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Man of Kent, Jason deCaires Taylor
Jason deCaires Taylor’s Man of Kent is a sculpture within a broader series exploring how individuals absorb and reflect the essence of their surroundings.
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Railway Heritage
2025 is the 200th anniversary of the modern railway in the UK “The Stockton & Darlington Railway opened on September 27, 1825, connecting places, people, communities and ideas and ultimately transforming the world. Railway 200 will be a year-long nationwide partnership-led campaign to celebrate 200 years of the modern railway and inspire a new generation of…
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Shanties in St Mary of Charity
Responding to an email inviting suggestions of events for Open Faversham 2024 and then meeting with Kevin from St Mary’s Church, led to Lowering The Tone and Upping the Shanty welcoming singers to join them for an evening of Shanties and Songs of the Sea on Wednesday 21st August. Between 30 and 40 singers joined…
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The Face of Open Faversham 2024
“Beneath the mask, a future hides, unseen, unknown, a quiet strength, a seed is sown.“ Jason deCaires Taylor” www.underwatersculpture.comwww.underwatermuseum.com
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Work of John Wilson of Faversham Celebrated
John Wilson (1595-1674) Born in Faversham in 1595 John Wilson worked his way into the city and the theatre and was composing for masques by 1614 as his comic setting of ‘Kawasha comes in Majestiee’ composed for the Masque of Flowers, was published in that year along with text of the masque. This setting seems…
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Katherine Parr: Prayer book written by queen goes on display
Prayers or Meditations was the first book published by an English woman under her own name and by an English queen, said Justin Croft, a specialist in antiquarian books. A letter found with the books suggests they were hidden during the reign of Mary I, often nicknamed “Bloody Mary” for her persecution of Protestants in…
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Pop-up portraits at Creek Creative.
Faversham Faces: Bob Geldof, Gulliver Immink and Arthur Percival “As part of Open Faversham, we have got together with some of the resident artists based here at Creek Creative to put on our very first outside pop-up art exhibition to celebrate some of the people and stories from Faversham, past and present. Gulliver Immick Another…
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Wine’d Down Evening
The Abbey Physic Community Garden was delighted to hold a Wine’d Down Evening on Thurs 17th August as part of the Open Faversham week of events. Many members of the Community were able to enjoy an evening relaxing in our garden, eating food & drink prepared by our Mindful Kitchen, and listening to the saxophone…