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Introducing our new Studio Manager, Emily Davidson

Introducing our new Studio Manager, Emily Davidson-Brett! Emily will be leading the day-to-day running, development and delivery of the creative studio and workshop provision at PIP, with a particular focus on clay and ceramics. As the studio is currently in development as part of the capital project, a key focus of Emily’s role in the next few months will be to support the set-up of the space - establishing systems, processes and working practices that enable its safe, efficient and sustainable long-term operation.

Emily lives in Stoke and has just graduated from Clay College, based at Middleport. She says ‘Hi I’m Em! I’m so excited to be part of bringing art and creative fun to PIP! I am a ceramic artist and I love all things clay, I make pottery and also sculptural pieces but I want to make clay as accessible as possible so everyone can enjoy the squishy goodness and feel creative in their own way. I also love walking with my staffy and enjoying our parks and green spaces. I’m so happy to be part of this amazing project and looking forward to meeting everyone!’

A selection of photos from the last two weeks of o

A selection of photos from the last two weeks of our summer programme!
We had a brilliant summer gathering to end our programme this year and we wanted to thank all our neighbours, team, volunteers and the brilliant people and organisations who collaborated us this year.

Some of the activities you see pictured here are -
🥒 PIP Kitchen - a project led by chef and artist Alex Norcop
💨 PIP Air Lab - as part of our health research with neighbours, we embarked on ways to monitor air with Kavita Purohit
✨ Protecting our Green Space - a ceremony to celebrate and protect it with Deb Rogers and Deb Jackson
🌱 Cordial making with Deb Jackson
🌹 Plant Bingo! With music from Will and Loz 🌞
🍃 Paper making using the nettles Deb Rogers has collected from Gardening Club!
🚲 Bike Marking as part of our services day
👕 Swap Shop with Youth Voice Matters - our Youth Board

It’s our 6th year of The Portland Thinkbelt - our Summer Programme inspired by Cedric Prices’s Potteries Thinkbelt. We might just need to soon share again with you all why the Thinkbelt and the summer programme is important to us and how it came about!

Thank you @renton0 for the 📸

Good morning from everyone at PIP, here's you're w

Good morning from everyone at PIP, here's you're weekly update with the activities we have on over the next fortnight 🌞

This Week:

🤾🏾‍♂️ Tuesday 25th August
⏰ 4 - 5.30pm
📍 Youth Club at The Pippin

🌻 Saturday 29th August
⏰ 1 - 3pm
📍 Gardening Club at The Pippin

🏀 Saturday 29th August
⏰ 3 - 4.30pm
📍 Sports at The Park

Next Week:

🤾🏾‍♂️ Tuesday 1st September
⏰ 4 - 5.30pm
📍 Youth Club at The Pippin

🌻 Tuesday 1st September
⏰ 4 - 5.30pm
📍 Gardening Club at The Pippin

🪑 Tuesday 1st September
⏰ 6 - 9pm
📍 Upholstery Workshop at Acava

🏀 Saturday 5th September
⏰ 3 - 4.30pm
📍 Sports at The Park

We hope everyone has a wonderful week 🙂

Over the last month we have had two important visi

Over the last month we have had two important visits from @aceagrams - thank you to Sir Nicholas Serota (visiting at the end of July) and the ACE Capital team (visiting yesterday) for your support and encouragement of our organisation and building.

We really appreciate the opportunity to share our story and shed light on our neighbourhood context, as well as the learning journey we have been on with neighbours towards the retrofit of the old pub building to be a beautiful cultural and arts centre that represents the needs and desires of our neighbourhood.
We shared our decision making processes with neighbours, our inquiries into sustainable materials and the opportunities for creative projects in every nook and cranny of our future building!

#ProvingItsPossible

Thank you @aceagrams
And thank @renton0 for capturing 📸