The King's Chronicle - October 2019

From the Chairman:

 Dear Reader,
 
The Building Contractor is making excellent progress with the restoration of our Tudor building. As previously advised the building work was set as a 20-week programme by the builder and judged on current progress their work will be complete by the year end which will be immediately followed in January by our volunteers doing internal painting and other finishing off jobs. This programme will complete phase 1 of our project which is the restoration of the Tudor building sufficiently to open the Art Gallery and let out the four Artist Studios upstairs in February.
Although the construction work is now the visible major activity, be assured that in parallel we are continuing to work very hard on many plans with our consultants on heritage recording and phase 2 detail design for cinema/theatre and café/restaurant, garden area, kitchen and toilet block.
We are also continuing to work very hard on fund raising from grants organisations and other potential sources to raise the funds for the subsequent phase of the development and welcome any fundraising ideas you may have, and indeed additional donations are always welcome. Please contact me directly at stephen.willmore@paradiso.org.uk or 07710 300 897 if you would like a personal meeting should you wish to discuss this matter.
Thank you for your continued interest.

Stephen Willmore – Chairman

ART Competition

The Directors of Bovey Paradiso were delighted to see the number of entries for the ART Competition on the theme of buildings. The judges had a difficult decision but the winners, as announced at Nourish, are as follows:

Category 1 - 11 years and under

1st prize - Kameri Penfold

Runners up - Mimi Clayton; Megan Frost-Howe; Elena Marks; Caitlin Nock

Category 2 - 12 to 18 years

1st prize - Alexander Still

Runners up - Kathryn Bright

Category 3 - Over 18s

1st prize - Margaret Kite

Runners up - Annie Harper; George Dunne

Thank you to Susan Bradshaw who organised the competition, our judges Erica Steer and Nicole Alexander, the volunteers for manning the stand at Nourish and for our sponsors who provided some amazing prizes:

Homenaturally
Serendipity
Devon Guild of Craftsmen
Escape the Game
Pom Stitch Tassel

The winning artwork will be on display in the completed Paradiso Arts Centre. 
Paradiso will be producing Christmas cards from the winning artwork, we'll be announcing where you can purchase these from very soon. 

Funding News

We will be completing the first phase of the project over the next few months but we still need funds to continue with phase two, which is the cinema/theatre and cafe bar.  Currently we have several grant funding applications out there with various funders.  In connection with our funding applications we are looking for volunteers, shareholders and others who have connections with groups and organisations that can benefit from engaging with Paradiso Arts. These groups include those supporting people who are carers, single parents, those at risk from loneliness or isolation, people with mental health illnesses, dementia, disabilities, people in recovery, those seeking employment, young and older people.  We are interested to hear from you and how we can work with your group, if you represent a group not mentioned here, get in touch anyway.  Please email us to arrange a discussion.

Sharing the Heritage of the King of Prussia

Susan Bradshaw continues to co-ordinate our heritage engagement.  In addition to the Art Competition reported above, other activities have been taking place. Volunteers have so far recorded six oral histories of Bovey Tracey residents.  These will be edited and made accessible via an interactive screen in the gallery of the Paradiso Art Centre when it opens next year. More oral histories will be recorded and edited over the coming months. Other events are in the planning stages, we'll update you soon.

AGM

This will take place at 7:30pm on 25 November at Café 3 Sixty, Bovey Tracey. The Members/Shareholders will receive a separate notice of meeting and meeting papers.

Tasmin Little Concert

We have a great treat in store for 2020.  Ian Wellens of Cheese Shed and Nourish fame, has arranged a concert by Tasmin Little to take place at the Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Thomas of Canterbury, Bovey Tracey in support of Paradiso Arts. 

The great British violinist recently announced that, after a long and exciting career, she would be retiring from the concert stage in the summer of 2020. We are delighted to announce that, as part of this farewell concert tour, she will be visiting Bovey Tracey.

The concert with be taking place on Thursday 2nd April at 7.30pm
at St Peter, St Paul and St Thomas of Canterbury, Bovey Tracey

To find out more and to book your tickets visit our Events page using the link below. Tickets can also be purchased (cash only) at The Cheese Shed, Bovey Tracey. 
https://www.paradiso.org.uk/Events/

What's Ahead for Winter 2019

• AGM on 25th November Cafe 3 Sixty.
• The builders will continue their 20 week schedule to completion.
• Volunteers will be contacted to take part in decorating the Paradiso Gallery and studios. 
• Funding bids continue.
• Work on gathering and editing stories and memories of the King of Prussia and as part of the oral history project continues.
• The winners artwork from the ART competition will be framed in readiness for display in the Paradiso Gallery.