We had a fabulous time at our very first ‘Make, Do & Friends’ event, which saw the dazzling Spilt Milk Dance company bringing their ‘Little Love Cabaret’ to Needham Market Community Centre to entertain an enthusiastic crowd of over 100 people in their village hall. Here begins two years of creative togetherness as we tour […]
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Winter Exhibition raises funds for Suffolk Artlink
We’re happy to share news of a forthcoming exhibition taking place in November, near Bury St Edmunds, that will be raising money for Suffolk Artlink. The Heart of Suffolk Winter Exhibition shows the work of fourteen artists and craftspeople with studios in the heart of Suffolk, taking inspiration from our beautiful surroundings. Their work includes […]
Meet the Artist: Filomena Cristallino
This autumn we are celebrating 10 years of Clown Round, so it’s the perfect time to introduce you to Filomena, one of our amazing Clown Doctors. Fil has been with us from the very start of the project back in 2008 and as well as changing lives through her art, it’s great to hear that […]
New Around the Table workshops announced
After a successful pilot year, we are thrilled to announce that our Around the Table project is growing! As well as continuing to offer monthly sessions in Lowestoft, we are now expanding the project to also offer family carers in Claydon, Ipswich a chance to explore food, creativity and culture with like-minded people in […]
The Ballad of Nan’s Quilt – and a new coat of arms for Lowestoft Folk
Last week, the group selected scraps of fabric and made up some fabulous stories about where they might have come from and who wore them, including one about a nightdress mislaid during the War, a veil that was too long, a black dress worn by a sailor’s widow, and a cushion, chewed up by the […]
Patchwork stories
Lowestoft Folk stories come from all sorts of places; yesterday, they came from small squares of fabric. Inspired by the Suffolk Puff quilt on display in Lowestoft Museum, the group set about making their own patchwork of stories, both real and imagined. Lynn Whitehead led the group, as we explored a variety of different types […]
Lowestoft Folk – singing up a storm
As well as the story bags and fortune tellers, we also got to sing a lot in the Lowestoft Folk session. First of all, Lynn taught the group a traditional folk song, all about going out fishing on a stormy night; you can listen to it here: – Lynn also made up a special Museum […]
Lowestoft Folk story bags and fortune tellers
Last week, the students from Pakefield Primary school came along to Hildesley Court Sheltered Housing Unit, to meet the residents taking part in Lowestoft Folk. The session started with a story, created and told by Lynn Whitehead, that involved lots of singing and working out of clues, as the principle characters explored Lowestoft Museum, in […]
Rocking On in Lowestoft
What a lovely Rock On session last night at Coppice Court in Lowestoft – and how hard all the young people worked. From the moment we arrived to our last wave goodbye, the children were there, eager to make music together. With one song already nailed, and another shaping up nicely, the band will soon […]
Lowestoft Folk story bags and fortune tellers – plus the joys of writing in ink
This week we held our second preparatory session at Pakefield Primary School, getting the group of nine pupils ready to meet residents at Hildesley Court. Their first job was to paint their Lowestoft Folk Story Bags – using rollers, dabbers and copious amounts of brightly coloured acrylic paint – and they managed to do it […]