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From: Lesley Melia Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 10:18 PM Subject: Bracknell Indoor Market - Art & craft opportunity! Hi. This may be a great opportunity for makers of arts and crafts! I’ve had a meeting with Bracknell’s Town Manager Graeme Mountford about the possibility of using the indoor market for selling art & crafts and he is very keen on the idea. The market is open on Fridays & Saturdays and the number of stallholders had shrunk in recent years but this means there is now quite a large area that is unused. The market is indoors, has public toilets and tables are huge market ones so 2 or even 3 artists could easily share one between them. Part of the market that is at present closed off would be opened up so that all the art & craft section would be together. We are looking to hold the first one, preferably before Christmas (Fri 9th & Sat 10th Dec) and there will be NO CHARGE. If this was a success, Mr Mountford is willing that we then move to the next stage of having an Arts & Craft section (and even extending the section further) once a month from then on (say, the 1st Fri & Sat of each month) at a nominal cost. We have also discussed that there would be publicity to promote the The Arts & Craft market. There are also 2 large open sections outside the market that would be great for musicians, pavement artists and other entertainment during the year. This is a great opportunity for artist and craftspeople, in these difficult times, to get together and make something creative happen! If anyone is interested in the first one in December, or even if you can’t make it but want to be involved in any future ones, please get back to me. Please also pass this email on to any other artists that you think may be interested. Kind regards, Lesley 01344 648343, 07969 431597 www.lesleymelia.com