A Celebration of Cranes - Short Film Uploaded

A collaboration with artists, musicians, local schools, businesses and communities to celebrate five years of The Great Crane Project and the return of the crane to the Somerset Levels. 

Over 500 people joined the Celebration of Cranes event on Saturday 22 November - A Somerset Art Works creative partnership with The Great Crane Project. The Big Noise Street Band played as more than 80 school children and volunteers processed with lanterns and costumes made with artist Sarah Butterworth. A magical sight and huge thanks to everyone who took part. More info in the posts below.

SAW BLOG: No Common Crane

Stoke St Gregory Pupils, photo: Nisha Haq

We invited our resident SAW blogger Davina Jelley along to the Celebration of Cranes Illuminated Procession - read her account of the evening's celebrations
on the SAW blog.

SAW BLOG: NO COMMON CRANE: A Celebration of Cranes: Last weekend I got to witness the illuminated finale of many months hard work and the atmosphere was truly celebr...

The Great Crane Project Blog

Michael Wilson from the Great Crane Project writes about the Celebration of Cranes event in his latest blog post.

Read all about it by clicking here:
Great Crane Project Blog

More photos coming in - Crane Celebrations

 

Photography: Nisha Haq

An amazing crowd of over 500 people at the Celebration of Cranes event

Over 500 people joined the Celebration of Cranes event last Saturday - celebrating 5 years of The Great Crane Project and SAW's creative partnership throughout. The Big Noise Street Band played as 80 school children processed with lanterns and costumes singing songs about cranes that they wrote themselves. RSPB volunteers and people from across the levels joined in puppeteering huge cranes and helping in so many ways. A magical sight and huge thanks to everyone, especially Nicola and Jonathon Coate at the Willows & Wetlands Visitor Centre. 

Photography: Jon England.  More pictures to follow soon...   

A Celebration of Cranes - Today! - 22 November

The weather is with us, our fantastic team of people are getting everything ready - it's going to be great!

Did you catch the BBC Somerset interview this morning at 11.50?

Twenty Crane Headdresses and Thirty-four Dragonflies

Stoke St Gregory Headdresses with lights inside

Dragonfly lanterns from North Curry - awaiting their wings!

Twenty illuminated Crane headdresses made by pupils from Stoke St Gregory Primary School with artist Sarah Butterworth now join the North Curry dragonflies at the grain store at Willows & Wetlands Visitor Centre. Sarah thinks the pupils may have been channelling Mondrian in their workshop? 








Preparations are building speed for our event on 22 November - Illuminated lantern procession and celebration of 5 years of The Great Crane Project and its creative partnership with Somerset Art Works. More info in posts further down the page...