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Symposia

symposium, n.
 A meeting or conference for discussion of some subject; hence, a collection of opinions delivered, or a series of articles contributed, by a number of persons on some special topic.
 
These are open mike sessions in which JBP contributors are invited to the mike to give a 10 to 15 minute presentation on how they imagined John Blanke. Their presentation develops what they said on JohnBlanke.com as they imagined the Black Tudor trumpeter.

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Sutton House
13th Apr 2018

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  British
​  Library

    3rd Nov 2017
 


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College of Arms
1st Dec 2017


Exhibition

installation, n
Art. A large art work (esp. a sculpture) specially created or constructed for display within a gallery, museum, or other site; an exhibition of such works. orig. U.S

JBP Live! exhibitions was more an installation rather than exhibition as the central element will be a version of  the 1511Westminster Tournament Roll, its colour contrasting with the black and white of the visual art works. 
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Walker Art Gallery
William Brown St , Liverpool, L3 8EL
21 May 2022--29 Aug 2022

The Walker Art Gallery is set to share the story of one of the first people of African descent in British history to have both a visual and written record. The life of John Blanke, court trumpeter to Henry VII and Henry VIII, will be explored as part of the Gallery’s major upcoming exhibition, The Tudors: Passion, Power and Politics (21 May to 29 August 2022). 

What the Web said....
The Tudors: Passion, Power and Politics 

Tudors: Passion, Power and Politics @walkergallery, let's you come face-to-face with the five Tudor monarchs

Our Social Media Presenter @jemradio1 had a look at #JohnBlanke story which is featured as part of the exhibit...@michael1952 @WhoIsJohnBlanke @NML_Muse pic.twitter.com/KvIIRU9PnH

— BBC Radio Merseyside (@bbcmerseyside) May 23, 2022

Workshop

workshop, n
orig. U.S. A meeting or conference at which the participants engage in intensive discussion and activity relating to a particular subject or project; an organization or group established for this purpose.
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Two types of JBP Live! workshops are delivered: Drawing and Writing. John Blanke his life and times are  presented to be used as the seed or catalyst for a drawing or a piece of  creative writing. 

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MAD
​MUSIC, ART & DANCE 
Drawing workshops program run by Greenwich Council to counter loneliness amongst the elderly. Nov 2017


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​London Black Teachers Network Black
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Maria Fidelis 
Catholic School 


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Pentonville
Prison

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