As part of her commission, Storylines: Remembering Roads to Healing, artist Gemma Garwood will be delivering and hosting a series of workshops and events for communities in Tendring. She will be using folk lore, practice, art and knowledge as a tool to build connections, honour traditions and imagine healing futures for Tendring folk from working class and Pavee/Irish traveller/Romani backgrounds.

Seasonal Storytelling Zine Workshop

Wed 21 Jan 3-5pm at The Nose, Walton on the Naze
Wed 4 Feb 3-5pm at Harwich Arts and Heritage Centre

Join Gemma Garwood from the East Anglian Folklore Centre for this free, drop-in Zine Making workshop. With gentle guidance and some carefully curated prompts from local folklore and rural/hedgerow knowledge we will take the opportunity to gather together our own stories and recollections. Using found and recycled materials we’ll create our own beautiful zines to celebrate the stories we want to tell and the seasonal knowledge we want to share.

Suitable for all ages. All welcome. Free, drop in (no booking required)

Strawcraft Workshop

Sat 14 Feb 11am-1pm at The Nose, Walton on the Naze
Sat 21 Feb 11am-1pm at Harwich Arts and Heritage Centre

Delivered by Lucy Hook-Child (@corndollyfolklore)

Join us as we learn how to make a classic Countryman’s Favour to give to our sweethearts, or keep close to our own hearts! We will provide an opportunity to have a go at a classic working-class heritage craft and reflect on the folklore behind these customs and the state of our seasonal relationships with the land, past and present.

Free. All Welcome. Working Class and Pavee/Irish traveller/Romani participants especially encouraged.

• Venue: The Nose, 28 Newgate Street, Walton on the Naze, Essex Co14 8AL
• Website: https://thenose.org/

• Venue: Harwich Arts Centre, Main Road , Harwich, United Kingdom, CO12 4AJ
• On Facebook: www.facebook.com/HarwichArtsandHeritageCentre