On Friday 27th September, 6 – 9pm at Wolverhampton Art Gallery a special guest attended in support of the local community. Each month there is an event called “Friday Lates” in the Georgian Room where the Wolverhampton Art Gallery is “taken over” by a community group. This month, to celebrate Recovery Month, it was the […]
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The wonderful art exhibition put on by the Good Shepherd and involving many different partner charities and agencies came to a fantastic end with the ‘Friday Lates’ takeover of Wolverhampton Art Gallery. After two weeks of the ‘Recovery is for Everyone’ exhibition at the Newhampton Arts Centre, which followed nine months of workshops funded by […]
Two charities, supported by Arts Council England, have collaborated to tackle homesless, addiction and mental health in Wolverhampton. The Good Shepherd, whose mission is ending homelessness, supporting recovery and creating pathways out of poverty, collaborated with SUIT – Service User Involvement Team – which tackles addiction. They were supported by Recovery Near You, Wolverhampton 360 […]
Georgina and the Dragon will be performed at the Global Storytelling Village at the Bridge on Saturday at 3pm. The work will be produced and directed by Laura Liptrot and is supported by Poets Against Racism, Walsall Black Sisters Collective, Communities Against Racism Enterprise and AccessAbility Arts. Published Sep 4 Premiere of Georgina and the […]
Ian Henery’s exciting new play is coming to Birmingham’s own Mid-Autumn Moonlight and Lantern Festival on Saturday 14th September 2024 and produced and directed by Laura Liptrot. The performance follows the success of it`s performance at the first Walsall Maker’s Festival on saturday 7th September. The Mid Autumn Moonlight Lantern Festival in the Arcadian Centre […]
Ian Henery (pictured), former Walsall Poet Laureate 2020 – 2021, was invited to read Autumn themed poetry to the Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Cllr Ken Wood and the Lady Mayoress of Birmingham, Barbara Wood, last weekend for the Chinese Mid Autumn Festival in Birmingham. “The poems were from my first collection” explained Ian and published […]
Work from poetry workshops played an important feature at this years` LoveTheReans Festival in Wolverhampton. Participants from 2 sets of poetry workshops – Man About Mondays at Gatis Community Space and the 1 in 3 Project (It`s our Right) – also based at Gatis Community Space – featured hugely over the course of […]
A series of creative writing workshops at Gatis Community Space featured hugely in this year`s LoveTheReans Festival. Participants from the Man About Mondays workshops took part in the Music and Poetry Jam at the Newhampton Arts Centre and also headlined the closing day of celebrations at Gatis Community Space. Gatis Community Space provides a safe […]
Poetry workshops at Gatis Community Space in Wolverhampton are a success, claims published poet Ian Henery who was commissioned by the I in 3 Project (It`s Our Right) to deliver the workshops funded by Arts Council England. “So far – and not including the short film that was shown at the Wildside Activity Centre on […]
Poetry workshops at Gatis Community Space in Wolverhampton are a success, claims published poet Ian Henery (pictured). Ian Henery, whose latest collection “Poems of Hope” was published by Kates Hill Press and launched at the Wolverhampton Literature Festival in Wolverhampton Art Gallery, was commissioned to lead the workshops. The workshops were supported by Arts Council […]