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ActiveArt is a community arts organisation that works in the UK and internationally to create art for the promotion of human rights, social justice and equality.
ActiveArt News
Fingers and Pies
ActiveArt seem to have our fingers in lots of pies at the moment. We are still busy with our Warehome renovations and getting our studios up and running. We are continuing to work with Spitalfield's City Farm and have started a really exciting project on community enegagement and profile raising for the organisation.
Also, as part of our Talking Quilt project with Spitalfields City Farm we are also working with a team of researchers to looking the cross-section of community development and agriculture in the UK. This is a follow on project and is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council in the UK. In conjunction with the Universities of Brighton and Manchester ActiveArt are exploring how community art can be used to represent a collective voice and how this voice established through community art can be used as evidence and data for research.
Also, as part of our Talking Quilt project with Spitalfields City Farm we are also working with a team of researchers to looking the cross-section of community development and agriculture in the UK. This is a follow on project and is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council in the UK. In conjunction with the Universities of Brighton and Manchester ActiveArt are exploring how community art can be used to represent a collective voice and how this voice established through community art can be used as evidence and data for research.
Two years on and the Women Connecting for Peace Blog is Alive and Kicking
It's been almost 2 years since ActiveArt worked with UNWomen and women from the conflict affected areas of Samegrelo and Shida Qartli, in Georgia, to create a blog and quilt based on the experiences and analysis of 2 groups of women affected by conflict and displacement.
During our workshops we created a large quilt and dynamic blog with 30 women in Zugdidi and Gori. Both the quilt and blog explore women's participation in conflict resolution and peace building and addresses the prevalent issue of sexual violence and abuse of women as weapons of war as well as the emotional and domestic work associated with keeping families together. Recently two new films were made as part of the blog, containing participatory interviews, images of the quilt and film of conflict affected women's circumstances are an inspiring testiment to the ongoing commitment of these women to make their stories heard and their experiences visible.
BLOG: http://unscr1325georgia.wordpress.com
Youtube FILM: http://youtu.be/K15PXpmzlIc
Images of the ActiveArt workshops and quilt
During our workshops we created a large quilt and dynamic blog with 30 women in Zugdidi and Gori. Both the quilt and blog explore women's participation in conflict resolution and peace building and addresses the prevalent issue of sexual violence and abuse of women as weapons of war as well as the emotional and domestic work associated with keeping families together. Recently two new films were made as part of the blog, containing participatory interviews, images of the quilt and film of conflict affected women's circumstances are an inspiring testiment to the ongoing commitment of these women to make their stories heard and their experiences visible.
BLOG: http://unscr1325georgia.wordpress.com
Youtube FILM: http://youtu.be/K15PXpmzlIc
Images of the ActiveArt workshops and quilt
ActiveArt Studios progress...
Work on the Warehome, ActiveArts live/work space has begun, and last week saw the laying of the floor! Walls are to follow next week, but progress in gender equality is slower... Follow our progress:
www.thewarehome.wordpress.com
ActiveArt Studios: The Very Beginning…
ActiveArt have bought a warehouse! At present it is a coffin-makers, and pretty much an empty shell in East London, but will, in time, and with a lot of imaginings and hard labour, become a collaborative studios.
We plan to treat the building as an art project in itself, and have of course run immediately into the issue of gender equality in the construction industry. As a kind of research question, therefore, we’re going to attempt to undertake the entire building process using women professionals. We’re also going to use it as a training ground for women who want to demystify elements of the building industry and learn some skills. Already lined up to start on the project are female architects, building surveyors and structural engineers. Watch this space!
We plan to treat the building as an art project in itself, and have of course run immediately into the issue of gender equality in the construction industry. As a kind of research question, therefore, we’re going to attempt to undertake the entire building process using women professionals. We’re also going to use it as a training ground for women who want to demystify elements of the building industry and learn some skills. Already lined up to start on the project are female architects, building surveyors and structural engineers. Watch this space!
