Join Trinity’s Our Freedom project artists – Bristol’s City Poet Sukina Noor, Trinity’s Heritage Curator Edson Burton, and visual artist Sonja Burniston – alongside Jack Arts & Build Hollywood team as they share and celebrate the artwork and writing created over four months of community engagement. With local residents, refugee community groups, and Caribbean Elders, … Continued
Join Holly Spillar, writer and artist, for free half term craft workshops inspired by the theme of freedom and what it means to us. Holly will lead fun and dynamic activities, empowering children to make new pieces of art using found or recycled materials. Castlepoint Library: Mon 27 Oct, 10am – 1pm Christchurch Library: Tue … Continued
Lighthouse is working with communities locally to reflect on what freedom means to them – in the context of the end of World War II and how it feels now. Rohan Gotobed will be hosting a creative writing workshop, inviting young people and their families to write stories and poems in a fun and safe … Continued
Lighthouse is working with communities locally to reflect on what freedom means to them – in the context of the end of World War II and how it feels now. Jo Malyon will be hosting a drop-in workshop, inviting people to create fantastic pieces of art using found materials including driftwood, paper, and felt.
Lighthouse is working with communities locally to reflect on what freedom means to them – in the context of the end of World War II and how it feels now. Jo Malyon will be hosting a drop-in workshop, inviting people to create fantastic pieces of art using found materials including driftwood, paper, and felt. The … Continued
Lighthouse is working with communities locally to reflect on what freedom means to them – in the context of the end of World War II and how it feels now. They are delighted to be working with local performance poet, Dr Aanka Batta, on this free creative writing workshop for LGBTQ-identifying people. Aanka and Carmillia … Continued
Lighthouse is working with communities locally to reflect on what freedom means to them – in the context of the end of World War II and how it feels now. Sound designer and poet Antosh Wojcick will be hosting a workshop, inviting people to create stories and vivid pieces of art through the medium of … Continued
Lighthouse are delighted to be working with local performance poet Dr Aanka Batta on two free standalone creative writing workshops for local communities. Aanka will guide writers to create their own poems, inspired by the theme of freedom. Taking place on Wednesday 22 and Wednesday 29 October at Bournemouth Library, there’s no need to book, … Continued
Lighthouse is working with communities locally to reflect on what freedom means to them – in the context of the end of World War II and how it feels now. They are delighted to be working with local performance poet Dr Aanka Batta on two free standalone creative writing workshops. Aanka will guide writers to … Continued
The Point Eastleigh invites you to The Fabrics of Freedom Celebration Parades. The event is the culmination of a community-led project as part of Our Freedom: Then and Now. The Point’s Creative Practitioner, Dani Bond, and community and ecology-tending interdisciplinary artist Alisa Ruzavina have led this exciting the project, fusing their practices in drama and … Continued
Join in with Dovetail Orchestra’s joyful celebration of music from around the world, featuring songs from more than seven countries. The evening will feature sharings from Bristol City Poet’s Sukina Noor, in response to Trinity Community Arts’ involvement in the national Our Freedom: Then and Now project, and will showcase a large artwork created with … Continued
Join visual artist, Sonja Burniston, to build content for a large-scale billboard art sharing, responding to local reflections on freedom. At these weekend workshops, you’ll work together to carve out and print a large central lino design. Spaces limited – book via jen@trinitybristol.org.uk / 0117 935 1200. Light refreshments provided and bus vouchers available.
