arts residencies » apples http://artsresidencies.org Arts Residencies in Birmingham Wed, 02 Mar 2011 14:16:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 Apple Day 2010 http://artsresidencies.org/apple-day-2010/ http://artsresidencies.org/apple-day-2010/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 20:55:35 +0000 Eleanor http://artsresidencies.org/apple-day-2010/ Apple Day Sunday 24th October 11am-3pm Court Lane Allotments, Erdington, Birmingham

Free fun for all the family at this years Apple Day.

Drawing on centuries of tradition surrounding the humble apple, ‘Apple Day’ will include:

* Live apple pressing, see and taste local apples turned into delicious juice with our amazing home made apple press- why not bring along your apples to turn into juice
* Apple expert Julian Brandram, with a display of apple varieties and fruit growing advice (www.appletrees.org.uk)
* Apple trees, pickles, preserves and produce for sale
* Fun apple games including Apple bobbing, Longest Apple Peel competition and Apple and Spoon race
* Morris dancing from 1st Sedgley Morris group
* Make a mini scarecrow to take away
* Live music from Jim Mehan
* Food
The event is brought to you by ‘PREPARE’ a project to harvest and distribute unwanted fruit in the Erdington area run by Artist in Residence Eleanor Hoad based at Twickenham Primary School supported by Birmingham City Councils Community Arts Team.

For more information contact Eleanor Hoad on 07974 934 917 or eleanorhoad@hotmail.com

]]> http://artsresidencies.org/apple-day-2010/feed/ Apple Day Photographs http://artsresidencies.org/apple-day-photographs/ http://artsresidencies.org/apple-day-photographs/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:53:13 +0000 dan http://artsresidencies.org/?p=504 I very much enjoyed Eleanor’s apple day at Kingstanding Leisure Centre. The juice was really tasty, and well matched the crisp autumn air and sunshine. There was a really interesting and interested mix of people there, and I came home with a massive organic allotment grown beetroot, a big bag of spinach, and a hefty red cabbage. Here are a few pictures of the apple pressing and juice tasting.

A traditional Mummers play was performed, which was great fun and enjoyed, with musical accompaniment, by all.

I made some portraits of the performers afterwards, which you can see below. I couldn’t stay for the ceilidh, but the play itself, and the day as a whole, gave a rooted sense of location, and a connection with folk history that is seldom seen in the city.

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