There’s suddenly a real sense of urgency – it’s not long now before the exhibition opens. I’m working on making the four lanterns (above) for the Fountain Room. Shamshad is collating all the written work that has been produced during the various workshops in Haslingden – in English, Urdu and Bengali; Habiba is working on…

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Preparing the artwork that’s going to make up the Different Moons exhibition at the Whitaker (which opens in just over months time) is now everyone’s priority. A lot of this is simply designing the information boards and the graphic displays along with the catalogue. But there’s also a more creative side to it. The poems written by…

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Arry Nessa with Maryam Golubeva’s paper-cut ‘storytelling carpet’. The open day on Sunday at the Boo (our base in Waterfoot, Rossendale) attracted over 150 visitors, and among the many things going on was an exhibition about the Different Moons project – with the highlight probably being the work-in-progress on the fountain.  There was a lot…

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