Creative Change combines collaborative making activities with nurturing conversation to create a safe space for reflection.
Our approach stems from the idea, shared by Professor David Gauntlett in his book Making is Connecting that the thoughtful, physical process of making something means that: "an individual is given the opportunity to reflect, and to make their thoughts, feelings or experiences manifest and tangible. This unusual experience gets the brain firing in different ways, and can generate insights which would most likely not have emerged through directed conversation."
The project is a collaboration between House of Cultural Curiosity and The Craftimation Factory and is funded by the National Lottery Awards for All and the Chalk Cliff Trust.
Our approach stems from the idea, shared by Professor David Gauntlett in his book Making is Connecting that the thoughtful, physical process of making something means that: "an individual is given the opportunity to reflect, and to make their thoughts, feelings or experiences manifest and tangible. This unusual experience gets the brain firing in different ways, and can generate insights which would most likely not have emerged through directed conversation."
The project is a collaboration between House of Cultural Curiosity and The Craftimation Factory and is funded by the National Lottery Awards for All and the Chalk Cliff Trust.
Because we knew we were in uncharted territory we began by having conversations with people who might be interested in taking part to find out what they needed and wanted. A key part of any Creative Change project is to create a safe place for reflection, and due to COVID-19 the need for this became much more in the foreground and even more poignant. It also emerged that physicality would be important to maintain in our new, suddenly digital worlds and so worked to make sure we all had a connection with physical materials and each other via artworks throughout the project. Explore our artworks for more detail on how.
The project is a collaboration between House of Cultural Curiosity and The Craftimation Factory and is funded by the National Lottery Awards for All and the Chalk Cliff Trust.
The project is a collaboration between House of Cultural Curiosity and The Craftimation Factory and is funded by the National Lottery Awards for All and the Chalk Cliff Trust.