"Connected" - Community Art Project 2021
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Although we are unable to run our usual in-person events this year, the spirit of Buncrana's Amazing Grace Festival lives on in our 2021 community art project "Connected".
We invite individuals, families and groups to decorate and personalise squares of recycled fabric (to a standard size – see instructions below) and then drop them off to us by Friday 30 April. We will join them together to create patchwork wall-hangings.
The theme is being ‘Connected’ - celebrating our community and our relationships with one another even when we are unable to meet in person. This connection is symbolised by joining the individual pieces together into a completed artwork that we plan to hang in community spaces such as local nursing homes / care homes to bring a little joy.
See below for instructions, download the worksheet or watch our video here:
We invite individuals, families and groups to decorate and personalise squares of recycled fabric (to a standard size – see instructions below) and then drop them off to us by Friday 30 April. We will join them together to create patchwork wall-hangings.
The theme is being ‘Connected’ - celebrating our community and our relationships with one another even when we are unable to meet in person. This connection is symbolised by joining the individual pieces together into a completed artwork that we plan to hang in community spaces such as local nursing homes / care homes to bring a little joy.
See below for instructions, download the worksheet or watch our video here:
What to do:
NB. If you are unable to resource the project yourself, we will be able to provide fabric and other resources to help create the squares. If you need us to help, please message us on Facebook or email us – details below.
The Amazing Grace Festival (part of the Amazing Grace Initiative) would like to acknowledge the support of Donegal Country Council and the Department of Rural and Community Development through the Covid-19 Emergency Fund helping to promote wellbeing and connection in our community through creativity.
- Choose some fabric from home (e.g., old clothes, curtains, bedding, towels, etc.) that is no longer needed.
NB. If you are unable to resource the project yourself, we will be able to provide fabric and other resources to help create the squares. If you need us to help, please message us on Facebook or email us – details below.
- Cut fabric to size (we have provided instructions to make a template below – it is important we have all squares the same size)
- Personalise your square in any way you choose (sewing, embroidery, applique, fabric or acrylic paint, cross stitch, marker pens, etc.). The squares can contain patterns, images, decorations or words. Have fun and be creative! It is not a competition! Just make it positive!
- Drop off finished work to us by Friday 30th April through letter box at Amazing Grace Festival c/o The Exchange, Castle Avenue, Buncrana or post it to us. If you are unable to do this, please let us know by personal message on Facebook or by email at [email protected].
The Amazing Grace Festival (part of the Amazing Grace Initiative) would like to acknowledge the support of Donegal Country Council and the Department of Rural and Community Development through the Covid-19 Emergency Fund helping to promote wellbeing and connection in our community through creativity.