May 2025
Jesmond Community Festival
The 2026 Jesmond Community Festival
EXHIBITIONS
Newcastle Preparatory School Art Exhibition: “Sketches in the Footnotes”
A display by pupils of Years 4 and 5 at Newcastle Preparatory School, on show in Jesmond Library, St George’s Terrace NE2 2DL, during normal library opening hours throughout the festival period, from Friday 1 May to Saturday 30 May.
The pupils have been working with the author Rob Walton to create artwork inspired by his very funny, and creative, book “Please Don’t Read the Footnotes”. Rob is a writer, performer and teacher who grew up in Scunthorpe and now lives in Whitley Bay. His playful poems and stories helped inspire the NPS pupils to make their own fun and imaginative artworks in response.
Thanks to James from Opt Indie Books for helpinh us make this project happen, and to Jesmond Library for allowing us to share this exciting work with you, as part of Jesmond Community Festival. (There will be special Viewing for NPS children and parents – for more information contact the school office on 0191 281 1769.)
Why not pop into the library and admire the children’s work!
Images of Jesmond
An evolving online collection of photographs of Jesmond. For more information see https://jesmondcommunityforum.org .