Following in the footsteps of Make, Do & Friends, we’re continuing on our mission to tackle loneliness through creativity, and are excited to share news that we have just commissioned three place-based artist residencies across Suffolk. Our artists will each head up their own creative initiative in a Suffolk town or village, with the aim […]
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Bringing creativity to Kirkley during First Light Festival
This month, we are really excited to start working with the Kirkley Centre, First Light Festival and The Third Person – artists Kasia Posen and Carrie Phoenix – on a project to engage the Kirkley community in this year’s First Light Festival. Our artists are currently developing ways to reach, and connect local groups together […]
Tom gets pre-school tots rocking!
We’ve been delighted to see some of the results of our Little Beats’ project this month, following a creative partnership with Suffolk Libraries. Regular visitors to Great Cornard Library’s regular music sessions for pre-school children may have spotted that ‘Tom’s Tot Rock’ sessions have had a makeover, including the addition of a fairy castle and […]
Making space for more carers Around the Table
Thanks to funding provided by Arts Council England and Suffolk Carers Fund, we have been able to extend our programme of free creative get-togethers for family carers across Suffolk, led by a rich variety of experienced chefs, foodies and artists. The new creative sessions are building on our successful ‘Around the Table’ project, which to […]
Special Delivery to Abbots Green Academy
What a joy to start our brand new intergenerational project, Special Delivery, this summer. We have spent enjoyable and inspiring times with pupils from Abbots Green Academy thanks to the power of Zoom, and some brilliantly creative artists. Each week, we beamed our artists over to the school in Bury St Edmunds, as we explored […]
Bringing imaginations to life in care homes
As 2020 comes to a close, we’ve been excited to see the culmination of our pilot virtual reality project, VR Adventures. Despite the challenges presented by the year’s events, our artists spent the summer testing out virtual reality (VR) technology to find ways to use it to bring new and enjoyable creative experiences to care […]
We’re extending our support for family carers
After three years of our successful creative programme for family carers in Suffolk, we are delighted to have secured funding to continue delivering sessions into 2021. As well as continuing to support family carers in and around Claydon and Lowestoft, we’ll be welcoming participants from Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket to take part in Around […]
Not quite the last post for Special Delivery
In the last three months, we have listened to brand new stories, created poems and self portraits, drawn to music, made unique envelopes, aged paper in trays of cold tea and crafted greetings cards decorated with images of ‘small things’ – all inspired by the Dunkirk Letters. The children have shared that work with the […]
Nine miles of documents zoom into the classroom
Originally, we intended to take the school children to visit the Bury St Edmunds Record Office but, of course, that isn’t possible right now. So we were thrilled when Hannah Salisbury, the Community and Learning Officer (West Suffolk) from Suffolk Archives, offered to do an online presentation. It was fascinating; did you know that there […]
Acting your Age and enjoying jigsaws
Special Delivery began with some jigsaws, as the children pieced together copies of the Dunkirk Letters. After this, the children created postcard self-portraits, cut them up into jigsaws and, using handmade envelopes, posted the puzzles to members of the Bury St Edmunds Theatre Royal Act Your Age group. The group was thrilled to receive them […]