Ray Foulk
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Raymond Foulk MA, Dip Arch, ARB (born Raymond Ian Barnes Foulk), is an English architect, author, environmentalist, art collector, exhibition curator and rock music festival promoter/organiser.[1] Foulk founded the Isle of Wight Festivals of Music in 1968 with his brothers Ronald Anthony (Ron) and John Philip (known as Bill) Foulk.[2] Born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire Foulk was brought up in the Isle of Wight from the age of 10 with his younger sister and three brothers by their recently widowed mother. Foulk is best known as the promoter who negotiated for and signed
Education
Whilst living in the Isle of Wight, Ray Foulk attended the
Early career
Foulk undertook a five-year printing (compositor) apprenticeship at the Isle of Wight County Press attending part-time at the Southern College of Art – School of Printing. In 1967 he established a small scale printing and design business, Solent Graphics Ltd in Totland Bay, Isle of Wight.
Festival and music promoting
With brothers Ron and Bill, Ray Foulk staged an all night ‘festival’, the First Isle of Wight Festival of Music 1968, billed ‘The Great South Coast Pop Festivity’, on 31 August, starring United States West Coast band Jefferson Airplane.[7] For the 2nd Isle of Wight Festival of Music, a year later, Foulk and his brothers identified Bob Dylan as one of only three world-class acts[8] capable of bringing a substantial audience across the water to the Isle of Wight. The artist's appearance was his first full concert or pre-announced performance more than three years' absence from concerts and touring. The festival attracted an audience of 150,000.[citation needed] In 1970, Ray Foulk and his brothers staged the third
Legislation
The Isle of Wight's MP
Media
Ray Foulk is a regular contributor to radio and television programmes about the Isle of Wight Festivals, including: Return to Rock Island, BBC South, 2003. Festival Britannia, BBC Four, 2010. Tom Stroud's 1970 Isle of Wight Festival, Isle of Wight Radio, August 2010. John Hannam Meets Ray Foulk, Isle of Wight Radio, 30 August 2015. People's History of Pop Music Festivals, BBC Radio Solent, 7 February 2016. On the Beat with Spencer Leigh,
Film credits
Producer: The London Rock and Roll Show, Notting Hill, 1973.[17] Cast: Message to Love – The Isle of Wight Festival,
Leisure development
Between 1972 and 1975, Ray Foulk was Consultant to the
Decorative arts exhibitions
Ray Foulk’s interest in design history and collecting culminated in the establishment of a decorative arts gallery, 'The Foulk Lewis Collection,' in Fulham Road, London SW10. In 1979, with partner (Celia) Jenny Lewis, Foulk organised and curated a landmark exhibition of some of the finest French Furniture and objects of the Art Deco period, the Ruhlmann Centenary Exhibition (9 July – 7 September 1979).[20] This was first one-man exhibition of the work of the great French Ébéniste and designer Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann since his 1934 retrospective exhibition in Paris, a year after his death.[21] Foulk followed this with a further exhibition of exquisite French furniture, The Extraordinary Work of Süe et Mare (30 November 1979 – 24 February 1970), The Foulk Lewis Collection, London[22] Following a period of full-time education and architectural practice Foulk returned to curating decorative arts exhibitions, focussing on British works, beginning with Betty Joel – Celtic Spirit from the Orient, The Kingston Exchange, Kingston upon Thames and The Millinery Works, Islington (1996).[23] Two further exhibitions at the Kingston Exchange were curated by Foulk: Keith Murray (ceramic artist), the Architect Potter (1996); Geoffrey Baxter (Whitefriars Glass) – Art Deco and Beyond (1996).[23]
Environmental campaigning and environmental architecture
