By Jessica Liew Like most people, creativity was a lifeline I clung onto very tightly in the pandemic. I never expected that creativity, in this context, would become the subject of my postgraduate thesis, and earned me a distinction in journalism. My final practical project was due in August and […]
Sue Turner
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A group of academics at the University of Exeter are curating a non-traditional scrapbook as part of a research project about the uncomfortable but important topic of Loneliness. The Lockdown Blues Project is calling for submissions for their online scrapbook. The academics, Charlotte, Olly and Fred, say, “We want this […]
by Catherine West, Artist and Founder, Significant Seams CIC I have led various community quilt projects for more than a decade. In my artistic practice, these are a key medium. It is my hope that more than a pretty wall hanging, my audiences will see people supporting one another, listening […]
By Melinda Schwakhofer – The Quarantine Quilt Project artist I am one of four artists on the Quarantine Quilt Project. We have each been commissioned to make individual pieces of artwork in response to COVID-19, which is wonderful. I have been furloughed from my ‘day job’ and so many people […]
By Naomi Wright (The Quarantine Quilt Project Artist, Devon) @naomioutdoors (Twitter) I’m a person who likes to be social, learn with peers, teach face to face, breathe the same air, experience the same light, energy, spirit (call it what you will) in a space or room. My ideal (I think) […]