Overview
This project was developed with the support of Arts Council England (National Lottery Project Grant,
2023–24),exploring experiences of motherhood through exhibitions, workshops and accessible forms of public engagement across Dorset and the New Forest.
It included 13 free community workshops, three accessible exhibitions, audio descriptions, tactile tours and a free digital publication.
This page brings together a visual public record of the three exhibitions that were part of the project.
If you are part of a community group and would like to explore the themes of the project through a workshop or a talk, or if you need any additional information or access material in a different or more accessible format, you are welcome to get in touch via the Contact section.
'Have you?'
22-26th January 2024, spudWORKS, Sway, Hampshire
About the exhibition:
spudWORKS, New Forest
'Nighty'
/pen on paper napkin, thread/
'My baby doll'
/pen on paper napkin, thread/
'Lace'
/pen on paper napkin, thread/
'Fireworks'
/pen on paper napkin, thread/
'Commandments III'
/pen on paper napkin, thread/
About the exhibition:
'play nicely'
17th September-10th October 2024, Fine Foundation Gallery,
Durlston Country Park, Swanage
Fine Foundation Gallery, Durlston Castle, Swanage
Drawing series I,
/pencil on A3 paper/
Drawing series I, Detail
Drawing Series Nr II, Detail
/pencil on A3 paper/
Drawing Series Nr II, Detail
/pencil on A3 paper/
No Title,
/clay, 10 cm x 5 cm x 5 cm/
No Title,
/clay, 10 cm x 5 cm x 5 cm/
No Title,
/clay, 50 cm x 50 cm x 5 cm/
No Title,
/clay, 50 cm x 50 cm x 5 cm/
No Title,
/photography, 13 cm x 17 cm/
No Title,
/photography, 17 cm x 13 cm/
'Washing line melody'
26th October-16th November 2024, Allsop Gallery,
Bridport Arts Center, 9 South St, Bridport DT6 3NR
About the exhibition:
Bridport Arts Centre
Bridport Arts Centre
Left behind
Second hand toddler and babies sleeping suits/safety pins/white paint
Detail / Left behind
Where ink wanders / Black ink on paper
Detail 'Go faster' / Hills hoist/bodice suits/pegs/white paint
Relics/ Socks and white paint
'As expected' / Secondhand and donated toddlers clothes/ drying racks/ white paint
This free e-book brings together a series of creative exercises developed through the project.
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Example of workshop set - up
