I worked with a group of pupils from Year 4 as part of Making Waves Together ‘Culture Schools’ project at Edward Worlledge Ormiston Academy. The project, themed around ‘Journeys’, took place over 6 weeks and explored drawing and other creative activities to grow resilience in the pupils.
The sessions include creating drawn maps of their most familiar routes from memory, working into local maps with drawings to add imaginative new landscapes, and taking a pencil on a journey with experimental drawing activities.
Making Waves Together have supported the development of the project. They are a cultural partnership project linking Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and Lowestoft, Suffolk through their shared culture, heritage and assets. It’s made possible through the Great Place Scheme, delivered by Arts Council England, the Heritage Lottery Fund and Historic England.
I’ll be working with Kinetika as a supporting artist on the Great Yarmouth branch of the Circus 250 project. Circus 250 is a national celebration of circus arts and heritage. The Arts Council England have funded Great Yarmouth & Norwich’s collaborative ‘City of Circus’ project in a partnership between SeaChange Arts, Norwich Arts Centre, Lost in Translation Circus and Norwich City Council.
As part of this project, I’m a flag artist working with Great Yarmouth community groups, including Herring House Trust and GYROS, to design and make silk batik flags inspired by SeaChange Arts contemporary circus arts and their ex-military Drill Hall venue. Plus, as CPD training, I worked with Kinetika for 2 days in their Thurrock studios developing designs.
The community-made flags will be used as part of the Great Yarmouth Arts Festival carnival parade on Saturday 9th June and the Lord Mayors Procession in Norwich on Saturday 7th July.
Alongside my solo exhibition at NWT Cley Marshes (Norfolk, NR25 7SA) from 7th to 20th February 2018, I’ll be leading a cyanotype workshop on Thursday 15th February at 10:30am-1:30pm.
In the session, you’ll be exploring the art of cyanotype photography. Taking inspiration from the natural environment around Cley, you’ll print and develop your own blue photographic prints to take home. Learn about the background and history of this exciting technique from the 1800s. All ages welcome and children must be accompanied by a participating adult.
Booking is essential and can only be made through Norfolk Wildlife Trust. It costs £16 for NWT members and £19 for non-members. Call Norfolk Wildlife Trust on 01263 740008 or visit their website to book your place.
I’ll be sharing the exciting art of cyanotype photography at Great Yarmouth Library on Saturday 7th October for Fun Palaces. I can’t wait to see the beautiful blue prints people will create from foraged plants and a range of interesting objects. The cyanotype technique was first used in the 1800s and is a brilliant way to capture silhouette forms.
Create by the Coast was a environmental arts project, exploring Great Yarmouth landscapes with playful creative nature arts activities for all ages. We created on-site spontaneous art at outdoor sites from found natural materials. Sessions were held at Great Yarmouth beach, Gorleston Priory Gardens and Great Yarmouth Minster. From 4th to 9th September, there was a project exhibition at Great Yarmouth Library, Norfolk
Follow the project on social media via: #createbythecoast.
The Create by the Coast art and nature project developed as an extension of to my own art practice exploring botanical forms, the natural environment, and local (Gorleston and Great Yarmouth) plant-life. In 2016, I created a series of cyanotype photographic prints from locally foraged plants, which has since been exhibited around Norfolk and Suffolk. I have been delivering community arts projects for 6+ years and awarded funding from Norfolk County Council’s Arts Project Fund to deliver this project.
The aim of the project’s three sessions is multi-faceted – to inspire creativity, to promote the beautiful and interesting natural spaces in our local area, to encourage walking as an enjoyable exercise, and to raise awareness of nature conservation and protection of natural habitats. Plus, also provide events in the Great Yarmouth area bringing local people together to work together creatively/collaboratively
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