Here’s a selection of projects (I have fond feelings for)
Caribbee Island Medley 2007-08
Based on oral history material, photographs and memorabilia -and with the assistance of my lovely colleagues in Laundry, we made a small publication based on interviews and workshops undertaken with people of Irish heritage in the West Midlands. The title comes from the name of a notorious slum area in Wolverhampton in the 1840s, home to the new Irish migrants.
Animator 2007-08
A project with the Instytut Kultury Polskiej at Warsaw University through 2007 and 2008. The partners included Vytautas Magnus University in Lithuania, and two local arts associations – Katedra Kultury in Warsaw and Spolek Richelieu in Prague, alongside Laundry in the West Midlands, UK. The Wonders of Warsaw and Wonders of Kaunas were projects under the Animator programme.
Bosnian Triptych 2005-06
Artists working with young people from Mostar in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sejny in Poland and Birmingham, England.
Me & My Flag 2005
So what does it mean to be English? A short intervention at a St. George’s Day Parade.
Piddle Valley Requiem 2002-
Some documentation and reflections on the Piddle Valley in Dorset, England.
Animus 2001-04
A three year programme of learning for new artists in community arts and cultural animation across Europe.
Wonders of West Bromwich & Warley 2001 – 03
A programme of artist commissions across the Black Country, West Midlands, exploring the history, myths and reality of a powerful sense of place.
Bedtime Stories 2002
A comic book made with young homeless about their lives.
Crossing Borders 2000/01
A project with the Anglo-Polish Society of the West Midlands, photographs, stories, personal histories.
Reference
Reflections on creative practice – Artists working in the context of community consultation (2007)
This essay describes a number of arts projects undertaken throughout the 1990’s, by community artists in the UK, which addressed issues of community consultation. It was commissioned by Nirex, previously the national UK agency responsible for the disposal of intermediate and low level radioactive waste. In April 2007, Nirex was incorporated into the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA). It formed part of a series of reports intended for a broad audience in the UK, including elected members/politicians, civil servants, board members and senior staff of key agencies concerned with issues of community engagement. (Nirex were interested in examining creative means for getting people involved in consultation processes, particularly those who are traditionally hard to reach and those who would not attend public meetings.) Hope you find it useful. Here it is… creativeconsultation.pdf
