Finding inspiration with Esmee Fairbairn
Last weeek a couple of us went to London to visit the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation - one of the organisations that financially supports the Finding Maindee project.
From Summer Hill to Fair Oaks
Dilip Sinha recently started his New Paths project '2016 Maindee Photographic Survey'. It is the intention of this introductory blog to contextualise Dilip's project by giving some background information and inspirations to this project.
Thousand Voices Project & Job Opportunity in Maindee
We are pleased that CHER (Community House Eton Road) has recently been awarded a 2 year grant of £55,900 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to support for their 'A Thousand Voices' project. A part-time project co-ordinator role is currently being...
Maindee Photographic Survey
Dilip Sinha will be taking photographic portraits of local residents, pedestrians and the wider community of the Victoria Ward.
Celebrating Maindee Mosaics on September 15
Artist Steph Roberts has been working with people to create mosaics which respond to the patterns on the pavements, bridges, roofs and the walls of Maindee. On the evening of Thursday 15 September you are invited to come along to Maindee Library and find out how these...
Using Augmented Reality to Find Maindee
We're working with Andy O'Rourke at Malarky Arts to try out Augmented Reality. Andy's work is centred on the stories from the customers at Sammy's Barbershop on Church Road. We would love you to check out what has been created and help us to refine the model.
Poems by Susan Lewis
After attending an embroidery session with the Coffee and Laughs group at Community House on Eton road. I met Susan Lewis who is a poet. She shared 2 poems that she has written during sessions with Artist Marion Cheung who has been developing a Maindee tapestry over...
Newport Legends found in Maindee
Across the next twelve months, four ‘Legend Maker’ groups will create a performance of a legendary Newport story, and one of these projects will be based in Maindee!
Sound is alive in Maindee, can you hear it?
The sounds alive mission is to build an informal and fun gathering of local music makers, creatives and the acoustically inquisitive.
Newport Senegambian Association New Paths Project
Here we find out how the group organised drumming and music sessions at the library during June and how they produced over 30 costumes and took part in the Maindee Festival on Saturday 9th July 2016.
A knitting group visits the Maindee Stories project
We had visitors today from Magor Baptist Church – a group of knitters and crafters (Knit & Natter) that meet up every week. Photos by Jo Sutton
Help RawFfest GŵylGrai Festival Succeed in Newport
RawFfest GŵylGrai takes place between 18 and 21 August and is centred on The Riverfront in Newport.