Art Exhibition at Port of Dover

Port of Dover Chief Executive, Tim Waggott, has opened an exciting new exhibition by bronze sculptor John Toomey at the Port's historic Clock Tower on Dover seafront.

As part of a new Port of Dover arts and culture initiative (Portrait), the exhibition is entitled "Take the Time from the Dockyard Clock" and features eight bronze sculptures that encapsulate moments in history, including a seafarer from the Nelson period, a sculpture entitled "The Somme", a blacksmith's wife and daughter and John's flagship exhibit of a life sized bronze man from the period 1750-1800.

Mr Waggott said: "John Toomey's exhibition is of the utmost quality and you get an amazing sense of both the period and the emotions of the people depicted by each of the sculptures. The Port is proud to be working with him in creating this cultural and artistic offering, which sets the benchmark for what we want to achieve in the future by using our historic assets for the benefit of the community."

The exhibition will be open each day up to and including the Port of Dover Community Regatta, for which it will form a cultural centrepiece.

Mr Toomey said: "I am delighted to be working with the Port of Dover on this exhibition, which I hope will interest and stimulate those who come to see it. The venue is perfect and it is great to see the Port collaborating on a cultural and community project such as this."

John has also offered to attend at other times for individual or group discussions with students who perhaps wish to take fine arts degrees or members of the public who wish to have further information on his work.

Mr Waggott added: "Our aim is to unite the Port and community through a common heritage whilst nurturing a shared cultural expression of Dover through the Arts."