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10 Oct

Winter Gardens receives lifeline grant from government’s Cultural Recovery Fund

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Almost 450 heritage organisations in England, including Winter Gardens Blackpool have been awarded cash from the first round of the Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage. Grants of up to £1 million will deliver a lifeline for the heritage sector in England with further support to follow and larger grants for capital projects awarded through the Heritage Stimulus Fund This is the first major round of funding from the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund. The Winter Gardens Blackpool is one of 445 heritage organisations across the country set to receive a lifesaving financial boost from the government thanks to…

DIY: Live Art research & development workshop with José Oliva Garcia

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] White Vinegar (each day from 2pm & 4pm) Lancaster Arts invites you to a four day online workshop exploring what it means to clean, and to be clean in a post pandemic world. The White Vinegar Workshop revolves around a quote from leading New York Artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles; “After the revolution, who’s going to pick up the garbage on Monday morning?” We are inviting applications from artists, cleaners, writers, activists and others to observe and interrogate the iconic act of cleaning, revealing this as a sociopolitical action through performance art and self documentation. This workshop is open to…

My Favourite Things – preserve your lockdown learning in film

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‘My Favourite Things’ is an international film collaboration project aiming to capture what people might want to remember about recent events. Amidst the COVID-19 tragedy, it’s sometimes been difficult to see the positive as the country has gone through this unprecedented lock down period. The positive might include cleaner air, recognition for the medical and caring professions and the return of nature, in places. It’s been a time to reassess priorities, spend time with the family and rediscover old pastimes. Although predicted for decades, the virus managed to take the world by surprise, mighty governments behaving like rabbits caught in…