Don't Worry, Doll with Emma Cousin
Saturday 20th April 2019, 10am-12pm
Free, suitable for all ages

“In traditional and modern times, worry dolls are given or lent to brooding and sorrowful children. The child would be encouraged to tell their doll about their sorrows, fears and worries, then they would hide the doll under their pillow during the night. The child would literally sleep “over” the whole thing. In the morning, all sorrows are said to have been taken away by the worry doll.”

No matter how old you are, we all havefears and concerns which we would like to alleviate and find a solution to. Join artist Emma Cousin at Milton Keynes Arts Centre for a family-fun day of creative activities to make your very own worry dolls and discuss your worries whilst you make!

Create a hand-made doll from wire, wool and colourful pressed paper and textile materials. Taking care to confide in the doll with the support of your family and the workshop group, have a go at inventing your own traditions for expressing and overcoming your fears.

SIGMA SIGMA SIGMA IS AN EXHIBITION ACCOMPANIED BY A THREE-MONTH PROGRAMME OF EVENTS, LED BY ARTIST EMMA COUSIN FOR MILTON KEYNES ARTS CENTRE AS THE FOURTH INSTALMENT OF COMMON GROUND 2018–19.

Residency and workshops: 01 February – 27 April 2019
Exhibition: 06 – 27 April 2019
Free, everyone welcome

Common Ground is a 12 month season of four distinct projects, each presenting high quality and meaningful opportunities for engagement between a diverse spectrum of artists and communities living in Milton Keynes. Working with artists RARA (Youngsook Choi and Kirsti Davies), Tracing the Pathway, (Ashleigh Bowmott, Cara Davies and Tom Eke), Milo Mcloughlin-Greening and Emma Cousin, our projects see artists work directly with our communities to create new works and establish a connected programme of workshops, professional and artistic development, events, talks and exhibitions.