Posts tagged Heritage
The Balance of Things – David Bethell
The Balance of Things – David Bethell

A temporary public sculpture by artist David Bethell, commissioned by Urban Wilderness CIC, exploring heritage, fragility and hope through precariously balanced architectural forms.

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2022, Industrial Heritage, Installation, Outdoor Arts, Placemaking, Public Art, Sculpture, Socially Engaged ArtJenny HarperDavid Bethell, Balance of Things, Longton, Public Art, Temporary Installation, Moony Club, Aynsley China, Heritage, Urban Wilderness CIC, Arts Council England, Sculpture, Regeneration, Place-making
Renewal – Anna Berry
Renewal – Anna Berry

A temporary public artwork by Anna Berry, commissioned by Urban Wilderness CIC, exploring resilience, heritage and renewal through a sculptural response to Longton’s urban buddleia.

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2022, Industrial Heritage, Installation, Outdoor Arts, Placemaking, Public Art, Sculpture, Socially Engaged ArtJenny HarperAnna Berry, Renewal, Longton, Public Art, Temporary Installation, Moony Club, Buddleia, Heritage, Urban Wilderness CIC, Arts Council England, Sculpture, Placemaking, Regeneration
The Moony Club
The Moony Club

A creative consultation in Longton that grew into public interventions, heritage-led activities and cultural programming — now continuing as a community-led CIC.

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2022, Collaboration, Community Engagement, Community-led, Consultation, Placemaking, Research & Development, Socially Engaged ArtJenny HarperMoony Club, Zazzer-Zuzz, Longton, Creative Consultation, Public Boards, Performative Encounters, Buggy Walks, Photo Walks, Central Methodist Church, Public Art, Arts Council England, Cultural Regeneration, Socially Engaged Practice, Urban Wilderness CIC, Heritage, Placemaking
Fawley Film - Chu-Li Shewring and Adam Gutch
Fawley Film - Chu-Li Shewring and Adam Gutch

A documentary film produced under Decommissioning the Twentieth Century, reflecting on the closure of Fawley Power Station and its impact on landscape, community and memory.

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2021, Collaboration, Community-led, Festival / Event, Heritage, Industrial Heritage, Research & Development, FilmJenny HarperFilm, Documentary, Power Station, Decommissioning, Fawley, Industrial Heritage, Community Memory, Landscape Change, Urban Wilderness CIC, Heritage, Environmental Justice
Decommissioning the Twentieth Century
Decommissioning the Twentieth Century

A major AHRC-funded research project led by Keele University in partnership with Urban Wilderness CIC, exploring how 20th-century industrial and energy infrastructure becomes heritage — and how communities can shape that process.

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2021, Artist Development, Collaboration, Community-led, Consultation, Research & Development, Heritage, Industrial HeritageJenny HarperIndustrial Heritage, Decommissioning, Heritage, Landscape Change, Energy Infrastructure, Community-led, Chatterley Whitfield, Fawley, West Burton, Blackstone Edge, Keele University, Urban Wilderness CIC
Towards an Urban Commons
Towards an Urban Commons

Towards an Urban Commons brought together academics, artists, activists and community organisations to explore how brownfield land could be reimagined as community-managed urban commons. The Urban Commons Network was established on 20 April 2020 to develop principles, frameworks and shared visions for future governance.

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2020, Collaboration, Community-led, Consultation, Research & Development, SymposiumJenny HarperUrban Commons, Brownfield Land, Community-led, Placemaking, Regeneration, Governance, Social Inclusion, Heritage, Research, Activism, Academics, Artists, Community Organisations, Keele University, Ben Anderson, Social Justice, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Reverberate – English Heritage
Reverberate – English Heritage

Urban Wilderness CIC delivered photo walks with CAFAG youth club as part of English Heritage’s national Reverberate programme, supporting young people to explore how heritage shapes their lives in the shadow of an abandoned coal mine.

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2020, Collaboration, Community-led, Photography, Workshop, Research & Development, ConsultationJenny HarperYoung People, Photography, Heritage, Coal Mining, Community-led, Wellbeing, Placemaking, Outdoor Arts, Youth Voice, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Mining Migrations
Mining Migrations

Mining Migrations was a collaboration between Urban Wilderness CIC, Keele University and Chatterley Whitfield Friends exploring hidden migration histories connected to Chatterley Whitfield Colliery. The exhibition was first presented at Chatterley Whitfield Nature Reserve during the Being Human Festival 2020.

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2020, Collaboration, Exhibition, Installation, Research & Development, Public ArtJenny HarperMigration, Heritage, Colliery, Industrial History, Community-led, Volunteers, Research, Exhibition, Wellbeing, Regeneration, Placemaking, Outdoor Arts, Chatterley Whitfield, Fegg Hayes, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Diverse Landscapes – Adina Lawrence
Diverse Landscapes – Adina Lawrence

Diverse Landscapes is a digital photography project by Adina Lawrence, exploring heritage and identity through outdoor portraiture in Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire. Models wore outfits reflecting their cultural backgrounds, colour-matched to natural surroundings and photographed with minimal processing to highlight authenticity and connection to place.

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2020, Artist Development, Collaboration, Outdoor Arts, Exhibition, PhotographyJenny HarperPhotography, Textiles, Heritage, Identity, Global Majority, Women, Community-led, Wellbeing, Joy, Urban Parks, Brownfield Land, Stoke-on-Trent, Hanley, Staffordshire