River Parrett Trail
Fact Sheet
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Artists
Tony Charles
Andrew Whittle
Commissioner
River Parrett Trail, in partnership with Sedgemoor District Council and Bridgwater Arts Centre
Commenced
1996
Completed
1996
Location
Albert Street Cutting, Taunton and Bridgwater Canal, Bridgwater, Somerset
Dimensions
12 beams, (length - 4 x 4.47m, 8 x 2.15m, height 0.35m (approx ), width 0.25m (approx)
Materials
Greenheart wood (beams already in situ)
Total Project Budget
£2,700
Funding Sources
European Union LIFE funding
Sedgemoor District Council
Bridgwater Arts Centre
Support in kind
British Waterways
YMCA, Bridgwater
Bridgwater Arts Centre
Summary Artist's Brief
Poetry Project: To create poetry with the canal, as it was made, was used and is now as a focus, working with groups from the local community, and to distil from this a sequence of words.
Lettercutting project: To design a letter form appropriate to the location and the words, and to cut the selected words into the timber bracing beams in the canal cutting.
Project Manager
Peter Milner, Project Co-ordinator, River Parrett Trail
Chris Sidaway, Arts Officer, Sedgemoor District Council
Richard Crowe, Director, Bridgwater Arts Centre (poetry project)
Contact for Further Information
Peter Milner, 17 Church Path Road, Pill, Bristol, BS20 0EE.
Tel: +44(0)1275 374904, Email:[email protected]
Chris Sidaway, Arts Officer, Sedgemoor District Council, Bridgwater House, King Square, Bridgwater, Somerset TA6 3AR.
Tel. No. +44 (0)1278 435275. Email: [email protected]
River Parrett Trail: Richard Bradford, Levels and Moors Officer Tel: +44 (0)1458 210790, Fax: +44(0)1458 210415,
Email: [email protected].
Website: www.riverparrett-trail.org.uk
