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Sunday, January 25, 2009
Saturday, January 24, 2009
On wednesday 21st January we attended the Ward Committee Meeting at Welford Primary School, where we were able to set up a table to show people the kind of work that we hope to be doing. It was really interesting for us to learn about the different concerns that people have in the area and also to meet people involved with the community. We hope to join up with some of the groups we met to deliver some workshops and start our project.
Workshops
Katie Shipley is interested in provoking thoughts about memory. Making viewers aware of the struggles that people face daily with diseases such as Alzheimer’s, and encouraging them to think of the preciousness of even the simplest of memories that they have.
Through the project we hope to get to know the local community of Lozells and East Handsworth by working with them and talking to them about their thoughts for the future.
We hope to work with groups in the commuity by delivering art workshops where we will be using our hands to create objects and artwork, during the workshops we will be able to discuss people's concerns and would like to record these by making a catalogue of images of people's hands and their comments.
The first workshop will be to help create the 'Suggestion Box' where our catalogue of hands will be kept. This will involve decorating a box with our hands. Other workshops could involve wire sculpture where groups can learn drawing techniques and then how to turn these drawings into 3D sculptures.
Example of wire sculpture created in a wire sculpture workshop:
Through the project we hope to get to know the local community of Lozells and East Handsworth by working with them and talking to them about their thoughts for the future.
We hope to work with groups in the commuity by delivering art workshops where we will be using our hands to create objects and artwork, during the workshops we will be able to discuss people's concerns and would like to record these by making a catalogue of images of people's hands and their comments.
The first workshop will be to help create the 'Suggestion Box' where our catalogue of hands will be kept. This will involve decorating a box with our hands. Other workshops could involve wire sculpture where groups can learn drawing techniques and then how to turn these drawings into 3D sculptures.
Example of wire sculpture created in a wire sculpture workshop:
Monday, January 19, 2009
Hands
Beyond Bricks is a programme of temporary creative activities that provides opportunities for artists and residents to work together to respond to the social, economic and environmental changes taking place in Lozells and East Handsworth. The programme celebrates the culture and pride of local community, its heritage and its future.
The programme is an exciting collaboration initiated and led by Urban Living and Arts Council England, West Midlands. Delivery of the programme will be managed by local community arts organisation, Multistory.
Artists Katie Shipley and Anna Francis have been commissioned to undertake the 'Give Me Your Hand' project. This involves working with community groups and individuals, working with our hands in a variety of ways, investigating what we can do with our hands in order to celebrate the diversity of the communities of East handsworth and Lozells, and aiming to gain an insight into how the people of the area feel about where they live and their hopes and dreams for the future of the area.
Anna Francis is a multi-disciplinary artist, combining elements of photography, live art, intervention and text-based practices to investigate the impact that art and culture have on the regeneration of cities.
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