloucester Park. After visiting, Katie will lead a workshop to manifest the wishes of the community by making decorations togther for the wishing tree using eco materials. Think woodland fariytales and enchanted forests as inspiration, what will be your wish for the park and its future? Come along to learn about eco materials and nature to make and share.
Artist bio Katie Carter-Leay (Katie in Colour): Hello! My name is Katie; I am an Illustrator & Facilitator based in Basildon, Essex. I use multimedia techniques to create illustrations that are vibrant and full of character. I enjoy playing with pattern, texture and eye-catching colour palettes, and I love to incorporate a little bit of humour into my work. As part of my freelance practice, I also run workshops and contribute to community projects; facilitating and sharing creativity brings me a lot of joy! Alongside my creative work, I also work as an Art & DT Technician at a Secondary school. Find out more about Katie here:
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About our live music:
Chilled soundscape improv set featuring live performance with water and plant bio-electricity, flanked by some releases from her nature inspired sonic archive.
Artist bio K-A-B (Kelly Ann Buckley): K-A-B, is the brainchild of electro-acoustic music composer and sound artist/designer Kelly Ann Buckley. As a solo musician she captivates audiences with a blend of cinematic cues, experimental underscores, thematic motifs and ambient vibes with environmental sounds sculpted into the mix. Find out more here:
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LOCATION AND ACCESSIBILITY NOTE:
We will be meeting in a new location to previous picnics for the August edition. We will set ourselves up near the dark green shipping container to the south of the big lake (scroll down for map). The reason for this is to aid setting up of equipement, and to be closer to the woodland walk area. For those arriving from the town center your journey will be shorter. For those parking at the sporting village, your walk will be roughly 450m longer. Acess to the picnic location is via mostly even made paths, and the picnic will take place on a grassy area. We are exploring options for WC arrangments as we appreciate the park is underserved in terms of facilities. There wil be shaded areas but please bring sun protection and drinks.
Due to extream weather events we have seen this summer, we will be reviewing weather temperature conditions, should a heatwave occur that would bring risk to the community a new date may be resceduled. Please keep an eye on socials for updates:
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BAS ARTS INDEX INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/basartsindex/
BAS ARTS INDEX FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/bas.arts.index/?locale=en_GB
GPCG INSTAGRAM : https://www.instagram.com/gpcg_basildon/
GPCG FACEBOOK : https://www.facebook.com/groups/gloucesterparkcommunitygroup/
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Everyone is welcome. Bring a picnic blanket, your own snacks or lunch if you’d like, and come spend time with neighbours in a welcoming outdoor space.
If you can't make the August one - dont worry, we have a on the 12th September as well!
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Read more about the background to the picnics and why they were set up here
This event is kindly supported by National Lottery Community Fund, and Essex Community Foundation
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**Please note: some community food tasters may be available, but this is not a fully catered event. Food will be prepared in home kitchens and labelled where possible. If you have allergies or dietary needs, please speak to the organisers before eating.
Where is it happening?
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