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Comment by Georgina Chatfield on August 24, 2012 at 18:18

An interesting link from Lorena Hodgson (thanks Lorena!) about crowdfunding

https://www.guardian.co.uk/culture-professionals-network/culture-pro...

and also thought you might be interested in this as a bit of weekend food for thought on setting up websites- again from the culture professional guys at the Guardian...

https://www.guardian.co.uk/culture-professionals-network/culture-pro...=

Comment by Kate Hall on August 8, 2011 at 15:00

Thanks Jocelyn!

Comment by Jocelyn Cunningham on August 8, 2011 at 14:24

Correction to the report on Citizen Power Peterborough, One Year On:

The Steering Group for Creative Peterborough was incorrectly identified and should read as:

Co Chairs: Stuart Payn and Sue Shields

Secretary: Anita Bruce

Treasurer: Kate Hall

Members: Ann Bellamy, Alex Airey, Keely Mills

Comment by Alice Kershaw on November 3, 2010 at 10:19

I believe the war memorial is the Mayors Charity for this year and there is a working group looking at it with Annette Joyce. I agree we need to connect the rural heritage to the city centre.

Comment by Jocelyn Cunningham on October 22, 2010 at 14:02

Inspiring day in Peterborough last week, seeing Our Nobby at Jack Hunt school with Yr 7 students in rapt attention and moving to hear the actor playing Nobby tell them afterwards in the Q&A how he went to the school himself and witnessing their surprise and delight.

Then on to a magical evening with Tales from the Middle of Town being part of a wide range of audience ages, all of us transported to a childlike state of wonder. Site specific production transforming the old Waterstones, going through wardrobes into forests. Sailed through Queensgate with story and music in my head on my more mundane way home to London.

Comment by Graeme Law on October 1, 2010 at 14:49

Not sure how wide the final brief will end up, but is there an awareness of the strong local desire for a centrally placed 'War Memorial'? The previous one was 'modern' and disliked, ending up in pieces scattered round various parts of the city, while the the one currently in use is tucked away hardly visible behind the Cathedral . It would seem to me a worthy artistic challenge, with potential to garner both senior political support and funding. An of course, a fasinating challenge to create a feelong of 'belonging' in a city where there is more than one view of historical events!
Another potential opportunity is Nursing - Peterborough was the home of Edith Cavell, is just opening a £300m hospital, and ARU will open a Nursing School in the next couple of years. A 'percent for art' could have produced some pretty impressive results!
As a final point, to understand 'belonging', I recommend attendance at the fortnightly Citizenship Ceremony in the Town Hall. Take the chance to meet people from a score of different backgrounds who want to be British and want to be in Peterborough - and then look at how we want to present 'being British' through the intentional and unintentional 'culture' of the event.

Comment by Jocelyn Cunningham on September 22, 2010 at 16:34

Excellent! Jamie here tells me you were in the focus group last week. Let us exchange emails. I'm at jocelyn.cunningham@rsa.org.uk
I am in Peterborough on Friday at this RCE event - you're in London - sure we can work something out though. Prefer face to face. It has been a Peterborough- heavy week and not back again until the week of the 11th.

Jocelyn

Comment by Graeme Law on September 22, 2010 at 15:35

What is your preference - e-mail, Skype or face to face? 1-2-1 or in the wider group? I am in Peterborough most days, or in London this week Thursday and Friday pm. (On the rural issue, I have almost bolted down a video visioning for villages over the next few months.)

Graeme

Graeme

Comment by Jocelyn Cunningham on September 22, 2010 at 15:27

Hi Graeme,

I think engaging with the rural past and present is a key aspect of how artists can engage with this work and imagine that this can play a part in both the commissions and residencies as well as Experiments in Place Making. It is down to those who are engaged in the work and the interests of residents to help make it happen! I agree that there is a need to explore opportunities for those communities yet to be created. Perhaps we should talk?

Comment by Graeme Law on August 9, 2010 at 11:52

Looking at the programme with my background as a city planner, there seem to be two significant 'gaps' in what is planned. 'Place Making' seems to be viewed as taking existing communities and enhancing them. I would argue that in Peterborough the more striking opportunity is the places where there are new communities/localities being created or yet to be created, and that Arts and Social Change should be in right at the start of this - Hampton Leys, Great Haddon, Paston Reserve, South Bank, Norwood, Red Brick Farm, City Centre and more! The second 'gap' is the lack of recognition of the city's rural area - we have some fantastic rural heritage - Burleigh House, the John Clare heritage of environmental poetry to name a couple! Lets' recognise these rural opportunities - for example could one of the artists in residence work more closely with the John Clare Centre in Helpston?

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