This weekend I had the pleasure of hosting an art session at the opening of Stockport Stockroom, a new cultural centre and art hub in the city centre. It's a revitalisation of the library too.
Many of the locals I chatted too said it was much needed and very welcome. The revitalization of Stockport has been ongoing for the last few years, and they really know what they are doing by bringing a creative community space to the centre of the town, top work there.
The council kitted the space out with easels and paint pens, and within a few minutes of getting started folks were appearing, keen to get stuck and make marks.
The space was designed by Dave Sedgwick from StudioDBD, and reminded my very much of SeeSaw and HOME in Manchester.
When I'm in creative spaces like this I ask myself a question: would I get my sketch pad out here? If that's something I can do comfortably, without feeling odd of like I'm being watched, that that space passes the test. Moreso with something like my Surface, that I draw on all the time (my windows iPad - I'm not an apple person).
In other news I've also been invited to join the advisory board at GRIT (who recommended me for this gig - thanks guys). It's a bit of a humble brag, but I'm incredibly honoured to be asked as they go from strength to strength.
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