In the approach of the millennium, Foulk founded and became the executive organiser of the environmental educational charity 'The Millennium (Energy and Environment) Debate' (1997-2006).[24] Notable live events included: Global Warming Debate, St James Church, Piccadilly, London (2 June 1998); A Consultation, ‘Bridging the Gap’, St George's House, Windsor Castle (21-22 September 1998); The Oxford Energy and Environment Festival (12-18 November 1998); Oxford Union Debate on genetically modified organisms (14 June 1999).[25] In 1999, Foulk founded ‘The GMO Campaign’, organising events in protest to the release of genetically modified organisms in the environment.[26] In 1999, Foulk founded with daughter, Caroline Foulk, the in-schools environmental education programme 'Blue Planet Day’ (1999-2006) with the first event held at Donnington Middle School, Oxford (25 November 1999). With a team of up to 20 environmental volunteers and environmentalists the programme presented some 100 all-day events in most of Oxfordshire middle and secondary schools, working with more than 20,000 children, aged 12–14.[27] In 2003, Foulk was shortlisted (as one of five nominees) for the Schumacher[28] Award[29] (2003) presented annually at the Bristol Schumacher Lectures, in recognition of his 'Blue Planet Day' initiative.[30] Foulk won the 2011 Oxford City Council David Steel Sustainable Buildings Award for his ‘Blue Planet Corner’ development, Oxford.[31]
Publications
- Foulk, Raymond, Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann Centenary 1879 – 1979 (1979) the Foulk Lewis Collection, London. ISBN 0 9529915 0 0
- Foulk, Raymond The Extraordinary Work of Sϋe et Mare: La Compagnie des Arts Francais (1979) the Foulk Lewis Collection, London. ISBN 0-9529915-1-9
- Foulk, Raymond with Lewis, Jenny, Betty Joel - Celtic Spirit from the Orient (1996), the Foulk Lewis Collection, Oxford. OCLC 59478818
- Foulk, Ray with Foulk, Caroline, When the World Came to the Isle of Wight, Vol 1: Stealing Dylan from Woodstock (2015) Medina Publishing, ISBN 978-1-909339-50-7
- Foulk, Ray with Foulk, Caroline, When the World Came to the Isle of Wight, Vol 2: The Last Great Event (2016), Medina Publishing, Surbiton, Surrey. ISBN 978-1-909339-58-3
Further reading – Festivals
- Dring, Simon (1 September 1969) 150,000 go wild as Dylan rocks isle, The Daily Telegraph, p. 1.
- Logue, Christopher Logue (13 Sept 1969) A feir feld ful of folk – Second thoughts on the Isle of Wight Festival (reprinted in Thomson, Elizabeth and Gutman, David (1991) The Dylan Companion, First paperback edition by PAPERMAC, ISBN 0-333-49826-7).
- The Times, London, Saturday Review, p. 1.
- Paris Match – cover story (13 September 1969) Le Hippy Cyclone.
- Haden-Guest, Anthony (5 October 1970) Was this the End of Rocktopia? The Daily Telegraph Magazine Number 3, pp. 18–26.
- Green, Richard (18 September 1971) New Musical Express– NME’s Weekly Good Time Guide, A Hard Rock Road to the Oval, p. 1.
- Flanagan, Bill, (December 1987) Time Loves a Hero, Q Magazine, London, p.52.
- ISBN 0-906328-46-2.
- Thomson, Elizabeth and Gutman, David (1991) The Dylan Companion – ISBN 0-333-49826-7.
- Glancey, Jonathan (30 July 1994), Teenage Trippers with a ticket to Ryde, The Independent, London, p.37.
- Heylin, Clinton (2000), Bob Dylan: Behind the Shades – Take Two, Viking, London, pp.306-9. ISBN 0-670-885061.
- Blake, Mark (Ed.) (2005) Dylan – Visions, Portraits & Back Pages: Eyewitness Isle of Wight – Breaking cover for the first time since his bike crash, Dylan wowed The Beatles, ISBN 0-7566-1718-9.
- Weston, Chris (2009) The Last Great Event, ISBN 0-9545233-3-4.
- Shelton,Robert (2011) Revised and updated edition by Elizabeth Thomson and Patrick Humphries No Direction Home The Life & Music of Bob Dylan, ISBN 978-184938-458-2.
- Eagan, Sean (2011) The Mammoth Book of Bob Dylan – Johnny Black, Eyewitness: Dylan at the Isle of Wight,ISBN 978-1-84901-466-3.
- Perrigon, Judith (23 August 2014) De passage à . . . l’île de Wight, Royaume-Uni – Lettre à un fan des sixties, Le magazine du Monde, pp31-37.
- Wright, Richard (27 May 2016) At last, the great event detailed, Weekender, Isle of Wight County Press. P14.
- Campbell, James, (24 June 2016) Hey Joan – Remembering the second Isle of Wight Festival, The Times Literary Supplement, London, p.17.
Further reading – decorative arts
- Davis, Frank (16 August 1979) Simple Designs in Rare Woods – Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann (1979-1933), Country Life, London, Vol. CLXVI No.4284, p.475.
- Father of Art Deco, (October 1979) Architectural Review, Vol.CLXVI No.992.
