Fine Artistes Lead Mintfest Summer School 2011

Before and during Mintfest 2011 Brian led a group of five "students" on a ten day course in Street Arts. With this really creative team he dreamed up a scenario based on the latest local health scare - Sheep Tick Outbreaks. As a result Mintfest 2011 became Infest 2011 and International Insectologists gathered in Kendal to deal with the giant swarm of dangerous bugs spotted in Europe en route to Britain. The students' performances on the weekend were accomplished and enjoyed by public and participants alike.Brian hopes to attend again next year. Here we see the students in action, warning townspeople of the imminent danger of bugs as big as chickens heading their way.. They are armed with the latest zap-guns in the top picture.
See clips of their performances - with thanks to Antoinette Burchill, one of "The Delegates" and a performance artist herself click below on - http://storify.com/misachievement/the-delegates
and http://vimeo.com/album/1690385
This piece has now featured in Derby Feste 2011 as "Made in Derby" as the performers were mainly sponsored by Derby City Arts. These second performances were an even greater success, and "The Delegates" now intend to continue as a performance group.
What you might call " a result".

Street Studio at Henley Youth Festival 2011

We were in Henley on Thames on Saturday March 26th with the Studio in the Street.
Here are some comments from Jane Gray, one of the organisers:
"Fine Artistes came to our Art Event as part of the Youth Festival "Fantasy in the Square". The studio made a fantastic central piece to our event.Everyone loved the still life table and the "talking pictures". The end result of the interactive canvas was brilliant - even more impressive than the photos on the website - and this is now proudly hanging in the local Youth Centre for all to see. Brian and Rose were brilliant artistes and entertainers and we would ask them to come back for a future festival in one guise or another!"

Criminal Gang Slash Somerset Arts to Death

Conservative controlled Somerset County Council ratified their decision to cut the entire Arts budget for 2011 at a meeting in Taunton in February. Fine Artistes and Friends were there to mark this act of vandalism.
We were dressed as a group of mourners who delivered an In Memoriam for the old friend we knew simply as "Art". He brought a lot of joy and smiles to peoples lives and didn't ask for much in return. That's just what he got of course - a mere 0.0004% or £159,000 of the total Council budget. This funded ten popular projects.
Expect to see more of this Philistine behaviour across the country as the criminal gang who call themselves "The Coalition" get their knives into the things that matter the most to us.
Somerset Film recorded the occasion and the local TV broadcast the event on the regional news programmes.
Photo Tim Martin
For a short film of the event made by Somerset Film please clink on this link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnLETo3o-CE

Fine Artistes' Band of Angels

As seen here in Shanghai outside the UK Pavilion, Fine Artistes can now offer a band of celestial attendants to welcome your guests to any of your celebrations in 2011.
We can provide up to eight such heavenly bodies who will grace your soiree and provide an angelic atmosphere to complement your ephemeral excesses.

Fine Artistes - As seen in China....

Through August 2010 Fine Artistes were guest performers at the World Expo, Shanghai, presenting a whole new repertoire of work plus pieces pioneered by Ric Jerrom and Haf Morgan of The Quest of Bath.
We were booked to perform around the extraordinary British Pavilion, seen behind Sir Bernard Britannia here.
Have a look at the youtube slideshow on this link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUMhFLcb38Q

The Old Boys have had a bit of luck...

These two old chaps have had a big win on the Lottery. By pure chance they have bumped into a lady who says she is a long-lost niece. Young people these days, they're so kind.
For more photos click on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5uFLhcIln4

Danger! Fine Artistes at Work..

Blim Burns, The Art Tart and Rupert Le Beurre all gathered for the the great Waterford Watercolour Challenge - made famous by TV's Hannah Gordon.
Each artist created a special one-off canvas in honour of their visit - Blim Burn's "Ireland, seen from the Back of A Prison Van", The Art Tart's "Self-Portrait in Boots No7 and Spray Paint", and Rupert's ground-breaking "Forty Shades of Green", based on the new Irish Dulux colour card.
For more photos click on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHqmmksfk-Q