Weaving Coast and Community
Investment project code: 251
Estimated Cost
£1,260
In relation to the identified priorities in the Guidance & Essential criteria what will your idea achieve and who will benefit from your project?
Our project links in to the priority "Making Coastal Communities more attractive places to live and work" by providing creative opportunities for local people to come together to learn new skills and contribute to community produced woven art works as well as providing paid work for a local artist to run the sessionsPlease describe what you plan to do and what the money will be used for? (i.e., purchase equipment/resources)
Our project involved 6 weeks of workshops though July and August led by an experienced artist practitioner to create mats woven by community groups and individuals on an outdoor weaving frame.
The workshops will be aimed at local groups including Stepping Stones for Families and Girvan Opportunities as well as sessions that are open to the public.
We will use “ghost gear” (old fishing rope gathered from the shore) as well as reusing fabric, rope and wool that has been donated to our Community Arts Hub The Wee School Art Space. The workshops will allow discussions around the heritage industries of weaving and textile manufacture in Girvan and the fishing industry past and present as well as address issues such as plastic pollution, cleaning our beaches and reusing materials which would otherwise go to landfill.
We hope to produce small mats which can be used by groups in our outdoor space for gardening or workshop kneeling/sitting mats.
We will provide a paid work opportunity for a local artist contributing to the local economy and helping to ensure that Girvan is a thriving creative place to live and work.
Location: Girvan
Proposed on behalf of: Crag Community Arts SCIO
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