‘There Is No New Water’: Hands-On Making Day for Plymouth Art Weekender

We are preparing for a community meal with a difference! Help us prep the Toolkit for Ocean Citizen Action for the Plymouth Art Weekender
About this Event

We are preparing for a community meal with a difference! Come be part of the Toolkit for Ocean Citizen Action for the Plymouth Art Weekender (on October 17th) by joining us for this making day in preparation on the 26th of September at Sherwell Church.

Join artists Owen Griffiths, Anne-Marie Culhane and the team to make props, pose questions, and help co-curate the event. This is a hands-on creative workshop where we will be crafting, planning, and preparing to share the journey of the project and our ideas with a wider audience. We’ll explore and reference the keywords, themes, maps, the non-human inhabitants of the Sound that we have been learning about, and all the ideas we’ve explored to make a series of visual decorations and art pieces as part of the community meal in October.

Even if you haven’t been to many, or any, sessions before, come and join us to be part of the Art Weekender discussion and meal!

Event Details:

• Date: 26th September
• Time: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM (Drop-in session)
• Location: Sherwell Church, Plymouth
• Refreshments: Refreshments and materials provided.

Timing & Structure: Starting at 11:00 AM, we’ll begin with discussing projects, themes, and ideas before going into making. Making projects will begin early—we hope to see you there! Please arrive early on in the session  if you want to get into making something to allow enough time.

This session is part of an on-going enquiry with Owen Griffiths as part of There is No New Water – Toolkit for Ocean Citizen Action. This 12-month project invites local people to explore what the ocean means to them, reflect on their role as coastal citizens, and co-create a community-led artwork/toolkit focused on ocean justice, care, and climate action.

All sessions are free and open to anyone based in Plymouth who is passionate about Ocean Civic Justice and happy to spend time in the East End.

Ocean Cultures is a two-year programme funded by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, aiming to establish a community-led model for ocean climate justice in Plymouth, UK.