“Our Work of Art 2019-With these hands”

PROJECT EXHIBITION AND SHOWCASING EVENTS

18 – 31^st MARCH 2019 (free public access)

at Garage Coffee @ Fruitworks 1-2 Jewry Lane,
Canterbury CT1 2NR

• A co-curated two-week, free, public exhibition mounted by the project team and creative volunteers. Featuring the project ceramic murals and artworks resulting from the creative older people’s activity programmes 2018-19, supported by volunteers with mounted photographs, entitled ‘With these Hands’.
• Private View Event Friday 22^nd March (6-8pm) at Garage Coffee @ Fruitworks

The launch of a photo-book of the project: ‘Our Work of Art 2019 – With these Hands ‘ exhibition. Designed to inspire arts and wellbeing artists, volunteers and participants; celebrating the diversity of personal and collective, group creative and quality achievements of the project.

SHOWCASING EVENT

Celebrating Success and Leveraging Opportunity For Arts & Wellbeing

Thursday 28^th March 2019 (Starts 10.30; Ends 2.30pm )

VENUE:  

10.30 – 12 noon : The Beaney, House of Art & Knowledge, 18 High Street, Canterbury, CT1 2RA

12.10 – 2.30pm:    Garage Coffee @ Fruitworks, 1-2 Jewry Lane, Canterbury, Canterbury CT1 2NR

Find out how the ‘Our Work of Art’ – a partnership project –  led by Age UK Canterbury with Age UK Herne Bay & Whitstable, delivered by Espression Arts CIC, supported by Kent Arts & Wellbeing:

• Has been highly effective in benefitting volunteers and older people through group creative practice ;
• Produced some stunning, vibrant artworks – ceramic mugs and group murals with photo-story, led by creative Catherine Arnell, Director, Espression Arts CIC;
• Inspired and developed the creative confidence and capability of volunteers through the project’s ‘arts & wellbeing’ training, mentoring and development of a peer support network;
• Successfully engaged around 150 local older people in day centre and community settings;
• Has increased social capital and supports social prescribing;
• Is a highly cost-effective model of partnership working that could be more widely adopted.

Our project key collaborators, partners and sponsors are:

• Espression Arts CIC.
• Age UK Canterbury.
• Age UK Herne Bay & Whitstable.
• Arts Council England.
• Big Lottery.
• Canterbury City Council
• Kent Community Foundation.
• Lawson Endowment for Kent.
• Pargiter Trust.
• Kent County Council.
• Clague Architects (sponsors).