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