Tag: Community
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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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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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Community Spirit Project Launch
Calling all covid-related volunteers! Have you volunteered to help others during the pandemic in Leicester, Leicestershire or Rutland? You’ve done amazing work over the last two years, supporting communities throughout the pandemic. I am collecting stories and making an artwork to celebrate the incredible work of local people during the pandemic. The stories will become…
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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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Creative Communities
Working on your own as a creative maker or artist is hard enough in normal times and it’s even more challenging this year, both financially and personally. Isolation and struggling alone is very real. It can be hard to connect with friends and make new ones when you aren’t doing exhibitions, shows, teaching or other…
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Creating Community
I’m always being asked what inspires me, where I get my ideas from, how those ideas go from thoughts to textiles, how I create exhibitions, what my next project will be and so much more… With this in mind, I have come up with a behind-the-scenes mini magazine where you will be able to find out…
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Narrative Threads community projects
Part of my Narrative Threads exhibition artist residency has been to work with local communities around Sleaford and the National Centre for Craft and Design. I built this into my Arts Council funding so I could experiment with new ways of working with different audiences, continue to build my community arts CV and try and…
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Collaborate!
This weekend I am exhibiting at Melbourne Festival (Derbyshire, not Australia!) in the Arts Trail.I will be showing some of my new work, most of which hasn’t been exhibited before. As part of the festival, I will also be running a free drop-in sewing activity where you can contribute to a collaborative piece I am…
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