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Today I have
grown taller from
walking with
the trees.’— Karl Baker
The
process
has helped us
to function better as a group.
- Friends of Hartshill Park |
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above: The
Convent Pools, one of the sites for the proposed work.
Hartshill Park - Local Nature Reserve
Commissioned November 2003
I worked with the Friends
of Hartshill Park and local residents to explore and
formulate ideas for environmental improvements within the
park, which is also a designated nature reserve. The Friends
of Hartshill Park are a sub-group of the Hartshill Residents
Association. Ten artworks were proposed.
All this work was part of a project called:
CREATIVE APPROACHES TO LOCAL ISSUES
In order to explore and demonstrate creative responses to local
issues, the Community Facilitation Team of Stoke-on-Trent City
Council developed ten projects with THEpUBLIC, West Bromwich,
an award-winning community arts organisation. In each of ten
community forum areas pilot arts projects were undertaken.
The Hartshill coordinators wish to proceed
with the artworks proposed.
 above:
visual for wildflower meadow piece, a carved wooden totem inscribed
with the flora and fauna of the area, including verse
Project Feedback
"From the outset this project
needed to be consultative, much more of an opportunity to
explore ideas rather than delivering any physical outcomes,
given the range of different agencies involved in the potential
developments. It was important for groups to have this space
to explore ideas.
People have thought
more deeply about what a nature reserve is. There has been
the opportunity for good debate about the function and appropriateness
of any art features in such a context.
The groups enjoyed the
experience of working with the artist; they felt his approach
was right - he was keen to find out what people wanted rather
than impose an idea.
The process has helped us to function
better as a group. Through discussions, a number of way
points were identified in the Park - these were either specific
places of interest or sites suitable for some form of art-intervention.
This allows The Friends to lobby for the most appropriate
Art in the Park as developments proceed."
feedback from the Friends of Hartshill Park |
above: visual for wooden post engraved
with the life found in the hedgerow
Who are the THEpUBLIC?
The Public is everyone.
Everyone who's creative
Everyone who has ideas.
You are a member of the public already,
If you've got an idea you want to realise.
The Public is for dreamers, thinkers, doers, lookers.
The Public, formerly known as Jubilee Arts, has been carrying
out pioneering community arts work for nearly thirty years in
West Bromwich and the surrounding area.
The Public is now taking
this experience forward in an exciting project to create the
Public Building, the largest community arts development in
Europe. The Building will be a place to dream and realise your
creativity in an inspiring, hands-on arts space, as well as somewhere
you can learn, be entertained and relax.
THE 'CREATIVE
APPROACHES TO LOCAL ISSUES' BROCHURE CAN BE DOWNLOADED
AS A PDF (4mb)
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