For the second year, I’m working with Norwich City Council and Kinetika to create a series of silk batik flags for the Great Yarmouth Carnival Parade (Saturday 8th June) and Norwich Lord Mayor’s Procession (Saturday 6th July). Plus, CPD at Kinetika Studios in Essex in May.
Last year, I worked under the artistic direction of Ali Pretty and Lisa Meehan from Kinetika, and alongside other local artists and community groups, as part of 2018’s Circus 250 flag project. We created flags celebrating 250 years of circus in Great Yarmouth and Norwich in Norfolk, which have since been included in parades, displays and exhibitions.
For 2019, we’ll be exploring the theme of ‘The World Around Us’, which looks at the local and global environment, wildlife, biodiversity, plastic pollution and human impact through the creation of community-made silk batik banners. The project will be guided by the research of Cefas, Lowestoft-based marine science centre.
I’ll be running family-friendly cyanotype workshops at Cromer Museum, Norfolk on Tuesday 28th May during half-term. In the sessions, we’ll create prints from interesting objects using the sun’s UV light. For more information on the day, get in touch with Cromer Museum directly.
I was invited to work with students from Cliff Park Ormiston Academy and East Norfolk Sixth Form on their own GoGoHare leveret. The sessions were funded by higher education champions Neaco – The Network for East Anglian Collaborative Outreach. The leveret hares will be included in the GoGoCreate trail from 2nd July to 2nd September 2018 as part of Break’s charitable fundraising activity.
During Summer 2018, I led ‘Community Postcards’, a project in partnership with Norfolk County Council’s Library Service. There were drop-in children’s postcard art making sessions, plus intergenerational sessions during autumn 2018 – Tuesday 9th October, 3-5pm, Saturday 3rd November, 11am-1pm and Wednesday 28th November, 3-5pm – at Great Yarmouth Library
All the workshops are free with thanks to the generous support from Norfolk County Council and Enjoy Great Yarmouth
In the lead up to the anniversary of 100 years since the end of WW1, I was commissioned as an artist as part of SeaChange Arts‘ 14-18 NOW ‘Pages of the Sea’ project. 14-18 NOW is a five-year programme of extraordinary arts experiences connecting people with the First World War, and Pages of the Sea is an arts project led by director Danny Boyle. The main event took place on Armistice Day, Sunday 11th November, at beaches around the UK.
I worked with community groups to reminisce, share local stories, talk about the impact of war on communities and make creative responses. This included reminiscence with archival photos at Acorn Centre, Great Yarmouth; collaborating with residents/service users of Herring House Trust, Great Yarmouth to create textile banners with Carol Ann Duffy’s specially commissioned poem; and running a printed poppy art-making workshop with a group of 5-7+ year old Rainbows.
I also designed and made a series of textile banners, inspired by military medals.
On Sunday 11th November, the community-made responses were part of a memorial art service with beach art, poem readings and music on Gorleston beach.
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