Welcome to Whitley Arts Festival
We are now preparing for the 2010 Whitley Arts Festival.
Last year we featured an exciting array of film, poetry, photography and installation to an audience in excess of 3000 people.
Highlights included the world premiere of Mark Aerial Waller's Karpouziaaa, commissioned by the festival and made in Whitley, which went on to be a feature film at the Tate Modern in London, and What the Butler Saw, a constantly evolving event combining live and recorded, rehearsed and improvised, audio and visual art, destined to become a central feature of the 2010 line-up.
The Whitley Arts Festival focuses on new work, commissions, experimentation and new and alternative forms of artistic presentation, taking place in a variety of locations around Reading and Whitley.
The Reading Experimental Film festival (REFF), now in its third
year, is a significant element of The Whitley Arts Festival and
operates under its umbrella. We will shortly be accepting submissions for 2010 and details will be featured on the website, click here to join the mailing list.
The Whitley Arts Festival, founded in 2004 is run by Hogarth
Productions and is commissioned by the charity Aspire2.
FESTIVAL FILM HITS TATE
Reading Experimental Film Festival, part of WAF, Featured the world premiere of Mark Aerial Waller's experimental film Karpouziaaa. Using actors and non actors from Whitley, The film also received a London Premiere at Tate Modern.
Reading Experimental Film Festival
Who saw What the Butler Saw?
What the Butler Saw was a great success and stands to become another central aspect of WAF. Click here for more details. Find out more
VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED
Are you interested in supporting the festival?
Can you spare any time either in the run up to the festival or during the week it's self?
Do you work for a company that might be able to support the festival?
We are always in need of an extra pair of hands, so if you can help, please don't hesitate to get in touch
Sponsorship
Are you a business or an individual interested in supporting the festival? Do you want to be a part of this growing artistic extravaganza? Now is your chance. Please don't hesitate to get in touch.
Thanks to:
Aspire2, Chants, Community Champions, Local Network Fund, McCarty Properties, Positive Futures, Princes Trust, Reading Adult and Community College, Reading Borough Council, South Reading Youth Centre and Angela Bovell, South Reading Fire Station, Sure Start (Whitley), Unity Community Centre*, Verizon, Whitley Excellence Cluster and Sheila Tibbenham, Whitley Wood Community Centre*, Yell, 2tenfm
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