I updated a post I’d written for this blog a couple of years ago, with some new information, for Leeds Libraries’ Secret Libraries blog. This was published today, at the beginning of UK Disability History Month. You can read the blog here:https://secretlibraryleeds.net/2020/11/20/hard-workers-not-burdens-disabled-and-deaf-mill-workers-in-yorkshire/
Here are some notes from a workshop I ran with Gem Carlier of Aire Place Studios, at an excellent symposium organised by curators and PhD candidates Kerry Harker and John Wright. The symposium was organised by Kerry and John on behalf of the Artist Led Research Group, to give opportunity for urgent discussions about artist-led … More Access some areas
Heritage Show + Tell 6 June 2017 Room 700, Leeds Central Library Book your place via ccsmghinfo@leeds.ac.uk Heritage Show + Tell is a chance for people passionate about heritage in Yorkshire to come together and share their work, get feedback on ideas and meet new collaborators. Everyone welcome: community heritage groups, freelancers, museum professionals, archivists, […] … More Shoddy presentation at next Heritage Show + Tell 6 June
Here’s a recent post from her own blog by Lesley Illingworth, the artist who exhibited her Story Telling Coat in Shoddy in both Leeds and Batley. While the Batley exhibition is now over, Lesley’s coat will be having another outing in Leeds this week – at Leeds Centre for Integrated Living‘s summer training fair on … More Story Telling Coat and Shoddy Exhibition — lesleyillingworthafterahandembroiderdegree
