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Getting creative on the common
Published 30.06.2009 10:38
Year 5 pupils from Kenyngton Manor show off puppets they made during the project    Pupils get creative with their puppets made during the Creative Communities project    Pupils show the Mayor of Spelthorne work created throughout the project

Kenyngton Manor Primary School, A2Dominion Housing, and other local Sunbury residents have recently been involved in an innovative community arts project. Last week, Spelthorne’s Mayor Councillor Caroline Spencer came to the school to look at the work, together with members of the Sunbury community.

Among the pieces of artwork on view were an installation of the iconic Sunbury clock, puppets based on old Sunbury stories and recordings from older residents, about Sunbury past.

The project came about through Sunbury Common Creative Communities* who brought together people of different generations, through the arts, to explore their community. It asked such questions as:
  • What do people in Sunbury have in common?
  • What is our common ground?
  • Is there a common in Sunbury?
  • If we could create the common of our dreams, what would it be like?
  • What is your community like?
  • How are things changing?
Local residents got involved by joining in, sharing experiences and skills and inspiring artworks that describe the unique Sunbury community and its people.

Children, teachers and parents from Kenyngton Manor Primary School and older people from the Churchill Hall, A2Dominion Housing and Sunna Lodge as well as visitors to the Sunbury Library all got involved

Community Artist, Polly Beestone, leading on the project, said: “As a community artist I have really enjoyed working in Sunbury over the past few months with puppets, sculpture and installation. The work is a fusion of different art forms and I have loved coming up with new and exciting ways of bringing stories and ideas to life. It has been great to see everyone getting involved and lots of different generations represented.”

Councillor Denise Grant, Cabinet Member for Young People and Cultural Services said, “It is a great idea to bring the community together through art. This project was particularly good at involving all the generations who, whether their interest was art, music, performance or just good stories about living in Sunbury, were welcome and involved”.

For media contact call the communications team on 01784 446297/444260 or if you would like some more information about the Sunbury Common Creative Communities project then please contact Richard Jones the Arts and Young People Officer at Spelthorne Council on 01784 446453 or email leisure@spelthorne.gov.uk.