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Past Events	Philadelphia, February 2007, Trail Through the Trees I’ve lived in Sheffield all of my life, yet participating in the “Trail through the Trees” event made me see my home town in such a different light. The event itself involved so many activities ranging from making sculptures of the Sheffield landscape (of which we had such a brilliant view) to giving the woodland trees a makeover by forming a colourful array of leaves from ironed plastic bags, which were then customised by participants who wrote or even drew comments about the day. For me, however, what seemed to bring the whole event together was the long chain of brightly coloured pieces of plastic bags which weaved in and out of all the different activities; as the title of the event suggests, this literally was a “trail through the trees”. Given that the central theme of the event was to create art with natural or recycled resources, it was great to see how plastic bottles, light bulbs and even bike chains could made into art, as the art that I’m used to making usually involves just painting and drawing but not much more! As a newly recruited volunteer for Art in the Park, this event was my first, and although initially it was quite daunting, it was great to meet so many different types of people with so many different ways of interpreting art through natural and recycled resources. For instance, the most memorable character was a woman who had brought along hand bags and head bands which had been made from recycled old tights and umbrellas...it just goes to show that with a little bit of thought and creativity, rubbish doesn’t really have to be thrown out! by Titi Lucas, Art in the Park volunteer Participants were invited to write or draw comments on leaves made from recycled plastic bags. These were then hung on trees. Here are some of the comments written: Sunny quiet peaceful I’m really pleased the weather is so good today…it seems warm for this time of year…I like the different landscapes in this area…trees, grass, seeds… I love it here! I was thinking about Art in the Park this morning. We had a great time at Art in the Park. To see the world in a grain of sand, and heaven in a wild flower Great to see the environment Love collecting deadwood and using it! I enjoy making and playing outside
A Garden You can Eat Various Venues June- August 2008
Go Wild with African Art Ponderosa March-May 2008
Footprint Celebration Philadelphia March 15th 2008
Upperthorpe Healthy Living Centre Festive Fun Day December 2007
Rivelin Valley Christmas Festival December 2007
Hillsborough Park Christmas Festival December 2007
Beacons Project Ruskin Park October 2007
Langsett Fun Day August 22nd 2007
Get Fired Up About Philadelphia August 2007
Ruskin Park Fun Day June 2007
Urban May Day Upperthorpe Peace Gardens May 2007
Stannington Fun Day April 2007
Blake Street Insects and Creepy Crawlies March 2007 and April 2007
Philadelphia Trail Through The Trees February 2007
Weston Park Art in the Dark January 2007
Hillsborough Park Christamas Fair December 2006
Rivelin Valley Christamas Fair December 2006
Balloonistas! Part 2 Edward Street Flats November 2006
Superheroes Ponderosa October 2006
Balloonistas! Part one Edward Street Flats September 2006
Circus Project August 2006
Ruskin Park Fun Day July 15th 2006
Upperthorpe Peace Gardens May 14th 2006
Exhibition Upperthorpe Healthy Living Centre May 2006
Ponderosa April 9th 2006
Langsett Green Space February 12th 2006
Edward Street Flats Photography Special Part 2 January 15th 2006
Hillsborough Park December 11th 2005
Photography Special Edward Street Flats November 2005
Big Draw Nottingham Rec. October 2005
Bole Hill September 11th 2005
Langsett Fun Day August 25th 2005
Philadelphia August 7th 2005
Ponderosa July 10th 2005
Ruskin Park Fun Day June 11th 2005
Blake Street Nature Gardens April 2005
Langsett Green space March 20th 2005
Ruskin Park Feb 20th 2005
Hillsborough Park December 18th 2004
Edward Street Flats November 14th 2004
Philadelphia October 17th 2004
Langsett Green September 19th 2004
Ruskin Park Fun Day July 4th 2004
Langsett Green June 20th 2004
Ponderosa May 16th 2004
Philadelphia April 4th 2004
Langsett March 14th 2004
Ruskin Park February 15th 2004
Ruskin Park December 7th 2003
Ponderosa November 9th 2003
Philadelphia September 21st 2003
Upperthorpe Peace Gardens August 31st 2003
Wond'rous Watery Walk Ponderosa February 23rd 2003