Category: Theory and debate
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Sanctuary Stories and Research Resonance
Sanctuary Stories was a project exploring journeys, healing and nature, working with people from sanctuary-seeking backgrounds in Leicester. Commissioned by ArtReach and run by Ruth Singer & Mandeep Dhadialla.
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Sanctuary Stories Community Project
I’m working on a new community project this summer in collaboration with Mandeep Dhadialla / Laughing Cactus Print Studio. Mandeep is doing most of the workshops including leading this one using print making and book construction, and I’m adding in some textile elements and stitch in future sessions. Sanctuary Stories is a project for ArtReach,…
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Volunteering events
Take part in a community arts project in Leicestershire celebrating volunteers Volunteering during lockdown is one of the best things I have ever done. I felt like I was doing something positive and important and I got to meet people and feel connected. I have seen just how hard volunteers worked to keep our communities…
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Woodgate Wellbeing
Creating art projects with and for communities is a huge part of my creative business. For years I’ve worked on projects to support creativity and wellbeing for those with limited access to the arts for various reasons. Recently I’ve been creating projects myself rather than just working for other people and one of those is…
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Words about Women co-creation artwork
Would you like to stitch part of a collaborative artwork for my Criminal Quilts project? Throughout the years I’ve research women in Stafford Prison, I’ve noticed the words used to label women. The nature of the prison documents means the words are quite judgemental and absolute. With this project I want to reflect on the…
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Wellbeing project
It’s taken months and several funding applications to get off the ground, but I am pleased to say I have at last got my wellbeing project for foodbank users in Leicester up and running. I’ve been part of the foodbank / community hub volunteer team since early in lockdown last year, and I’ve had this…
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Protest Pincushion on display
For this year’s Leicester Society of Artists* exhibition, I chose to show my tiny but powerful Protest Pincushion. Since this piece was made, the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill has been passed by Parliament, putting an end to many of our protest rights and has criminalised stepping on land owned by someone else. By…
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Protest Pincushion
Protest Pincushion is a craftivist approach to activism and protest, making clear my objection to the proposed Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. I have used textile techniques and a gentle kind of object to make my point. I wanted to use text in textile, reflecting protest banners but in a small and personal way.…
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Foodbank stories in textile
Textiles and social justice work combine in a new body of work using data from a volunteer-run emergency foodbank in Leicester. A new piece of work: 1292 Foodbank Visits in 18 Weeks, Ruth Singer, 2020. Hand stitch on cotton. One thousand, two hundred and ninety two people supported by the emergency food bank my co-volunteers…
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Step By Step
One day at a time Not too long ago I had a wall planner diary for the whole year, I was waiting to hear about a 12-month project so I could fully schedule in my 12-18 month work plan around my holidays, teaching away from home, deadlines and exhibition touring schedule. I always have teaching…
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