BTCOTC FREE ILLUSTRATION WORKSHOP

Fashioning our History

Create an Illustration inspired by your own mixed race / multicultural family or take inspiration from historic families in Brent!

The Library at Willesden Green

THE WORKSHOP Are you fascinated by your own or Brent’s mixed-race or multicultural family history? Are you a Brent resident or have links to the area? Are you interested in fashion illustration or observational drawing? Then our ILLUSTRATION workshop is the one for you!In this practical workshop, you will bring a photograph or personal possession from your family archive - or be inspired by the many colourful stories we have unearthed during research for the BTCOTC project – to use as a starting point point to create your own illustration and/or collage about the life and times of your family members or historical figures. With help from local artist Warren Reilly, you will use the image of your family member/historical figure, or the object that represents their life and identity, as a visual reference to draw from. We will discuss various options in the workshop that you could use to create your artwork, including continuous line drawing and mark making in conjunction with layering using photocopies and secondary resources from magazines and newspapers. By the end of the workshop, you will have either an illustration, collage or mixed media artwork that is designed to celebrate Brent’s mixed race and multicultural history.Art materials, fabrics and research resources will be provided, but these may be limited so we also encourage you to bring your own! Printing costs are also free of charge during this workshop, kindly sponsored by The Library at Willesden Green.If you want to produce an illustration of someone in your family, you must bring an original or photographic reproduction of:Family Photographs and Albums Personal Possessions Items of Jewellery Items of Clothing (scarves, hats, occasion wear)Articles from Newspapers, Magazines or JournalsOfficial Documents/ Files Furniture, Ornaments, Paintings or other Heirlooms.You do not have to be from a mixed-race family to take part in our event! If you would like to produce a mood board based on one of the figures from mixed race and multicultural families we have been researching during By The Cut of Their Cloth then you can participate in the project using them as inspiration. You might wish to look at well-known Brent figures, such as Zadie Smith, or those from lesser-known Brent stories, such as Ram Singh Nehra and his wife Myfanwy and Princess Omdutel Aurau Begum buried at Paddington Cemetery. We can provide a list of choices and resources if this is the case – email us before the workshop via BTCOTCproject@yahoo.com for more information. * Covid-19 NOTIFICATION FROM WILLESDEN GREEN LIBRARY *We look forward to welcoming you into the library/gallery/museum for our first in person event! In order to help prevent the spread of Covid-19 in the community we kindly ask that you take the following precautions:· Take a rapid lateral flow test within 24 hours prior to attending the event and do not attend if the result is positive. Find out where to get a test kit here· Following government guidelines, wear a mask inside our building unless exempt. · Use the free hand sanitiser available on entry to the building and wash your hands regularly· Limit close contact with others where possible· Do not attend the event if you feel unwell· Follow government guidance on when to self-isolate and take a PCR test if you have any symptoms of Covid-19· Numbers may be limited You may be asked by a member of staff to wait if the space is at capacityCONSENTAny member of the public who wishes to contribute to our workshop will need to complete our open day consent form so we can make sure that the information you have shared with the BTCOTC team can safely be included in the digital exhibition at The Mixed Museum or in our archive collections. You may do this before, during or after the workshop takes place using the form which we will send out to you prior to the event. We are happy to answer any questions about how your material and personal details will be used, either in person or by email via BTCOTCproject@yahoo.com. You can complete the consent form by following this link &gt; https://forms.gle/fvsCKbrSTkZwbZpM6 THE PROJECT Part of the #BeingBrent programme, ‘By The Cut Of Their Cloth’ (BTCOTC) is a collaborative project between Brent artist and designer Warren Reilly from Fashioning our History (www.brentfashioningourhistory.com) and The Mixed Museum (www.mixedmuseum.org.uk). Our project aims to explore and preserve Brent’s rich multicultural and mixed race history, and we are particularly interested in how fashion can help us understand and display hidden or overlooked histories. By inviting Brent residents to participate in sharing family histories and creative workshops, we hope that the stories uncovered by and created for the project will contribute to existing archival collections – such as that held by The Mixed Museum and Brent Museum and Archives – for future generations to study and enjoy. Connect with our project online via social media @foh.brent &amp; @themixedmuseum and via our websites, https://mixedmuseum.org.uk/btcotcproject/ - https://brentfashioningourhistory.com/BTCOTC - You can read more about the project, and the Being Brent programme, here: https://aim-museums.co.uk/brent-brent-museum-archives-awards-grants-12-organisations-heritage-wellbeing-fund/ This workshop is Hosted by: Fashioning Our History and The Mixed Museum as part of Being Brent, Funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, supported by Brent Museum and Archives.

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