Arts in Hyndburn - Page 2

Busman747 · 03-09-2007, 20:39

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Originally Posted by Gayle

In one of the other threads, the arts in Hyndburn have been described as abysmal, I can't help but agree.

So what would people like to see if things were to change?

Would you want more public art more live theatre, more workshops and activities, more exhibitions, more places to buy art things, more music, different types of music/opera etc, more shakespeare, more what?

There are two pieces of sculpture in Blackburn that I admire every time I pass them. The first is the piece just off J4 on the M65 (Blackburn/Darwen) showing a sculpturer leaning over a stone with hammer and chisel, and the second is the mum and young child who is trying to pick up a dropped teddy bear and this work is situated in the centre of Blackburn.

Both these pieces are imaginative and classy, I would love to see similar sculptures in Hyndburn...........NOT abstract lumps

ClarePritchard · 03-09-2007, 22:27

Gayle, as you well know I would love to see public art in Hyndburn. I've been trying hard to get something for the last 18 months, watch this space I won't give up !!!!!!!

shakermaker · 03-09-2007, 22:59

On Wednesday night my girlfriend and I are off to the Royal Exchange in Manchester to see Henry V. Love things like that. Not a magnificent work which attract masses, but a good quality production which we must go further afield to see.
Now I don't know much about funding or where it goes but surely this borough deserves what it got twenty five years ago (which I am incredibly envious of Garinda

) and more?

garinda · 03-09-2007, 23:24

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Originally Posted by Busman747

There are two pieces of sculpture in Blackburn that I admire every time I pass them. The first is the piece just off J4 on the M65 (Blackburn/Darwen) showing a sculpturer leaning over a stone with hammer and chisel, and the second is the mum and young child who is trying to pick up a dropped teddy bear and this work is situated in the centre of Blackburn.

Both these pieces are imaginative and classy, I would love to see similar sculptures in Hyndburn...........NOT abstract lumps

The statue of the mother and child created uproar at the time...as all good art should, but now it appears to be much loved.

Don't forget they also have Queen Victoria as well, whilst we here have...absolutely nothing!

Tealeaf · 04-09-2007, 10:34

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Originally Posted by garinda

The statue of the mother and child created uproar at the time...as all good art should, but now it appears to be much loved.

Don't forget they also have Queen Victoria as well, whilst we here have...absolutely nothing!

Idiot. You are getting your statues mixed up. The one that created uproar at the time was the one in Lord Square, where the old Cav used to be. It is the one with the woman cradling the child in her arms and she ain't wearing a wedding ring - very risque at the time (about 1969). The woman and child on the boulevard is a nice bit of fun.

Oh, and you forgot the Gladstone statue.

garinda · 04-09-2007, 10:40

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Originally Posted by Tealeaf

Idiot. You are getting your statues mixed up. The one that created uproar at the time was the one in Lord Square, where the old Cav used to be. It is the one with the woman cradling the child in her arms and she ain't wearing a wedding ring - very risque at the time (about 1969). The woman and child on the boulevard is a nice bit of fun.

Oh, and you forgot the Gladstone statue.

Do you need your glasses changing?

The statue I mentioned isn't the one Busman posted about.

I was just passing comment on the initial reaction to the one in Lord's Square.

garinda · 04-09-2007, 10:41

Oh, and Blackburn also has the lovely Flora, in Corporation Park.

Tealeaf · 04-09-2007, 10:55

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Originally Posted by garinda

Do you need your glasses changing?

The statue I mentioned isn't the one Busman posted about.

I was just passing comment on the initial reaction to the one in Lord's Square.

Just a shame you failed to make that clear. Any person with a reasonable command of English would infer from your comment, quoting Busman's post, that it is the boulevard statue.

You can't get out of it that easy.

WillowTheWhisp · 04-09-2007, 11:06

Blackburn also have that one of old whatsisname near B.H.S.

Gayle · 04-09-2007, 11:27

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Originally Posted by Tealeaf

Idiot. You are getting your statues mixed up.

Nice to see that week at charm school wasn't wasted.

Gayle · 04-09-2007, 11:28

I have to say that I wasn't really trying to provoke another argument about public art - I think it's a little too emotive a subject. What I was really trying to get an idea of was if people would visit the theatre more if different things were on or if people would be interested in things like art classes or workshops etc?

BERNADETTE · 04-09-2007, 11:33

Some people just seem to like to make an arguement out of everything. I am not really into thearte, but I know that other people are so if they manage to get what they want in Hyndburn good luck to them. I could be persuaded to goto the theatre if you could manage to get Joseph for us

WillowTheWhisp · 04-09-2007, 11:35

Art classes and workshops - would depend on location for me and any cost involved.

BERNADETTE · 04-09-2007, 11:43

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

Art classes and workshops - would depend on location for me and any cost involved.

But to have the choice would be nice!

cashman · 04-09-2007, 13:02

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Originally Posted by BERNADETTE

Some people just seem to like to make an arguement out of everything.

thats what makes this site,interesting,funny,sometimes annoying, which is preferable to those ass kissing forums by a mile, perhaps why people stay around for years? (just my 2 cents) as for the "Arts" would like to see more/ Live Arts, also better use of the haworth,