Citylife in Rugeley and Cannock Chase July August 2023
Here Comes Summer! Our July and August edition magazine celebrates the lovely summer months, with school holidays on the horizon! Long days spent in the sun (well, hopefully) and those perfect blue sky evenings, with the barbecues in full flow, along with a glass or two of something cold and refreshing. Our double-month magazine is full of local community news, What's On events, summery recipes, history and heritage features and lots of ideas of where to visit this summer, and to keep the kids happy!
Here Comes Summer! Our July and August edition magazine celebrates the lovely summer months, with school holidays on the horizon! Long days spent in the sun (well, hopefully) and those perfect blue sky evenings, with the barbecues in full flow, along with a glass or two of something cold and refreshing. Our double-month magazine is full of local community news, What's On events, summery recipes, history and heritage features and lots of ideas of where to visit this summer, and to keep the kids happy!
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Mapp<strong>in</strong>g Memories<br />
Communities across the UK are be<strong>in</strong>g<br />
encouraged to participate <strong>in</strong> Mapp<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Memories, a new engagement<br />
programme form<strong>in</strong>g a nationally significant<br />
archive of community stories that explores the<br />
impact of lockdowns on people’s mental<br />
health, education, daily lives <strong>and</strong> rout<strong>in</strong>es.<br />
Aided by a selection of free-to-download<br />
onl<strong>in</strong>e resources, groups can participate <strong>in</strong> this<br />
national conversation by host<strong>in</strong>g self-guided<br />
workshops, mapp<strong>in</strong>g their memories <strong>and</strong><br />
shar<strong>in</strong>g stories of their outdoor experiences<br />
dur<strong>in</strong>g the p<strong>and</strong>emic.<br />
Part of the Lockdown L<strong>and</strong>scapes <strong>in</strong>itiative,<br />
Mapp<strong>in</strong>g Memories is a nationwide community<br />
engagement programme led by the National<br />
Memorial Arboretum <strong>in</strong> partnership with the<br />
National Forest Company, Sampad South Asian<br />
Arts <strong>and</strong> Heritage <strong>and</strong> Westm<strong>in</strong>ster Abbey, with<br />
support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.<br />
Stories gathered through the <strong>in</strong>itiative will be<br />
stored <strong>in</strong> a new national archive for use by<br />
researchers <strong>and</strong> a curated selection of stories will<br />
be made publicly available.<br />
The launch of the Mapp<strong>in</strong>g Memories workshop<br />
toolkits co<strong>in</strong>cides with the open<strong>in</strong>g of a new<br />
Lockdown L<strong>and</strong>scapes exhibition at the National<br />
Memorial Arboretum <strong>in</strong> Staffordshire, that will<br />
rema<strong>in</strong> on display until 1st October. It features<br />
artworks reflect<strong>in</strong>g stories of diverse communities<br />
that were disproportionately impacted by the<br />
p<strong>and</strong>emic, gathered by four artist-led community<br />
engagement projects. The artworks use a variety of<br />
mediums <strong>and</strong> are displayed <strong>in</strong> both <strong>in</strong>door <strong>and</strong><br />
outdoor spaces around the 150-acre site:<br />
• Break<strong>in</strong>g Ground: In Burton upon Trent, artists<br />
Anna Horton Crem<strong>in</strong>, Natalie L<strong>in</strong>ney, Rebecca Lee<br />
<strong>and</strong> Dawn Jutton worked alongside a local social<br />
prescrib<strong>in</strong>g group to produce eco-dyed textiles<br />
<strong>and</strong> a soundscape <strong>in</strong>spired by experiences of<br />
outdoor spaces dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> after the p<strong>and</strong>emic.<br />
• Citizens of Coventry: In Coventry, artist Sebbie<br />
Mudhai <strong>and</strong> videographer Tom Chimiak held<br />
workshops with communities liv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> Citizen's<br />
supported hous<strong>in</strong>g, creat<strong>in</strong>g a poem <strong>and</strong> a film<br />
<strong>in</strong>spired by the residents' <strong>in</strong>dividual <strong>and</strong> collective<br />
stories.<br />
• Memory Benches: In Westm<strong>in</strong>ster, artist Alix<br />
Smith <strong>and</strong> members of St Andrew's Youth Club<br />
produced a series of park benches covered with<br />
illustrations created by the young people<br />
themselves, explor<strong>in</strong>g their own experiences <strong>and</strong><br />
encounters with outdoor heritage throughout<br />
lockdown.<br />
• Together <strong>in</strong> a World Apart: In Birm<strong>in</strong>gham,<br />
artists Tasawar Bashir <strong>and</strong> Nafeesa Hamid gathered<br />
stories from communities with South Asian<br />
heritage, br<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>g them together to form a sound<br />
artwork <strong>in</strong>stalled along the pathway lead<strong>in</strong>g to the<br />
Arboretum's Trees of Life Glade.<br />
Contributions to the Mapp<strong>in</strong>g Memories archive<br />
must be submitted by 1st October. To download<br />
the Mapp<strong>in</strong>g Memories resources <strong>and</strong> share<br />
Lockdown L<strong>and</strong>scape stories, visit:<br />
https://thenma.org.uk/what'son/exhibitions/lockdown-l<strong>and</strong>scapes.<br />
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