Blogs from artists, participants and art centres written during the project, which give insight into the highs and lows of individual Here and Now projects.
Amongst the difficulties and sorrow of 2020 there were some incredible moments of hope and joy, instigated by our community that have helped to make an impossible situation a little bit more bearable. The Spring and Gobbledegook Theatre wanted to recognise and celebrate these moments and the people who made them possible. Gobbledegook Theatre took […]
Through a series of workshops with the adults and youth groups at the centre, the community created mixed media artwork. Alongside the workshops, ‘Listener-in-Residence’ Tom Andrews ran a side project with Spring Lane community members, ‘A Piece of Me‘. This portrait photography and storytelling project allowed a deeper insight into who the residents – young and old […]
The resulting artwork – revealed for the first time in our Great Hall at 2020’s Festival of Crafts – places an emphasis on the ‘everydayness of craft’ and provided an opportunity to work with people and communities within the Farnham Maltings network and wider reach of the town. Originally conceived to encourage the participation of […]
Each project brought deep connection: Connection to community Connection to Mystery and creativity Connection to our inner lives Why? Connection heals. Imagination brings hope. Every Sunday, Church of the Latter-Day Sinners offered a non-religious, radically inclusive church community with a sermon, meditation and a creative provocation. It reminded us that even though we’re separated by […]
In November 2020 the six students collaborated with Caroline Horton and Rachel Bunce to create a film that explored the theme of work, asking what it means to work and what it might be like to live without it. Through a series of digital workshops that took place, the students developed their interview and technical […]
After everything that’s happened, would you like to get to know your neighbours better? During the pandemic many of us became more aware of who our neighbours are. For some it meant that the people who live next door have been on hand to deliver food and provide much needed care and support. For others […]
Due to Covid-19 restrictions and the impact of lockdown this project was unable to go ahead. From JRR Tolkien’s ‘Elvish’ to the aliens’ ‘Klingon’ in Star Trek movies; or the curious whistling in the Clangers children’s TV programme, the history of ‘artificial’ languages in art and literature, is fascinating. As a deaf bilingual signer/ speaker, […]