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THE 'PRINT PROJECT' HAS LEFT THE BUILDING
On the 31st of March 2024, seven years after we moved in to a damp and crumbling space in the Tower House, to open our community printmaking studio, we have moved out and closed the doors for the last time. While we were there, we made the space inviting and created a haven of printmaking, for the five thousand people who came to learn how to carve, etch, ink and print their own artwork. We would like to thank them for trusting us to teach them well, and for teaching us things too. We hope to find a new studio soon so that we can carry on printmaking. In the meantime, we will continue to work on an outreach basis. Our arts, media and heritage project OUR PLACE IN TIME is not affected.
TUDWICK FOUNDATION FUND US TO DELIVER OUR LAST ROAD TO RECOVERY OF THE YEAR
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Thanks to the Tudwick Foundation we are delighted to be running another of our unique Road to Recovery courses for people attending the Long Covid clinics in either Ipswich or Colchester, starting on Wednesday 6th December 2023. The course will run for six weeks with a break over the Christmas period, and finishes at the end of January 2024. Referrals to the course are only through your Long Covid clinician so ask them for information and a registration form.
"I really enjoyed the process of learning something new and our weekly printing sessions have boosted my mental wellbeing massively. Each week I took on something really, ambitious and feel so proud of my work. It has been a real safe space for me, and I have loved my time here. It gave me a sense of belonging again.”
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OFFICIAL UNVEILING OF THE
'OUR PLACE IN TIME' PROJECT
WALLHANGING
On Thursday 29th June, the Mayor and the High Sherriff of Suffolk were the distinguished guests in attendance at the official unveiling of this year's 'Our Place in Time' Wall-hanging. The event will take place in the Hold and the wall-hanging will remain on display for the general public until the Autumn, when it will then be archived in the Suffolk records office as an historical record of the views and opinions of young people here in Ipswich of the year 2022. We do hope you will visit the Hold and see the wall-hanging and enjoy the other displays that are on show there.
SUNSET to SUNRISE, AN EXHIBITION BY LORNA GOUGH, ONE OF OUR DIRECTORS, OPENS AT RIVERSIDE THEATRE
Lorna works in oils, watercolour and needlefelt as well as being a printmaker and costume designer! Her one woman show Sunset to Sunrise has just opened and is selling well, so we recommend a visit for your Christmas shopping before it closes on the 15th December. The Riverside Theatre is on the University of Ulster campus in Coleraine, Northern Ireland. Full details of opening times can be found here https://www.riversidetheatre.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/1532865/Riverside-Theatre-Autum-2023-pf5.pdf
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FREE PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP AT THE DUKE
On Saturday 6th June, Tower Street Print Project ran a free printmaking workshop for customers of the Duke of Marlborough Pub in Somersham, as a way of supporting another community business.
We set up a pop-up printshop in their restaurant and taught eight locals how to design and print a two colour linocut.
They thoroughly enjoyed the creative experience and were interested to find out about community businesses and how the can support each other.
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ROAD TO RECOVERY, 2023
We have been commissioned by the NHS through the East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation trust, (ESNEFT) to deliver two of our six week Road to Recovery Courses for Long Covid sufferers. The first course began on June 1st and the second will begin after the summer holidays in September. Road to Recovery is seen by the Long Covid Clinical Team, as a valuable way of helping sufferers to cope with their symptoms and to rebuild the confidence that many have lost due to this condition.