Ray Foulk

Ray Foulk MA, Dip Arch, ARB (born Raymond Ian Barnes Foulk) also known as 'Raymond Foulk' is an English architect, author, environmentalist, art collector, exhibition curator and rock music festival promoter/organiser. Foulk founded the Isle of Wight Festivals of Music in 1968 with his brothers Ronald Anthony (Ron) and John Philip (known as Bill) Foulk. 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. Ray Foulk is best known as the promoter who negotiated for and signed Bob Dylan for the 2nd Isle of Wight Festival 1969 - the artist's first full concert, pre-announced, advertised or paid performance since May 1966 and his only such performance in nearly eight years. Foulk is also well known for provoking an Act of Parliament (the Isle of Wight Act 1971). {{Parliamentary debates (Hansard) House of Commons. Isle of Wight County Council Act. Royal assent 05 August 1971 col. 1900-1 1900#23}}

Whilst living in the Isle of Wight Ray Foulk attended the Liverpool Blue Coat School. At 16, Ray with his brother Ronald Foulk, 17, were simultaneously ‘asked to leave’ due to low academic achievement. During a five-year apprenticeship which followed, Foulk attended the Southern College of Art – School of Printing, Portsmouth and Southampton, qualifying with City and Guilds of London Institute (1961-6) Compositor’s Work in Printing, Final. In 1985 Foulk completed an Open University BA degree, with first class honours and in the same year accepted a place at Christ's College, University of Cambridge reading Architecture. Foulk obtained a further BA (hons) degree in 1988 (elevated to MA in 1989). Foulk completed the Diploma in Architecture at Oxford Polytechnic (now Oxford Brookes University) and the RIBA Part III, qualifying as an architect in 1991.

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