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This is a post to inspire all six of Sweet Patootee Arts’ target audiences: Schools (13-17), Young people (17-30), Elders, Dementia support, mainstream Arts & Heritage, general public.
TURNING POINT’s fantastic participants and volunteers in East London’s Newham, have completed the first half of an absolutely storming activity for our arts & heritage programme across the city this year.
The concept offers a devastatingly effective, inclusive and rewarding template for others to be inspired by – coming soon to our new website.
(Again using a screening of our TURNING POINT film as catalyst…) This group, under the leadership of Jennifer Laurant-Smart (of Sakafet London), are on a wonderful journey building heritage research skills, through making and archive enquiry.
This remarkable intrepid bunch of pioneers are on a journey to discover the importance and impact of Sunday Best Clothes for working class women of colour in the Caribbean – and as migrants in the early 20th century.
As I say, the first half of the workshop (dress-making) is complete, and archive enquiries are now underway.
For a sneak peak at the content from this workshop that we will soon make public on our new website, click on our photo taken at the last dress-making session, to check out a video of workshop participant Kris modelling one of the dresses she made with the group.
Our Sunday Best workshop has been enabled by support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund. But as ever, huge thanks are due to the Sweet Patootee Arts team, our wonderful volunteers, and awesome board.
Special shoutout goes to our collaborators Sarah Byrne and Camella Ramjet at Culture Lab, UCL East, and Maryam Abdullah and Blanche Fitzgerald of Newham Council’s Arts and Heritage Team.
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