Future Arts Centres will lead the programme, working with 60 arts centres and libraries, their communities and artists to create special cultural events, exhibitions and performances that are meaningful to people living in these places and across the UK.
Queen’s Hall Arts will work with the community linked to RAF Spadeadam, a military base on the Northumberland and Cumbria border.
We will commission an artist to deliver a series of workshops, using the poem Freedom Road by Simon Armitage as a starting point and asking people what freedom means to them.
Our Freedom: Then and Now
Our Freedom: Then and Now is a new UK-wide, locally-led arts and creative programme which will produce 60 new pieces of work reflecting on what ‘Our Freedom’ means to local people and their communities, following the 80th anniversary of VE/VJ Day.
Here's a video of award-winning poet, playwright, musician and novelist Simon Armitage performing his poem, Freedom Road…
The ideas for a final artwork will come from the communities and be shaped by the artist, honouring personal and shared histories through a contemporary lens. The work created will be informed by the location of the military base and the experiences of the people who live, work or a connected to it.
Watch this space for exciting updates and announcements!
The programme is delivered in partnership with Libraries Connected and Open Eye Gallery, supported using public funding by UK Government through Arts Council England.
