www.stradbrokemonthly.co.uk
March 2021
No.470
Get Involved! Make, Do & Friends... What’s your view of Stradbroke? A local arts charity is inviting Stradbroke residents to contribute to poems about the village – by picking a picture and then having a chat on the phone with a poet. The home page of the Stradbroke Village Archive (http://stradbrokearchive.org.uk/) features a map of the village, stuck with numerous pins; each pin represents an image or document relating to that particular spot. Residents are asked to click on these pins to view the images and select the one that appeals to them most; it may be a spot they know, or a memory it evokes or it may be just because it’s pretty and makes them feel happy. That image provides the focus for a chat with poet and performer, Arji Manuelpillai; he will telephone the resident and, in talking about the image, gather different views of Stradbroke, from which he will create a series of poems.
It is hoped that the poems, along with copies of the images, may be displayed in the library café for people to enjoy, once we’re all able to start meeting up again. They will also be posted to the Make, Do & Friends blog site at https://www.makedoandfriends.co.uk/ Make, Do & Friends is a creative programme, intended for older people (55+) living in rural areas of Suffolk and run by Suffolk Artlink. Anyone wishing to take part should first contact either Candida or Carrie (details below) who will be responsible for setting up the phone calls and generally making sure that all you have to do is enjoy taking part. If you would like to take part, but don’t use the internet, please call us and we’ll see what we can do to include you in the project. Participation is free, and places are limited, so please contact us as soon as you can, so that Arji can get in touch and start painting a picture of Stradbroke in poetry. Candida – candida@suffolkartlink.org.uk Telephone 07857 002974 Carrie – carrie@suffolkartlink.org.uk Telephone 01986 87395
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