Comments on: Shift Time in Shrewsbury

By: Martin Smith

Martin Smith — Sat, 30 May 2009 12:04:06 +0000

Hi – I am the webmaster of the Shropshire visual art promotion site at http://www.vanetwork.co.uk. I am also Arts Coordinator at Qube in Oswestry. These two rolls involve me intensely networking and distributing information through facebook email mailout and blogs. I only came across this project last night at an exhibition opening in North Shropshire by meeting one of the artists involved who has kindly emailed me this link.
Yes of course I would like to be involved some way – just surprised I haven’t read about it in the STAP newsletter or any other visual art information routes.

By: Moya Malekin

Moya Malekin — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:30:14 +0000

Hi,
We’d love to get involved. Blue Eyed Soul Dance Company have a small festival of dance ‘Sepia’ happening this summer, including an aerial performance TAKE; a dance in the park in the Quarry on Sat 4th July as part of Shift time. We’ve got a Sepia blog http://blueeyedsouldance.blogspot.com/
but I’d love to get ideas on how to develop this amd get more interaction.
And to continue developing this for future work.

By: Trisha Marlow

Trisha Marlow — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:48:52 +0000

Happy to photograph the events to contribute to whatever blog/website those involved wish to see. Good availability for most of the period. Although I only have a limited blog myself due to time contraints, have good writing skills and interest in community projects.

By: Steve Green

Steve Green — Sun, 17 May 2009 14:25:48 +0000

Hello Pete,

You have linked to the Shropshire pool on Flickr but a much more active group is the Shropshire Community group

http://www.flickr.com/groups/shropshire_community/

This group was formed last year and now has 135 members, nowhere near the 300+ of the Shropshire group you mentioned but very much more active. We organise monthly meets where members of the group get together and go somewhere interesting to take photographs. It also acts as a forum where ‘off the cuff’ meets can be arranged.

Cheers
Steve

By: Richard Foot

Richard Foot — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:18:39 +0000

Hello Pete

I am a co-organiser of Platform in Shrewsbury. A friend of mine from Birmingham sent me this page as a link. I was suprised to see us mentioned in your article. Our web domain was bought ages ago with the intension of setting it up as our own website but it has yet to happen. I am not that up on the whole blogging thing but we want to grown platform and would like to get something set up as soon as possible. Our platform blog has also been neglected.We’ve tended to do most things through facebook. Some web / blog advice would be great as it will hopefully help form new links and contacts. Hope to hear from you soon.

Cheers

Richard

By: Paul Henderson

Paul Henderson — Tue, 05 May 2009 18:24:42 +0000

Shropshire Broadplaces might be a link too http://tinyurl.com/dxfkjc – the person I know running the project was Val Lewis (ruralnet should have her details) but the contact now looks like it is Flavia Humphreys – not sure about social media presence but there should be people with kit and broadband

By: william perrin

william perrin — Tue, 05 May 2009 17:52:51 +0000

there seem to be some uk online centres in the shrewsbury area – some centres have a very good grass roots local network

http://www.ukonlinecentres.com/consumer/

if interested – let me know and I can put you in touch with the regional manager

cheers