Bodies of Water – Swim Wild, Write Free (Part 2) – at Conham River Park

An artist residency and collaborative exhibition space with events and workshops hosted by Fra Beecher

Join Fra Beecher and Steve Kenward for an evening of writing and performances inspired by bodies of water and wild swimming.

Writing prompts and exercises will be shared, but will not be mandatory. There will also be an invitation to share/perform what you have created during the workshop(s), and/or display your writing in the exhibition at The Launderette.

Please arrive by 5.45pm so we can start at 6pm. There will be a short break at 7pm.

Writing materials will be available, but please feel free to bring you own.

Tickets are available on a pay what you can afford basis, with a £5 minimum.

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Fra Beecher is an artist and life model, and co-founder of United Models Life Drawing CIC. Her creative practice is informed by her modelling work and the weekly life drawing sessions she facilitates in Bristol. Through her projects, including Body of Work (2018-2020), Fra challenges the misconception that female life models are passive objects.

As a longstanding wild swimmer, Fra has begun to explore the physical, emotional and psychological experience of swimming in the River Avon through photography, writing, drawing and sculpture.

This residency and exhibition is an opportunity to experiment, and reflect, making new work and collaborating with artists, writers and fellow swimmers. Through a series of creative workshops, attendees will have the opportunity to share their own personal connections to bodies of water, which will become part of the works on display.

Entry requirements: no age restrictions (under 18s to be accompanied by an adult over 21yrs, 1:1 ratio)

Events schedule:

• Wednesday 6^th August – Life Drawing – 7-9pm
• Thursday 7^th August – Opening Night – 6-9pm
• Saturday 9^th August – Swim Wild, Write Free (Part 1) – Conham River Park – 2-4pm
• Sunday 10^th August – Creative Collage – 2-4pm
• Tuesday 12^th August – Life Drawing – 7-9pm
• Thursday 14^th August Swim Wild, Write Free (Part 2) – 7-9pm
• Friday 15^th August Evening Closing Event – 6-9pm
• Saturday 16^th August Daytime Closing Event – 12-6pm