Project Information

Partners for Project Pride:  Marsden Heights Community College Nelson / Hollins Technology College, Accrington / Blessed Trinity RC College, Burnley  / Lancashire County Council Museums and Library Service

Partners for Padiham Greenway: 10 local schools / Padiham Town Council / Remade / Sustrans

Partners for Towneley Hall: 10 local schools / Towneley  Hall / The Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts

Practitioners for Project Pride: Karen Alderson artist (Nelson) / Lisa Watson artist (Accrington) / Paul Hine theatre director (Burnley) / Gino Evans film-maker (Burnley.

Practitioners for Padiham Greenway: Karen Alderson / Terry Caffrey / Sue Flowers / Julie Miles / Alison White

Practitioners for Towneley Hall: Gordon MacLellan storyteller / Alison White writer

 

Additional Information

Discover more about the Talking Shop: Project Pride wider programme here.

Discover more about the Padiham Greenway School Project here.

Discover more about the Contemporary Heritage Installation, Not Forgottenhere.

Heritage

Heritage

Young people from three local schools explored local heritage as part of MPA’s Project Pride. The groups worked in textiles, film, drama and cross-artform to reveal hidden stories in their historic localities.

Similarly, a cluster of ten local schools worked with visual artists and a writer to respond to the heritage of the Padiham Greenway, a linear walk on the site of a redundant railway line. Their creative interpretations of the heritage were shared in a multi-media exhibition and a ‘Greenway Awakening’ catalogue.

Some 600 children from ten local schools have also looked at local heritage through new eyes at Towneley Hall Museum and Art Gallery.  Working with a writer and an environmental educator, they have explored artist Geraldine Pilgrim’s response to the Towneley family’s history through her piece, ‘Not Forgotten’.

IMPACT:

For young people:

  • sense of ownership of local heritage
  • self-esteem through a stronger sense of place
  • working with creative professionals and raising awareness of the arts as a career
  • taking responsibility for project management (planning, budgets and recruitment)
  • developing research skills alongside heritage professionals at libraries and museums
  • producing a creative outcome and sharing that with the wider community through display and performance
  • working towards Arts Award

 

Discover more about the Talking Shop: Project Pride wider programme here.

Discover more about the Padiham Greenway School Project here.

Discover more about the Contemporary Heritage Installation, Not Forgottenhere.