by Barney on 9 August 2009

What will I remember from the Arts Academy?
This?
Some of my writing class at work
Or this?
The cartoon given my by the class at the end of the course
Or will I remember this?
Our Toyota Corolla trashed by a passing JCB
Or perhaps this?
Looking across the cricket ground known as Turf towards Wellington College buildings where the Arts Academy [...]
by Barney on 11 August 2008

I read the last stanza of the Roger White poem I’ve incorporated into the script:
Tell, Duarte Viera, kindly tell,
What crime won you a prison cell?
The Wildfire group, seven of us – Nancy, Navid, Serene, Carmel, May, Izzy and I – are on the stage in the Old Gym at Wellington College. We’re facing an audience [...]
by Barney on 9 August 2008

Just back from the Bahá’í Academy for the Arts, a wonderful annual week of courses and classes in a range of arts, organized by a group of Bahá’ís. This has been going on for 14 or 15 years, and has become regular fixture in the UK Baha’i community’s calendar.
Almost 300 people took part. Babies, toddlers, [...]
by Barney on 2 August 2008

OK, I’m off to the Baha’i Academy for the Arts at Wellington College for the next week. I shall be co-tutoring a course called “Wildfire” with the wonderful concert pianist Nancy Lee Harper. We shall be working on developing musical narratives about the Bahá’í Faith with a select group of young musicians. I’m providing the [...]