Additional Information

• In Praise of Sport display

• What:
  Free talks & tours
• When:
  Thu 2 August 2012 – Thu 9 August 2012
• Where:
  Seminar Room One, Sackler Centre

Celebrate the display In Praise of Sport, a unique handmade volume of art, prose and poetry.

Gallery Talk
Thursday 2 August & Thursday 9 August, 13.00-13.45
Take a closer look at this unique handmade volume of art, prose and poetry inspired by the London 2012 Olympics, as Peter Wayne, Artistic Director of In Praise of Sport, talks about the creation of this artwork from realisation to completion. The book will be uncased for this talk and all pages can be viewed.

Lunchtime Lecture
Coming Up For Air: The Arts as a Redemptive Tool within the Penal Microcosm
Wednesday 8 August, 13.00-13.45
Hear Peter Wayne, Artistic Director of In Praise of Sport talk about the creation of this unique handmade volume of art, prose and poetry inspired by the London 2012 Olympics, his experiences of the 32 years spent in Her Majesty’s Prisons and the role he has seen art play within the penal system.