7:00am Friday 10th July 2009
Monkton Park will become a sea of colour this weekend when the annual Art in the Park event opens on Saturday.
The two day exhibition, organised by Chippenham Rotary Club, will be raising money for a hydrotherapy pool at St Nicholas School.
The campaign, called SNAP, was launched in 2004 and has so far raised £300,000 of the £500,000 target for the pool which will help improve the mobility of pupils at the school.
The fun begins on Saturday at 1pm with an art exhibition in the studio hall at the Olympiad leisure centre, where work by local artists and schools will be displayed.
On Sunday the exhibition will be open from 11am to 5pm, and Monkton Park will be transformed into The Street, where there will be a craft marquee, workshop marquee for children to have free hands-on creative experiences, demonstrations, educational stands, competitions and games.
BBC presenter Amanda Parr, who is patron for SNAP, will be in the park throughout the day.
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