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Burnley's LET project has brought a series of events to Burnley town centre and provided local creative industries a shop space to promote themselves in.

Between May and October, 14 St James street, (what was previously the car shop near the bandstand) was the home of a series of creative businesses, every 4 weeks a new one created a different installation.  

 

Burnley Town Centre LET Events 

Flash Mob

16 April 2011

Burnley Town Centre

Flash Mob in Burnley Town Centre, Saturday 16th April 2011, delivered by Burnley Council and Ludus Dance.

 

Science Busking

11-4pm, 24 February 

The Bandstand, St James St, Burnley

As part of the LET town centre animation programme, Science Made Simple will be delivering a day of Science Busking in the town centre, engaging all ages in creative learning about such things as sonic booms, visual illusions and aerodynamics.

See LET Blog for flyer!

 

'Play Me I'm Yours'

From 9 July 24 street pianos were distributed across Burnley, Blackburn and Darwen as part of the LET project. Located in public parks, streets and squares, the pianos were for any member of the public to play.

Touring internationally since 2008 "Play Me, I'm yours" is an artwork by artists Luke Jerram, brought to you by Burnley Borough Council, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council and in association with BBC Radio Lancashire.

For a full review of the sounds, pictures and stories of the pianos visit www.bbstreetpianos.com 

College Fashion Show - Burnley Town Centre, 6-9pm 3 Nov

Burnley College worked with the LET Project team to put on a fashion show which (thanks to Arts & Business) was supported by John Lewis. It took place in Charter Walk, Burnley on 3 November. Young people's designs from high school right up to degree level were shown on the catwalk alongside high street fashions.  

Burnley LET Shop - Programme of Activity   

Art Yarn - Tea Cosies for Towneley

Tea Cosies for Towneley were our first guests - Experts in all things knitting, crochet and yarn based, ArtYarn took inspiration from Towneley Hall's vast collection of tea sets to make tea cozies for Towneley.  On June 19 a programme of town centre events aimed to creatively animate the public realm started. The first one continued on from Art Yarn's project with a knitting event on the band stand as part of World Knitting Day.  

Visit Burnley Open Shop Project blog site

Visit Art Yarn's blog site

Images from the project  

Joja Fashion Design 

24 June – 18 July

Burnley Fashion Designer launches new fashion Range on Burnley High street.  Collaborating with Creative colleagues in Jewellery, bag designers and artist Joja Fashion will provide a distinctly new way of shopping for that special occasion.
"Having the shop is a great opportunity to showcase my recent collection to my home town, prior to these garments going on sale within various boutiques, a collaboration with other artists and designers will take place to complement my bespoke collection'' Giorgia Smithies
  

Art Bunker 

19 July - 5 September

A recently created social enterprise, Art Bunker is a collective of local artists from Burnley and the region.
The Art Bunker will have a regularly changing exhibition and workshop programme to raise the profile of local creative projects that people have been and can take part in.  In addition it provides an opportunity for local artists to be showcased, some work will be created live and sold. See programme timetable below:

Clarets Creative is the first installment of Art Bunker's programme in the LET shop.

 

For full programme details please visit the LET Project blog

BestJoinedUp - 'START FROM SCRATCH' Project

10 - 25 September

An innovative approach to working with empty space, BestJoinedUp will mix, art forms and technology as part of their project.   Developing the shop space and an online space simultaneously, BestJoinedUp will be mashing up art forms, technology, performance and open source over the course of the month to draw out and showcase the cream of regional creativity.

Look out for pioneering A/V performances, gallery shows from some of the country's leading street artists, workshops and the occasional secret gig.

 

Art Exchange Film

The last resident in the shop was Art Exchange. Watch the film below featuring Philip Bradley from Art Exchange for an insight into his work.

 

Art Exchange

29 September - 31 October

The Art Exchange is a recently established organisation and have the aspiration to open artist studio spaces in Burnley. The Art Exchange utilised the LET shop to create awareness of their business and connected with the local community. Each week a different artist in the shop brought their studio and artwork into the public domain, an insight into the usually hidden world of artists. A mixed discipline of art work was shown, including photography, graphics artists, and more traditional visual art work. Free workshops, a space for discussion, meeting and reflecting was also incorporated.

 

  

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