Sarah Marsh & Stephanie Jefferies – 2:00 PM – Blackburn Cathedral Crypt
Sarah Marsh & Stephanie Jefferies In Conversation with Claire Mander, Curator of theCoLAB and National Festival of Making Board Director; and Stuart McDonald, Partner & Head of Branch at Herbert Parkinson.
This talk will start with an introduction from Darren Henley CBE, Chief Executive of Arts Council England.
YESS LAD – 2:30 PM – Blackburn Cathedral Annex
YESS LAD exhibiting Artists Barry Anthony Finan, Dominic Bennett, Horace Lindezey and Leslie Thompson In Conversation with Jamie Holman, Artist and National Festival of Making Chair.
Sapien – 4:00 PM – Temple Gallery – Blackburn Cathedral
Sapien (Steve Anwar) In Conversation with Claire Mander, Curator of theCoLAB and National Festival of Making Board Director
Sunday 9th July
Jamie Holman – 12:00 PM – Outside Baileys Jewellers, Northgate
Jamie Holman Artist and National Festival of Making Chair discusses QUIVER, a new public artwork in Blackburn Town Centre.
Sam Belinfante – 1:00 PM – The Cotton Exchange
Sam Belinfante In Conversation with Claire Mander, Curator of theCoLAB and National Festival of Making Board Director; and Jamie Holman, Artist and National Festival of Making Chair
Illuminos – 2.30 PM – 29 Northgate
Illuminos (Rob & Matt Vale) in Conversation with Jamie Holman, Artist and National Festival of Making Chair
This venue is accessed via a step
Ibukun Baldwin – 3.45 PM – Prism Contemporary
Ibukun Baldwin In Conversation with Patrick Grant of Cookson & Clegg and The Great British Sewing Bee Judge