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The Roaring Whisper by Louise Garvey
Listen to Louise Garvey read a poem from her latest publication Voices from a Village, available now from our online gift shop.
Listen to Louise Garvey read a poem from her latest publication Voices from a Village, available now from our online gift shop.
Creative Writing
Over the course of three weekly workshops participants where guided by Lead Writer Panya Banjoko and supporting writer Deborah Tyler Bennet to create a series of poetry pieces.
Over the course of three weekly workshops participants where guided by Lead Writer Panya Banjoko and supporting writer Deborah Tyler Bennet to create a series of poetry pieces.
We explored family members or ancestors that worked within the textile trade in the cotton mills and factories of the mid 19th century and ancestors that were enslaved as part of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade.
We paid an interest in exploring the deep connection between working class women living in the slums of Nottingham and enslaved women in the colonial plantations to create our poems that have been collated and edited by Panya and are now available as a printed collection of poems.
Phase 1 delivery 2022
Rachel Carter
Braiding Workshops
Over the project, Rachel has been offering free braiding workshops to encourage the local community to create braids that will become part of the new sculpture for Nottingham.
Over the first phase of the project, Rachel has been offering free braiding workshops to encourage the local community to create braids that will become part of the new sculpture for Nottingham.
Kumihimo - Participants had an introduction to the Japanese braiding technique of Kumihimo using a traditional wooden Marudai. During these workshops they were guided through a range of techniques and movements to produce two types of braid.
Fill Gap Braiding Kits - Over 120 Fill Gap Braiding Kits were created and posted out to Women living in Nottinghamshire. Asked to learn with Rachel via an online tutorial, the women could then select a handful of braids to return. These community braids will become part of the new sculpture.
Phase 1 delivery 2022
Rachel Carter
Radical Routes magazine
Read the summer editions of Radical Routes magazine and Rachel’s article
Radical Routes
A Publication Exploring the Pilgrim Heritage of Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire
Radical Routes sifts lightly through the myth, mistruths, and omissions enshrined in the Pilgrim story, setting it against contemporary experiences of people migrating to the UK.
The story of the Mayflower is the story of migration, and part of the project was to re-interpret this story under a modern lens, looking at the echoes of that journey in the stories of those who have come to the region to settle.
Read the summer editions of Radical Routes magazine and Rachel’s article, click on the reader or visit Writing East Midlands to read the collection.
Phase 1 delivery
Rachel Carter
Young Persons Podcast Creative Break
Our creative break commissions where open to young people living in and around the city of Nottingham to delve into the project pages and history and respond to the narrative in their own unique way. Their audio submissions could take the form of spoken word, poetry, a short story, a song or soundscape.
Our creative break commissions where open to young people living in and around the city of Nottingham to delve into the project pages and history and respond to the narrative in their own unique way. Their audio submissions could take the form of spoken word, poetry, a short story, a song or soundscape.
Take a listen artist Rachel Carter and poet Cara Thompson discussing some of the creative breaks that have been used in the new podcast series sharing the history and narrative of this project.
Young people where led in a creative writing workshop by poet Cara Thompson at the National Justice Museum to get them started with their commissions.
Young Persons Podcast Creative Break is supported by Confetti, Writing East Midlands, New Art Exchange and City Arts.
Phase 1 delivery
Rachel Carter
Dance & Movement - Women 50+
The local community were invited to come and join local activist and dance artist Deane McQueen in series of movement workshop sessions aimed at women over the age of 50 years of age living in and around the city of Nottingham.
The local community were invited to come and join local activist and dance artist Deane McQueen in series of movement workshop sessions aimed at women over the age of 50 years of age living in and around the city of Nottingham.
During the weekly sessions they where invited to come together to imagine, watch, think, share and move together to tell the project narrative of the cotton mill workers and the enslaved cotton pickers. From this group of local women we selected two to volunteer to be the models for the new bronze sculpture where they will be immortalised in bronze as part of the new sculpture.
The dance group worked with a fantastic collective of community stitchers who created long skirts for the dancers to experience and then worked together to create historical costumes for the two models.
“I want to extend congratulations to every member of the dance group. Your significant range of interpersonal skills made you a joy to work with as a group, each contribution building into a collective work ethic. So warm and generous. The result speaks for itself. Rachel is clearly thrilled and you should be. Fantastic concept realised by fantastic women. The digital bronze statue is breathtaking! ”
Phase 1 delivery
Rachel Carter
Mini Figures Commission
A group of ten stitchers where invited to attend a series of workshops, talks and museum visits to delve into the history of the two women represented in this project.
A group of ten stitchers where invited to attend a series of workshops, talks and museum visits to delve into the history of the two women represented in this project.
Each participant received two wooden mini figures and was asked to design and create an historic costume for the figures reflecting dress from the mid nineteenth century, the finished design for the two live models was designed referencing some of the historical details.
Four stitchers along with the artist, models, film makers and historians spent the day at the Steve Russell Studios in Stroud becoming part of the activity to digitally capture two live models in historic clothing.
Phase 1 delivery
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