Sudbury Walking Arts Project

Ipswich is all glow!

We went on a late night glow worm hunt and we’re excited to have found seven females lit up and giving their best light show!

The glow-worm is not actually a worm, but a beetle. Males look like typical beetles, but the nightly glow of a female is unmistakeable - lighting up to attract a mate in the darkness of their grassland habitats.

Females are famous for emitting a greeny-orange light from their bottoms at night. They climb up plant stems and glow in order to attract males, who have large, photosensitive eyes - perfect for scanning vegetation at night. The larvae can also emit light, and so can the eggs.

Adults are only around for a short period in June and July, so if you would like to find them in Ipswich, head out to a sandy, grassy habitat soon! 💚

We are at Sudbury event today!

We will be at the event today! Come visit us! ☺️

We have a slot left for a paid Walk Tester, £50 to walk around on Sunday morning at 9.30am, finish by midday. Only criteria, you need to have never been there before!
https://forms.gle/9MSkv6AA1GgJK2RF6

PAID Walking Research Subjects - £50.00 Fee We are looking for a number of people of all ages and abilities to volunteer to walk around Sudbury for one to two hours and record their walk. You will need to: • Live nearby but have never visited Sudbury and not be familiar with the location (no need to swot up beforehand, in fact we would pref...

Zoey, the Arts, Culture and Wellbeing officer at the Babergh District Council gave us a tour of the places and spaces used for the Sudbury Silk festival. We got to learn more about Sudbury rich silk history.
Comment down below what you know about it 👇

Please take a few moments to fill in our Walking Arts Survey to encourage more similar events in the future for Sudbury, your feedback really helps!
https://forms.gle/M6cffK9umKFAZXx67

Beach of Dreams | Kinetika Beach of Dreams is an epic journey to discover the hidden gems of the East Coast of England, inviting collaboration from communities and artists along the way in Suffolk, Essex, Southend, and Thurrock.

We will be at Green Sunday in this coming Sunday, so pop along say hello and fill in our questionnaire (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeZxCewNpAtRv0MlpSrY6XiBYVU8D6ALsy33eCSkJpPj4edFw/viewform)
It’s also our Walk Testing day, to help us find out more about walking in Sudbury we’ll be sending out a team of people new to Sudbury to record their walks!

Locals and visitors feedback on our interactive map at the recent Open Day in St Peters.


Please take a few moments to fill in our Walking Arts Survey to encourage more similar events in the future for Sudbury, your feedback really helps!
https://forms.gle/M6cffK9umKFAZXx67

Massive thank you to everyone who attended our open day in St Peter’s Cultural Centre on Saturday! Please take a few moments to fill in our Walking Arts Survey to encourage more similar events in the future for Sudbury, your feedback really helps!



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Plus we were there talking all things walking of course, with our giant map to write on, questionnaire and comments book: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeZxCewNpAtRv0MlpSrY6XiBYVU8D6ALsy33eCSkJpPj4edFw/viewform

Artwork including her amazing film about walking and letting go, made as part of plus outstanding town crying by Gemma Garwood.

...and of course dinosaurs with Tom!

Cafe run by The Befriending Sceme...

Yesterday’s clay making workshop with Cally James...

Everyone is having a great time with Cally James at the family drop-in! ☺️

Come visit us at St.Peter’s Church! We will be here until 3pm

Some of the clay work done with cally’s help!

Come visit us at St.Peter’s Church! We will be here until 3pm

Today’s the day! Our Open Day at St Peter’s church starts at 10.00am, bring your mobile phone! 🦕

Our Open Day is tomorrow at St Peter’s Church!
Make sure you don't miss the opportunity to try our dinosaur safari!
It's FREE and open to all!

Planning our space for tomorrow... pop by and say hi, all welcome, free entry!

Yesterday’s mention in the thanks! 🙂

Plans and maps arrived this morning, pop in and see us tomorrow to talk about all things walking in

Sudbury Community Walking Vase
Open day - St Peter’s church
Saturday 29th May 202110.00am - 3.00pm - free no need to book

Join local artist Cally for a family drop-in, open to all ages (children to be accompanied by an adult.) Help to create a walking inspired Clay Community Vase! Model your ideas and thoughts about walking in Sudbury and we will add selected pieces to two large vases about walking in the town.

We are super excited to announce we have someone special visiting St Peter’s Church on our Open day (Saturday 29th May)... Visit us to meet a full size dinosaur from our dinosaur safari…

Last Sunday we had Gemma’s walkshop around Sudbury’s green spaces! Were you there? or did you see us walking around Sudbury?

Come to our free Open Day: Saturday 29th May- St Peter’s Church Cultural Venue, Sudbury: 10am-3pm to see the outcome of the walkshop!

Some photos from Alisa's workshop that happened last Saturday! Were you there? or did you see us walking around Sudbury?

Come to our Open Day on Saturday 29th May at St Peter’s Church Cultural Venue, in Sudbury, from 10.00 am to 3.00 pm to see the outcome of the walkshop and much more!

Come to our on Saturday 29th May at St Peter’s Church Cultural Venue, in Sudbury, from 10.00 am to 3.00 pm!
There you will have the opportunity to view and comment on previous walking plans by filling in our questionnaire via the QR code. We will have a visitor's book and interactive art areas. You are all invited to make your own suggestions on how walking could be improved in Sudbury while having free tea and biscuits!
It's free and open to all!

Link to survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeZxCewNpAtRv0MlpSrY6XiBYVU8D6ALsy33eCSkJpPj4edFw/viewform

Local artist Cally James will also be at our with a family clay making drop-in for a family drop-in, open to all ages (children to be accompanied by an adult). Visit us and help to create a walking inspired Clay Community Vase!

Clay Making Drop-in with Cally James- Join local artist Cally for a family drop-in on our Open Day (check out our page for the event). Open to all ages (children to be accompanied by an adult.) Help to create a walking inspired Clay Community Vase! Model your ideas and thoughts about walking in Sudbury and we will add selected pieces to two large vases about walking in the town.

Last chance to book a place in our walkshops!
'Where do the streets take you?'
Saturday 22nd May 2021 - 2.00pm
Book via e-mail to register and for meeting point: [email protected]

Last chance to book a place in our walkshops!
'Walking as a Ritual Act of Letting Go'
Sunday 23rd May 2021 - 11.00am
Book via e-mail to register and for meeting point: [email protected]

Walking Artist’s Exhibition - Alisa Oleva & Gemma Garwood
On our the artists Alisa Oleva and Gemma Garwood will be presenting some of the participant’s creations on their Walkshops happening this weekend and report their experience as walking artists in

Walking Artist’s Exhibition - Alisa Oleva & Gemma Garwood
Exhibiting work from their recent Sudbury Walkshop’s, they will be presenting some of the participant’s creations and reporting on their experience as walking artists in Sudbury.

There are still a few spaces on our free artists walkshops this weekend, book now! e-mail:
[email protected] to book.

Sudbury Walking Arts Project - Open Day
Art Exhibition | Stalls & Giveaways | Free Tea & Biscuits
Community Feedback | Clay Make & Do Drop-in | Dinosaur Trail Giveaways
Saturday 29th May - St Peter’s Church Cultural Venue, Sudbury - 10.00am - 3.00pm
Free – Open to all