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Final day

Final day

It’s the final day of the Tidal Festival, and what a week it has been! I’m sitting at my work desk at Devonport Regional Gallery listening to the sounds of the Tidal Festival choir bringing together music for their performance at the Final Hurrah later this afternoon – all within the space of this two hour choral workshop.

Over the Festival I received many comments from returning workshop participants concerned about my health and possible lack of sleep with daytime and evening workshops and events filling my calendar – but, I must say that whilst my sleep has been interrupted by an active mind and busy schedule, the Festival week has been an absolute blast! We have had a fabulous line-up of workshop tutors and presenters, which has left me proud and also inspired! I hope you have been too.

Thanks to everyone who has supported the Tidal Festival this year.

Dianne Sheehan
Education & Public Programs Officer at Devonport Regional Gallery

Here’s a snapshot of my week:

Setting up the Tidal Zone with artist-in-residence Marcus Tatton, Wednesday 28 January
Setting up the Tidal Zone with artist-in-residence Marcus Tatton, Wednesday 28 January
Coloured Waters workshop with Sandy Michell, Tuesday 27 January
Coloured Waters workshop with Sandy Michell, Tuesday 27 January
Children's workshops at the Tidal Zone
Children’s workshops at the Tidal Zone
Marcus working on his sculptures, Mersey Bluff
Marcus working on his sculptures, Mersey Bluff
The Tidal Zone with Marcus Tatton
The Tidal Zone with Marcus Tatton
Me in one of Marcus's 'Seaspores'
Me in one of Marcus’s ‘Seaspores’
A 'spy hole' from Marcus Tatton's Seaspores at Mersey Bluff
A ‘spy hole’ from Marcus Tatton’s Seaspores at Mersey Bluff