The Official Launch of the project went really well. There were lots of people from the Deputy Mayor Cllr Dane, the Director and trustees of the Arts Trust, the Arts Development Officer, other artists and curators to the vicar and many local people. I was really pleased to see and hear people's enthusiasm. Alison Clarke,Visual Arts Officer for Surrey was very encouraging about the work and the developing project. Teachers from Hurst Park School came along and said how keen they are about their involvement in Papertrails next month.
On Saturday there was the first Open Day (other than drop-in days on Fridays) and again I was pleased by the reactions of visitors. Again lots of people came along and seemed so interested. A comment I heard fairly often was 'Fantastic something like this is happening in Elmbridge.'
I have been overwhelmed by the general level of enthusiasm. I could have offered three times as many school days as I have and many of the workshop places for adults are already booked even though they are in June.
