Two podcasts for the price of one in August ! Based at the recently renovated art deco Old Cumberland Pencil Factory in Keswick, Tom Speight finds out how August seems to be a particularly busy time for exhibitions all across Cumbria. First it's a visit to the always busy EVAN, or the Eden Valley Artistic Network, whose appropriately named FACTORY festival of creative arts has recently been exhibiting there. He meets EVAN's organisers and some of the artists involved. Then to Carlisle and the Historic Quarter Arts Festival, now in its second year. Run by Intro PR, it's managed to occupy 19 locations around the historic quarter near the cathedral, and has launched a competition for visual artists. Then to Lanercost in NE Cumbria and the 44th Craftsmen at the Priory exhibition, being held in the beautiful Dacre Hall. And finally a trip to Ulverston and The Coro for its fantastic Incredible Journeys exhibition, squid tentacles and everything. And a chance to hear some beautiful music inspired by swift migration.
