quiltproject
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Envisage Arts CIC recently finished their Stitch in Time project, led by a student art therapist under mentorship from the organisation Director Sue Ellis. Over 20 social group sessions via Zoom a newly connected community made this digital quilt of 28 squares. Not all are fabric, some squares are photographs, […]
By Lisa Dillon-Langhorn Before lockdown, I had the privilege of meeting Catherine and Naomi, from Significant Seams, when I attended, in person, the Textiles and Nature course in Crediton, Devon, UK. The course was listed on the Devon Recovery Learning Community (DRLC) website and I was instantly drawn to the […]
arthur+martha, an experimental arts organisation based in the north west of England, is coordinating two quilt projects through the pandemic – AND ACCEPTING PATCHES THROUGH THE END OF OCTOBER: ‘Here Comes the Sun (a global project),’ and ‘Necklace of Stars’ (which is open to people 65+ across Derbyshire) . They […]
I have always ‘felt’ September as the start of something new. Leaves changing colours has been a signal, not of stop, but of shaking off of distractions and a refocusing to the task at hand. I find the reds, oranges and golds of the Virginia Creeper, Maples, and Oaks energising. […]
https://www.glimmertheatre.co.uk/quilting-history
This special issue will welcome submissions from across the spectrum of arts and culture to include: performing arts (incl. music, dance, theatre), visual and creative arts (incl. painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, crafts, design, photography, film), museums, libraries (including reading and creative writing), archives and other types of heritage, such as […]
Project eARTh: ‘The Ugly Bug Ball’ Embroidery Project A project for participants in Project eARTh, and arts and health programme for adults across the High Peak, experiencing mental distress or other long -term conditions. This lockdown embroidery project is led by artist Amanda Whewell. It has been done by post […]
The House of Lords COVID-19 Committee has been established to look at the long-term implications of the pandemic for our economy and our society. During the recent All-Party Parliamentary Group on Culture and Wellbeing parliamentarians encouraged the creative sector to contribute, and highlighted creative evidence would be welcome. They are […]
The National Culture, Health, and Wellbeing Alliance have produced a report and a series of case studies of the role of the arts in supporting the most vulnerable. Multiple of the projects in our network are included, either explicitly (Necklace of Stars) or implicitly as commissioners and partners are profiled […]