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Art in Action
Art in Action (16-19 July) create a relaxed and friendly environment where artists and craftspeople can demonstrate and discuss their techniques with the public.
By presenting high standards of artistic skill and creative design, it aims to both broaden the knowledge and understanding of traditional arts and craft skills of other countries, and support the artist community by encouraging purchases and commissions. From the first event in 1977 that featured around fifty artists, it now involves some 150 artists and craftspeople who recreate their studios in marquees and demonstrate their expertise and approaches. The 600 volunteers who help to organise and staff Art in Action are students of philosophy at the School of Economic Science. The course offers students a novel and practical approach to the great questions of life. It takes master philosophies from the East and West and examines how they can be put to practical use. The idea is to escape from the mostly self-imposed limitations to find a lasting freedom. The philosophy course is offered at various UK universities as well as in London. 2009 contributors include glass artists Kathryn Pearce, Julie Ann Denton and Amanda Lawrence, sculptors Simon Allison and Simon Keeley, painters Ali Yanya and Toby Ward, calligrapher Paul Antonio and ceramicist John...
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