Somewhat belated, this one - how time does pass. I'm now busy preparing for the next OPEN DAY, to be held at the Clay Cross Social Centre on Friday 27 August from 11:00 - 17:00 (or thereabouts). Some prints of my images will be on display, plus a laptop slide show, plus loads of other things being cooked up by the GMI team (with help from Tesco).
You'll have noticed from walking round the site that this is now very much a Tesco project, what with bright new hoardings, people wandering round in hi-vis jackets with Tesco written on them (can I have one please?), and a getting-on-with-it atmosphere.

















I must mention the girls form The Curiosity Shop, Market Street. The shop had its second anniversary the other week, so St Trinian's outfits were the order of the day. Sorry, girls, I did say I'd put this on the blog...

A lot has been going on in the background, as well. Public artist Peter Maris has been doing a number of projects with schools and youth groups, so much so that he's got a small workshop off Bridge Street to put all the art work in. Lots of it will be on display on the 27th. Some examples are on the Flickr site. Here are some more.
Do come along to the Social Centre on the 27th and have a look, and also introduce yourselves.



























Finally, this image is of Public artist Peter Maris (centre) choosing stone for an art project at Stone and Slate Ltd. in Clay Cross. See their website at http://www.stoneandslate.ltd.uk/