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Art Road Trip
The National Gallery’s travelling art studio is coming to Fenland & West Suffolk!
Location:
Wisbech & Mildenhall
Dates:
1 - 14th July
Admission:
Free
MarketPlace has partnered with The National Gallery for Art Road Trip as part of their 200th year celebrations. Together we have curated a two week creative programme designed to bring art and creativity to communities in Wisbech and Mildenhall. This July, we are welcoming an art studio across multiple locations in both towns, along with a range of free, open to all, hands on creative workshops.
The travelling studio will be stationed at various locations across Wisbech from 2-6 July and Mildenhall from 9-13 July, with free workshops and interactive activities for all. We’ll be encouraging everyone to get creative, inspired by the theme of ‘Look up and take to the skies’ in Mildenhall, and ‘More than meets the eye‘ in Wisbech. Two incredible artists from The National Gallery, Chioma Ince and Alex Bowie will be facilitating these sessions, exploring a variety of techniques and practices.
The Art Road Trip mobile studio will be at the following locations in Wisbech:
- 2nd – 3rd July: Outside the Oasis Centre (St Michael’s Ave, PE13 3NR) – drop in between 10-4
- 4th July: Peckover House (N Brink, PE13 1JR) – drop in between 10:30-4:30
- 5th – 6th July: Market Square (PE13 1DT) – drop in between 10-5
The Art Road Trip mobile studio will be at the following locations in Mildenhall:
- 9th July: Mildenhall Hub Plaza (Sheldrick Way, IP28 7JX) – Camera Obscura making drop-in workshops between 10-12 and 2-4
- 10th July: Mildenhall Lodge Care Home (St John’s Cl, IP28 7NX) – Zoom in and discover: expressive marks of Van Gogh drop-in workshops between 10.30-12 and 2-4
- 11th July: Mildenhall Hub Plaza (Sheldrick Way, IP28 7JX) – Life in the Sky: exploring with sculptural materials drop-in workshop between 10:30-12 and History of Cyanotypes: using the sky to make art workshop between 1-3:30
- 12th July: Mildenhall Museum (6 King St, IP28 7EX) – Sky Stories: concertina book drop-in workshop between 10:30-12.
- 13th July: Market Place (IP28 7EF) – World building in the wind: transforming the market square into a new imagined world all day drop-in between 10-4
Drop in workshops include making stories from the sky, exploring sculptural materials, printing with the sun and transforming the market square into a new imagined world. Mixed age groups welcome. Children must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
Community Workshops Throughout June
Wisbech:
We will be working with artist Ann Bellamy and using found pictures from local charity shops to explore the theme ‘More than meets the eye’. Ann will be working at Peckover House and across Wisbech before the Art Road Trip starts in July.
Mildenhall:
We will be running community creative writing workshops in June exploring the theme of ‘Look up and take to the skies’. The theme reflects Mildenhall’s celebration and commemoration of the 90th anniversary of the Great Air Race from Mildenhall to Melbourne in 1934. The writing that comes from these sessions will then be available to inspire anyone who joins us in July for Art Road Trip.
Later this year we will be exhibiting a series of the artworks across both towns, developed with the communities and with an accompanying guide. More details on the exhibition will be shared later this year.
People Involved
Chioma Ince
Chioma Ince is a London based British African and Caribbean Illustrator and Workshop Facilitator who's practice explores themes of politics, identity and narrative. She started her formal education in the arts at UAL Camberwell (2015-2016) then went on to specialise in illustration at Glasgow School of Art, graduating with a BA Hons in Communication Design. After graduating in 2019 her love for storytelling and narrative led her to complete an extensive two-year children’s publishing programme, Pathways (2019-21), run by Pop Up Projects and House of Illustration. Ince’s experience of facilitating and creating socially minded work that sparks conversation and engages with all ages has led her to work with: Penguin Random House, Action for Children, Fairtrade, London Wildlife Trust, The Survivor Arts Community, A Space, Iniva, Shelter Scotland, City Lions, Bad Form, Climate in Colour and the NHS Trust. All these collaborations have derived from a need to promote representation, inclusivity, and accessibility within the arts; whilst amplifying voices that are often silenced and erased.
Alex Bowie
Alex Bowie (she/her) is a Scottish visual artist with a background in socially engaged art projects, arts education and the therapeutic use of the arts within community, education and healthcare settings. She has worked in the UK and internationally. Alex’s practice stems from ongoing curiosity about the world, its people, shapes textures and patterns. Influenced by colour theory, crafts and collected stories from her travels; her work is colourful, playful and informed. She enjoys venturing into new creative processes including printmaking, textiles and co-designed public mural commissions. Before joining the Art Road Trip facilitation team she was the School Programme Manager at Dulwich Picture Gallery and has delivered creative projects and interventions for the Brixton Project, A New Direction, Create London, Place2Be, The Art Room, The Citizen's Theatre, The MacRobert Arts Centre and Glasgow Life amongst others.