- Hillier, Bevis (4 June 1978) Antiques Department of Fair Trading, Telegraph Sunday Magazine No.89, p.36-7.
- Arwas, Victor (1982) Art Deco (second edition), ISBN 0-85670-586-1
Further reading – environmentalism and architecture
- Cason, Hugh (1975) Spirit of the Age, Ch. 8: Dreams and Awakenings, British Broadcasting Corporation, London, p.225. ISBN 0-563-12897-6
- Blue Planet provokes green thinking (14 February 2003), The Oxford Times, Oxford, p. 6.
References
- ISBN 978-1-78018-520-0 (abridged from Vetta, Sylvia (July 2010) My Beautiful Careers Oxfordshire Limited Edition, The Oxford Times, Oxford, p.17-21).
- ISBN 978-1-90770-869-5
- ^ Norman, Philip (1984) The Road Goes On Forever(New Edition) The Foulk Brothers: Pop Promoting Blues Corgi p.261. ISBN 0-552-99051-5
- ^ Bob Dylan’s final appearance at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 27 May 1966 was the artist’s previous full concert performance to the Isle of Wight on 31 August 1969. On 3 January 1974, at Chicago Stadium, Dylan performed his next full concert – the first date of his ‘Before the Flood tour’
- ^ Parliamentary debates (Hansard), House of Commons. Isle of Wight County Council Act. Royal assent 05 August 1971, col. 1900-1 1900#23.
- ^ Registered with the Architects Registration Board, Registration No. 058964K
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- ^ The other two acts being Elvis Presley and the Beatles
- ^ Royal assent 5 August 1971, Hansard col. 1900-1 1900#23
- ^ Blake, John, (18 September 1971) Evening News, London, p. 3.
- ^ Harrow Observer & Gazette ‘Youth 72’ (4 August 1972); Barraclough, Pete (4 August 1972), Leicester Chronicle ‘Wembley Rock revival’
- ^ Royal assent 05 August 1971 Hansard col. 1900-1 1900#23
- ^ To celebrate Her Majesty the Queen’s diamond jubilee the Isle of Wight Council invited private sector partner, Solo Agency, to co-promote a revival of the Isle of Wight Festival. An audience of 10,000 was accommodated at Seaclose Leisure Park, Newport. The following year Solo Agency took over the event and it has since run for 14 consecutive years increasing audience attendance to the present level of 60,000.
- ISBN 086245 056X
- Baron Stevenson of Coddenham, CBE, DL former chairman of HBOS. He sits on the crossbenches in the House of Lords
- ISBN 086245 056X
- ^ a b IMDB
- ISBN 0 906782 72 4
- ^ Lusher, Adam (13 May 2015) Derek Walker: Architect and Planner who designed Milton Keynes dies aged 85,The Independent, London.
- ^ Field, June (21 June 1979) Decorator of Panache, Financial Times, London, p.15.
- ^ Exposition Retrospective – E.-J. Ruhlmann (26 October – 16 December 1934), Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris
- ^ Davis, Frank (24 January 1980) Balanced and Beautiful Partnership – The Designs of Sϋe et Mare, Country Life (magazine), London, Vol. CLXVII No.4307, p.265.
- ^ a b Centre’s Works of Art (18 October 1996) Kingston Surbiton & New Malden Times, Surrey, p.2.
- ^ UK Charity Registration 1066527.
- ISBN 0 080 43865 2
- ^ Castleman, Amanda, (20 February 2000) Heat is on GM food backers, Oxford Mail Oxford.
- ^ Castleman, Amanda (21 April 2000) Why it’s so cool to be GREEN, This is Oxfordshire, Oxford Mail, Oxford.
- ^ The Schumacher Society promotes the wisdom and insight of E.F. Schumacher to inspire a new generation who are seeking relevant and practical solutions to heal a world in crisis and build a sane, humane and ecological society.
- ^ ’The Award honours people and grassroots organisation in the UK whose work is making a significant contribution to human scale sustainable development in the Schumacher tradition.’
- ^ ’Ray Foulk has taken Blue Planet Day into over 40 schools over the last three years as part of the Millennium Environmental Debate, an educational charity which he founded in 1997 . .’ (Schumacher Award nominations 2003).
- ^ Your Oxford (Summer 2012) Recent awards success for our city, Oxford City Council, Oxford, p7.
- ^ First published in Q Magazine, October 1995