Home Thoughts

Ongoing

'Home Thoughts' is an artist-led commission for our Creative Health programme Better Connect.

Image of workshop.

Contexts:

Community Development / Arts and Health / Artist Development / Training / Volunteering / Children and Young People / North Tyneside / North Shields

Partners:

Artists Jenny Smith & Gaynor Devaney

People:

Jos Forester-Melville / Cheryl Gavin

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‘Home Thoughts’ reflects on themes of home exploring local community residents' interpretation of it.

The project at its core was developed with the following two themes:

The universal right to a home
The universal need to feel at home

Community art workshops in paper mache houses and 5-word stories exploring this theme took place in Whitley Bay in 2024. They took place with local community organisations including SPARCS and the Whitley Bay Memory Cafe.

Whitley Bay residents also had the chance to get involved through open studio days hosted by artists Jenny and Gaynor in December. Artwork created included hanging mobiles which showcase memories and thoughts relating to home.

Artwork and creative writing pieces produced from these workshops were showcased as part of varying local exhibitions which included

The Open Studio at Whitley Bay Big Local
Whitley Bay Hub Cafe
The Bank Studios in North Shields
Light Waves event at Fiesta in St Pauls Church

Still ongoing ‘Home Thoughts’ will continue to run workshops in 2025 and tour/exhibit creative products across the borough.

Get involved

You can get involved or take a look at the work created in the project at:

No Time to Waste Festival,16 March, 10am – 4pm at the Linskill Centre, North Shields

Join Jenny and Gaynor in a free workshop to create your own artwork to add into the project exhibition and to share what ‘home’ means to you.

No Time to Waste is a free environmental festival organised by Buy the Kilo.

Helix Arts Window Exhibition

Artwork created from the project will be going on display in a window exhibition at Helix Arts offices from the end of March. Pop along to take a look and enjoy the artworks. The exhibition will be up till May for you to come along and see.