Storylines: Remembering Roads to Healing

An evening of gathering, sharing and shout-outs

Friday 20 November 7-9pm
East Anglian Folklore Centre, Harwich Arts & Heritage Centre

Join us for the launch of the Storylines Zine and to celebrate the diversity of the people and projects invested in the local community and creative scene.

Earlier this year Essex Cultural Diversity Project commissioned Gemma Garwood for a new creative health project to engage residents in Tendring. Gemma’s project, Storylines: Remembering Roads to Healing, harnessed 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 Romani/Pavee backgrounds.

Gemma and the East Anglian Folklore Centre invites you to this final sharing event to launch a new zine reflecting on her time with project participants, which maps sites of shared significance in the local area, offers an account of local shared memory and knowledge, and invites all to try out the uncovered healing and nourishing practices contained within its pages.

There will be mini-talks, storytelling, creative activities and shout-outs from those championing art, community and diversity across the Tendring district.

Food and inspiration provided.

• Venue:Harwich Arts & Heritage Centre, Main Road, Dovercourt, CO12 4AJ
• Booking essential: storylines-zine-launch.eventbrite.co.uk
• More about the East Anglian Folklore Centre: www.eastanglianfolklorecentre.co.uk

This event is part of ECDP’s Stand Up For Diversity series of events initiated in partnership with Essex Book Festival, which brings people together to champion diversity in the arts and in their communities. Storylines: Remembering Roads to Healing is made possible through a mini-commission from Essex Cultural Diversity Project supported by Arts Council England.