Together we are powerful

2023

Together we are Powerful was co-produced with The Hub/National Centre for Craft and Design and their local communities. It began as a way to celebrate their 20th year through the dedication of a whole season to a collectively designed program. This came to include meals, the showcasing of peoples own objects and the stories workshops, multiple artists in residences, family activities, trails, readings, gatherings, events, talks, suppers, performances…. It took objects, their stories and the comfort of things as its theme and brought overlooked voices and unexpressed views into the open.

I was the lead artist commissioned to facilitate, support and develop the co-produced program, lead the commissions and also create artworks for display. Our collective ambition was to demonstrate the potential of the wider community, and how the responses could be brought together for the greater good. A jointly written manifesto, developed with people as we planned, guided the development of the show and program. A Young Person Task Force and a Critical Friends Group were also developed. The Manifesto continues to guide the Hub and has led to strategic and organisational change.

To support the work I created the textile piece Commonwear and Commonware from abandoned ceramics which were used at gatherings and in the exhibition as a way to invite further involvement.

Funded by:
The Hub
Lincolnshire One Venues

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