Air We Share: creative workshop

Air We Share has been developed by the West Midlands Combined Authority. They are working with an artist and inviting local people in seven different places across the region to take part in a air quality data visualisation workshops. We are collaborating with with the West Midlands Combined Authority to bring Air We Share into our work on Dudley People’s School for Climate Justice. We are keen to explore ways in which this might lead to a longer term, community-led enquiry and action around air quality in the borough. (Dudley Council are in the process of updating their Air Quality Action Plan.)

The Air We Share creative workshop in Dudley will be led by artist, maker and designer Claire Witcomb. Claire trained as a sculptor and now works in schools, galleries, museums and with communities. There are spaces for 10 local people to take part, with an invitation to join an online co-design session in advance of the workshop.

The workshop will be focused on air quality and our local communities. The artwork created in the workshop will to raise awareness at pop up exhibitions around the West Midlands, including in Dudley. The aspiration is to invite curiosity through the artworks and encourage dialogue about the shared challenges we face as a region around poor air quality.

The workshop with Claire will take place on Wednesday 27 November on Dudley High Street. Traffic in Dudley can be slow in the early evening due to diversions and engineering works for the Metro. Please aim to arrive for 6.30pm, the workshop will start by 7pm.

We want to make Air We Share as inclusive and accessible as possible so please let us know when you book how you can be made to feel welcome. Unfortunately, our space on the High Street only has a toilet accessible by stairs. If this would make it difficult for you to join in, please let us know when you book and we will do our best to find another venue.

The images above are from work on air quality on Dudley High Street developed by students involved in an Extinction Rebellion Architecture Studio at Birmingham City University in collaboration with CoLab Dudley in 2022.

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