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Cordial Workshop, 18th July from 1 - 3pm with Deb

Cordial Workshop, 18th July from 1 - 3pm with Deb Jackson and @msdmeanar.

It may be a surprise to discover that many of the flowers and plants that we either think of as pretty and ornamental or just ignore and pull up as weeds are actually little powerhouses of flavour, nutrition and healing.

Our neighbours will go on a journey to get to know our plant allies. Discover edible flowers and make delicious cordial; explore herbs that heal and make infused oils and healing balms; learn how to dry plants and work with them to make nourishing teas and incense.

Dreaming of an Artist’s Residency! ✨✨✨✨

Dreaming of an Artist’s Residency!
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With @theportlandinnprojectcic and @potteriesmuseum
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TODAY! At @potteriesmuseum - some tickets still available. Entrance is thru the cafe. There will be drinks, crisps & Air Con!

(Swipe for @theportlandinnprojectcic current Artist Gardener in Residence @msdmeanar with her Gary Numan car diffuser, on her way to check on the plants in this heat 🌱💚)

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About the Event:
What is the dream artist residency for Stoke?
Anna Francis and Rebecca Davies from The Portland Inn Project with Ben Miller from The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery will host a conversation for artists, creative practitioners and researchers to ask this question.
With both The Portland Inn Project and The Potteries Museum and Art gallery undertaking building development projects currently, including dedicated artist residency space within the plans, now is the perfect time to dream together about what makes a good artist residency. Anna and Rebecca will draw on over 20 years experience of programming and taking part in artist’s residencies, and share plans for the Artist residency rooms within the PIP building and Ben Miller will share the museum’s architectural plans, and potential within the Artist Residency Studio under development, before we open up to explore together what artists need and want from a residency programme in the city. Eventbrite link 🔗 in our BIO!

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If you are an artist with experience of artist residencies, or a creative person who would love to do one, this event will be for you.
This event is part of the Museum’s Friday Twilight Series

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Where: The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery Spitfire Café (come to the café entrance on Bethesda Street, beside the Spitfire Gallery)

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When: Friday, 26th June, 6.30pm – 8.30pm

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What to Expect: Sharing stories and experience, discussion and dreaming together, drinks and snacks

Video:
Rebecca and Anna created this video during the final leg of a month long residency @scottishsculptureworkshop - after spending a very long time making pots and the organisation’s first ever draft of our Mission, Vision and Values, VERY SRSLY, we did this silly video.

The sun is shining on everyone this week, Here's w

The sun is shining on everyone this week, Here's what's on over the next fortnight at PIP! ☀️ Please note: we have cancelled our activity today, Tuesday 23rd June (Youth Club and Gardening Club) due to the hot weather.

You can get your free ticket to the PIP and @potteriesmuseum event 'Dreaming of an Artist Residency' by clicking the link in our bio.

This week:

⛹️‍♀️ Tuesday 23rd June
🕓 4.00–5.30pm
Youth Club at The Pippin (Cancelled)

🌱 Tuesday 23rd June
🕓 4.00–5.30pm
Gardening Club at The Pippin (Cancelled)

🎨 Friday 26th June
🕑 6.30 - 8.30pm
Dreaming of an Artist Residency Event at PMAG

🏀 Saturday 27th June
🕒 3.00–4.30pm
Sports at the Park

Next week:

⛹️‍♀️ Tuesday 30th June
🕓 4.00–5.30pm
Youth Club at The Pippin

🧘‍♀️ Tuesday 30th June
🕓 5.30 - 6.30pm
Yoga with ESPI at Festival Park

🌱 Saturday 4th July
🕓 1 - 3pm
Gardening Club at The Pippin

🏀 Saturday 4th July
🕒 3.00–4.30pm
Sports at the Park

🚶‍♀️Saturday 4th July
🕖 6.30am
S.M.U.T Walking Group at The Pippin

Have a lovely week in the sunshine but please stay safe. Be sure to keep hydrated, find shade when you can and top up on the sun cream.

#whatsoninstoke #stoke #artevent

Most people will now know the enormous job we had

Most people will now know the enormous job we had to underpin the building as part of the building project which meant digging right down to create some extra foundations to ensure the building will be solid for the next one hundred years.
We found some lovely yellow clay under the building which has been used to make the tiles for our bathrooms and we also found this erratic.

An erratic is a large rock or boulder that differs completely in composition and type from the local bedrock it rests upon. Named from the Latin word errare (to wander), they are “out of place” because they were transported from elsewhere, usually by ancient, moving glaciers.

Erratics act as natural geological breadcrumbs. Because they often contain distinctive rock types, geographers can trace them back to their exact source origin. This allows scientists to map the flow paths of past ice sheets, determine the maximum extent of ancient glaciers, and study how the landscape changed over time.

We would like to know more about our erratic and wonder if we know any geologists that could help us? We are also interested to hear what people think we should do with the erratic. What do you think? #geology #erratic #glacialmovement #geologist