OPEN LAB Project in Basildon - 22nd May

OPEN LAB Project in Basildon - 22nd May - 27th June

I hot-footed it over to Basildon to see what the OPEN LAB project was all about. Well.. actually, my husband dropped me off. It's all very exciting! I managed to talk to five of the seven project leaders on this, the very first day of this arty Basildonian experiment.

I spoke to: -

Mike Young of FINGERPRINTS OF BASILDON

Hunt and Darton of KIDS BUSINESS.

George from WHEN I SAY ESSEX, WHAT DO YOU SEE?

Mark Massey from NEW TOWN PORTRAITS.

A young man from 6ftStories at THE TAT MODERN.

Listen to the good people explain in their own words what their projects are about on this podcast. More can be learnt from their website: - https://open-lab.co.uk/

Magical Creatures

Fingerprints of Basildon

Kids Business

When I Say Essex, What Do You See?

New Town Portraits

The Tat Modern

Basildon Audio Visual Music Machine

I also visited the Eastgate Art Gallery where I met, artist, Matt Layton.

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