Monday 29 August 2011

Second session 17.08.11




Your Memories
''I remember the street parties we had. For the Silver Jubilee of the Queen's Coronation I remember many planning sessions in the skittle alley of the Malt Shovel.
On the day Halesleigh Road was decorated throughout with flags and bunting and many windows sported red, white and blue. I remember I wore out a sewing machine helping to make the bunting...
The tables were laid out in Halesleigh Road but the party was for Provident Place, Coronation Road and Victoria Road as well. ...
It was a very happy time and a wonderful community spirit.''
Margaret Bulgin



Our Canvas
We continued adding key built up areas, and also the boys worked on the resevoir.



We added decoration to our buildings and the station, and begun working on logos to depict the main schools.


New participants decorated their boxes while thinking of important memories to put inside.






Our first session 03.08.11


Your Memories
Inspired by the presentation on the 20th July some of the Active Living participants met up independantly to document their memories triggered by previous discussion. 'The war' and 'your favourite place' sparked all sorts of recollections and these were shared at the start of our session.



Our Canvas
In our planning sessions we had already determined the geographical area we swished to depict. I arrived with main roads mapped out and work begun on decorating the roads with layers of tissue paper.



Memory Boxes
Each participant decorated their box, exploring layering and letting colours mix creating new and interesting color combinations and textures.
Once their box was completed they began work on decorating key landmarks: the Blake memorial statue, the town hall, the arts centre, the museum, the hospital and the library.




We also decided which roads we wanted incorporated, so that I could draw them in ready for next session and we made careful notes of our memories and took photos ready to add to the finished work.

Wednesday 24 August 2011

Wednesday 20 July - Memories at the Active Living Group

On Wednesday 20th July we ran a Memories session at the Active Living Meeting.  Beccy introduced the project and Keith Barnard shared some of his local stories.

 


We looked at art work created and stories collected so far, then we invited the group to get into pairs.

In pairs, group members asked each other questions and shared memories connected to special objects that some members had brought along.  There were photographs, poems, pictures, jewellery, documents and more.


Some members of the group volunteered to come to the front and share their stories, these were often quite moving and we were delighted to see how involved everyone was in the activity.


Our final piece will go up in foyer at Victoria Park on Wednesday 14th September. 
Don't forget to come and see it during Somerset Art Weeks!