Created in collaboration with communities from Bridport and the surrounding areas of Dorset, From and To by Laura Eldret is both an exhibition of creative freedoms as well as a space for those freedoms to be explored together. Exploring the idea of having ‘freedom from’ and ‘freedom to’ as distinct forms of freedom, gallery walls … Continued
Lighthouse is working with communities locally to reflect on what freedom means to them, both in the context of the end of World War II and how it feels now. Lighthouse will be delivering over 20 workshops across the locality, if you are interested in taking part the workshops will be listed here once they … Continued
From and To is a new exhibition by artist Laura Eldret and the people of West Dorset exploring and celebrating ideas of creative freedom. The gallery walls will be dedicated to an evolving display of forms of ‘creative freedoms’ shared by members of the local community: everything is welcomed from drawings to song lyrics, rock … Continued
Created in collaboration with communities from Bridport and the surrounding areas of Dorset, From and To by Laura Eldret is both an exhibition of creative freedoms as well as a space for those freedoms to be explored together. Exploring the idea of having ‘freedom from’ and ‘freedom to’ as distinct forms of freedom, gallery walls … Continued
Freedom 25: Poetic Placards & Billboards is a thought-provoking exhibition of art and poetry by ordinary Bristolians, supported by Bristol’s City Poet Sukina Noor and visual artist Sonja Burniston. Marking 80 years since the end of World War II, the project captures diverse reflections on what freedom means to us today. Presented in Trinity’s Graffiti … Continued
Washing lines flutter. Village greens glow. But behind the postcard lies something messier – a truth felt by those left out of the picture. Queer. Poor. Migrant. Neurodivergent. Displaced. Am I Free Yet? is a visceral, poetic reckoning with the myth of the British idyll, created by the Hidden Spire Collective. Come and experience a … Continued
What does freedom mean to us today? Join Libraries Unlimited (Devon) in celebrating Our Freedom: Then and Now, a new national project marking 80 years since VE Day. Through art workshops that highlight the inclusivity of library spaces and the freedom to be found in creativity, local people have reflected on freedom – past and … Continued
Join Libraries Unlimited (Devon) in celebrating Our Freedom: Then and Now, a national project marking 80 years since VE Day. Through art workshops that highlight the inclusivity of library spaces and the freedom to be found in creativity, local people have reflected on freedom – past and present – to create artworks rooted in their … Continued
Join Libraries Unlimited (Devon) at Exeter Library to celebrate Our Freedom: Then and Now, a new national project marking 80 years since VE Day. Through art workshops that highlight the inclusivity of library spaces and the freedom to be found in creativity, local people have reflected on freedom – past and present – to create … Continued
Join Libraries Unlimited (Devon) in celebrating Our Freedom: Then and Now, a new national project marking 80 years since VE Day. Through art workshops that highlight the inclusivity of library spaces, and the freedom found in creativity, local people have reflected on freedom – past and present – to create artworks rooted in their own … Continued
What does freedom mean to us today? Through art workshops that highlight the inclusivity of library spaces, and the freedom to be found in creativity, Libraries Unlimited (Devon) have invited local people to reflect on freedom, past and present, to create artworks rooted in their own community stories. During creative workshops at the library, participants … Continued
Join Libraries Unlimited (Devon) in celebrating Our Freedom: Then and Now as part of this national project marking 80 years since the end of the Second World War. Through art workshops that highlight the inclusivity of library spaces and the freedom to be found in creativity, local people have reflected on freedom – past and … Continued
Head to the Trinity Centre for their end of summer community celebration! Join in with a range of activities to celebrate the skills and passions of local communities – enjoy everything from singing, dancing, drumming and music, to garden activities and craft. You can also join visual artist Sonja Burniston and work together as a … Continued
What does freedom mean to us today? Join Libraries Unlimited (Devon) in celebrating Our Freedom: Then and Now, a new national project marking 80 years since VE Day. Through art workshops that highlight the inclusivity of library spaces, and the freedom to be found in creativity, local people have reflected on freedom – past and … Continued
What does freedom mean to us today? Through art workshops that highlight the inclusivity of library spaces, and the freedom to be found in creativity, Libraries Unlimited (Devon) have invited local people to reflect on freedom, past and present, to create artworks rooted in their own community stories. In Barnstaple, the artworks centre around finding … Continued
What does freedom mean to you? When do you feel most free? With these questions in mind, have fun creating with collage, paper, paint, drawing, stencils and all sorts of exciting media at this free, fun workshop with artist Athena Jane Churchill, especially for the Flying Fish. Join in making some celebration birds, willow and … Continued
Join local creatives Antosh Wojcik and Heidi Steller as Poole Lighthouse unveil Our Freedom: Then and Now, kicking off with free workshops reflecting on what ‘Our Freedom’ means to local people and their communities. Join Antosh to write stories and poems in the morning, and then meet Heidi in the afternoon as she facilitates drawing … Continued
In celebration of libraries as inclusive spaces, Barnstaple, Exeter, and Newton Abbott Libraries will invite participants in all three locations to consider the everyday sacrifices of ordinary people during World War II, often overlooked, and think about what freedom means to these communities today. Working with a range of community members (including a resettlement charity … Continued
To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, Bridport Arts Centre is bringing together voices from across its community to explore what it is to be free in Bridport in 2025. Working with three community groups from across Bridport and the surrounding villages – children from the Bridport Youth and … Continued
From its home in the heart of East Central Bristol, the Trinity Centre will bring together different members of its community to understand how war has shaped modern Bristol, sharing and celebrating the diversity of the city that exists today. Working with Bristol’s City Poet Sukina Noor and Edson Burton, Trinity is running creative writing … Continued
Lighthouse in Poole will be inviting a range of groups from their community – including Poole Maritime Trust, DEED and the Dorset Ukrainian Community, pupil premium students at local primary schools, local care homes, NHS student nurses, and Young Writers & Adult Writers groups at Lighthouse – as well as sharing on open invitation to … Continued
In Hampshire, The Point, Eastleigh, will lead on a project that offers the opportunity to take part in creative activities that incorporate writing/poetry, visual arts, and textiles, leading to the creation of a set of flags and banners that represent what freedom means – then and now – to be displayed across the Borough. Partnering … Continued