Yesterday was very special – all the more so because it was all unexpected.  Arry Nessa, who originally came to the Different Moons project as a volunteer, is now an important member of our team. Last week Arry went with Maryam Golubeva, the paper-cut artist who has made such a contribution to the Different Moons exhibition, to an…

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After the Different Moons exhibition being open for best part of a week, we’re preparing for the Bazaar on Saturday (22nd), again at the Whitaker in Rawtenstall.  Look out for Asian crafts, and henna-painting, live music, bookstalls, saree stalls and Asian food. We’ll also have, later in the day, live music from Chris Davies and…

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I’ve been extremely impressed by the process of preparing to include a poem in a paper-cut  art work being created by Maryam Golubeva for the Different Moons exhibition.  We’ve taken part of a poem written by Samina Raffat Hussain. Six couplets from a poem called ‘Moon and Glass Bangle’. As Shamshad Khan describes it “it…

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We – Shamshad Khan, Habiba Shenza, and myself – are working really hard at the moment to get all of the elements of Different Moons in place now we know that we have the funding for the project. This is exacerbated by the fact I’m going off for holiday tomorrow. Shamshad is urgently setting up workshop groups;…

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We can announce that we’ve been awarded a Heritage Lottery Fund grant towards the Different Moons project. A total of almost £70,000 over two years to further the pilot work we’ve been undertaking since Spring 2013. We’re delighted! With the first deadline being the exhibition, opening on November 15th, at the Whitaker Museum & Gallery…

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