Director’s Blog – Lisa Charlotte Davis
The funding will enable us to work with a group of women from Al-Falaq Counselling CIC as part of our Don’t Look Away project.
Our long-term goal with this project is to create an art trail (with linked web museum) that draws images and messaging from our survivor co-produced creative portfolio to encourage community members not to look away from friends and neighbours affected by domestic abuse, signposting those affected to specialist support.
We want the artwork within the trail to be diverse and inclusive and so this is a really fantastic opportunity to reflect on the additional stories that need to be told.
Supported by the lovely Michelle Harland, our participants will have the opportunity to:
🖍️ explore our existing artworks Make Do and Mend and Us Too to see which images / messages could feature in the trail
🖍️ identify the additional stories that need to be told
🖍️ choose the artistic style they would want for their stories
🖍️ shortlist the illustrator we will commission to bring their stories to life visually
🖍️ plan where in their neighbourhood they would like the future trail to go, from which Michelle will create a trail map
Here’s Michelle getting in some puppy cuddles as we plotted out the workshops for the new year.
Huge thanks to Jaydean Oliver for being such an incredibly supportive funder. We can’t wait to see what comes as you support all of the Mini Mission projects to engage with one another – some really exciting collaborative possibilities could emerge!
