16.01.2024 Derby After looking at the artwork of Marion Adnams and having a quick overview of what surrealism is, we all experimented on small canvas boards to what surrealist thoughts we could transmit into art.
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16.01.2024 Derby If you are going to think about what statues aren’t there, you really need to know which ones are there! We research all existing statues of all kinds in Derby, including plaques and everything else we could think of.
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21.11.2023 Derby Museum A new group of participants visited the Women in History (2) exhibition at the Museum, having a look around the whole exhibition and then choosing a favourite item or exhibit. In addition, we were gaining filmmaking skills by interviewing each other about our choices.
Continue readingUsing A.I. to create imagery
07.11.2023 Derby We wanted to look at creating some imagery for the project using A.I. image creation tools, and this was a good medium to work in for some of our young participants who couldn’t appear themselves on camera. We selected one of our key figures and discussed the story before experimenting with the different […]
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20.07.2023 Allestree Library Sometimes you have to hunt down a book to wherever it is, and this particular one was only available at Allestree Library and so that’s where we went. Local libraries are great, friendly and very helpful.
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08.09.2023 Derby Museum The Museum followed up its initial exhibition on women in history with a part 2, and we took a look around with a view to bringing other participants along to the exhibition to experience it for themselves.
Continue readingAlice Wheeldon talk and walk
02/09/2023 Derby We joined a special one-off talk and walk tour following the story of Alice Wheeldon around Derby, starting in the city centre and ending at Alice’s Blue Plaque on Normanton Road.
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06.11.2023 Derby Each of the key figures will need a singular location to be identified for them to help the nature of this project work, and so we have been out and about scouting locations and getting possible coordinates to try.
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19.12.2022 Around Derby A couple of our project volunteers wanted to find the spaces and places in Derby that the key figures they wanted to study had left their imprint on. We started by hunting down the blue plaque for Joan Waste, which is positioned at the top of a small cul-de-sac high up on […]
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24.11.2022 Local Studies Library, Derby In order to research well, you need training. We booked a session with Mark from the Local Studies Library and he took us through some of the key aspects of researching and how to use all of the facilities at the Local Studies Library. He also helped us make a […]
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