This workshop will use a combination of stitch* and text to support the telling and sharing of stories about your lived experiences. You will be supported to write poetry and prose from different perspectives and think about your relationship to domestic spaces. You will also be invited to stitch onto a duster as a means of connecting with your domestic space and exploring associated memories and experiences. The workshop will offer a safe space to discuss and make and to think about our stories as an act of resistance.
*we will need your address to send the sewing materials to you
Vanessa Marr is an artist, designer and Senior Lecturer at the University of Brighton. Her academic and creative work takes a critical view of the hidden language of objects and fairy tales, which she explores primarily through embroidery and creative writing. Her ongoing practice-based collaborative arts project ‘Women & Domesticity – What’s your Perspective?’ references traditional ‘women’s work’ and invites people to embroider their own perspectives and experiences of domesticity onto a duster. The growing collection includes over 100 contributions. It has been exhibited and presented widely in academic, community and arts contexts. Vanessa regularly participates in collaborative and creative projects and never stops learning, making and writing. https://domesticdusters.wordpress.com/
Instagram: @domesticdusters
Vanessa Marr — The University of Brighton
Dr Jess Moriarty is Principal Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Brighton. She is an experienced researcher and Editor for the book series, Performance and Communities. She has published extensively on creative writing pedagogy, autoethnography and community engagement. Her current book, the Creative Recovery Handbook, explores creative practice as a method for supporting well-being. Her pedagogic approach has a focus on diversity, personal story-telling and writing for change. Jessica Moriarty — The University of Brighton
Please read the Participant Information and then to book a place or ask any questions, email Mel Parks.