'There Is No Planet B' Stafford Green Arts Festival
'There is No Planet B' Stafford Green Arts Festival, is a local Stafford-based group promoting care for the planet with an exhibition and competition for anyone to enter. If you are a budding amateur artist, a professional, a community art group or a school you can exhibit your artwork or poem with an environmental theme and positive environmental message during the festival.
'There
is No Planet B' Stafford Green Arts Festival runs in February schools half term, when we invite the public to come to St. Chad's Church and enjoy the artwork and poems on display.
School Workshops
'There
is No Planet B' Stafford Green Arts Festival also provides
school workshop materials to aid in providing awareness of issues of an
environmental nature. These are available to schools on request.
Some of our volunteers go into schools before the Festival to run workshops with different themed topics, for example:
· pollination/pollinators - how they help our food to be grown and how important they are and need protecting
· plastic pollution - how that impacts on wildlife and our environment as well as our carbon footprint
· sustainable fashion - how the clothing industry impacts our environment and how we can be more conscious when we shop for our wardrobe
The
volunteers chat to the children, who with the support of teachers and the volunteers produce artwork and displays with brilliant positive
messages, poems, or collages.
The artwork can be displayed by the school at the festival in St
Chad's Church. The spaces for the art displays are approximately 6 foot depending on demand and schools should advise if they would require a table for their presentation.
St Chad’s Church
During
February half term St Chad's Church is normally open every day except
Sunday for visitors to view the artwork submitted by schools, adults,
and community groups. On the first Saturday musicians perform their songs,
with performances containing positive messages about looking after our
planet.
On weekdays volunteers stage art and craft activities in
the church for children with their families and parents. Activities in the past have
included wild flower seed bomb making, creating collages from magazines
and recycled materials, making pollinator sculptures with recycled
materials, and willow weaving.
Art Competition
Schools, groups and individuals are invited to submit artwork (of any physical medium) or poetry, which have a positive environmental theme and will be displayed during 'There Is No Planet B' Stafford Green Arts Festival.
To enter the competition please email using one of the addresses below:
Individuals and Groups noplanetbstafford@hotmail.com
(Individuals can also drop-in on the submission day during the allocated times with their work and speak to a steward or church volunteer)
Individuals
and art groups will need to drop their work off at St. Chad’s Church on
Friday 13th February between 1pm and 4pm and be able to remove it from
the church on Saturday 21st February between 3pm and 4pm.
Schools schoolsnoplanetb@mail.co.uk
Schools will need to email before submitting so that a space can be allocated and also submit the work on Friday 13th February between 1pm and 4pm and be available to remove it from the church on Saturday 21st February between 3pm and 4pm.
Winning entries are awarded prizes which are presented during an Awards Ceremony on 3rd March 2026 at St Chads Church.
