Dovecot Multi Activity Centre: Dovecot Dream Keeping Society Workshops

Dovecot Multi Activity Centre: Dovecot Dream Keeping Society Workshops

When

6.2.25    
14:00 - 17:00

Event Type

Dovecot and Knotty Ash residents are being invited to share their dreams to help shape a special festival commissioned by Liverpool City Council as part of its Creative Neighbourhoods Programme.

The Dovecot Dreamkeeping Society, an artistic residency led by artist Izzie Major is a fictional organisation dedicated to preserving the memories and dreams of the different generations of the Knotty Ash and Dovecot Park area.

Memories and dreams will be gathered, discussed and interpreted through a series of creative workshops, community gatherings and pop-up public events, the first of which takes place at Dovecot Multi-Activity Centre on Friday 24 January 2pm-5pm.

6 weekly creative community workshops open to all ages begin the following week: Thursday’s 30th January – 6th March 4:30pm-6:30pm at Dovecot Multi-Activity Centre.

Creative research into dreams is ongoing throughout the residency, if you live in the Dovecot and Knotty Ash area and have a dream to share please email: izziedreamkeeping@gmail.com.

Using Surrealist art techniques such as collage creating, dream journals, automatic drawing and writing, the memories and dreams collected via creative community workshops will directly shape the devising process and immersive performance festival and celebration around Dovecot Parade in spring.

Commissioned by Liverpool City Council’s Culture Liverpool team as part of its Creative Neighborhoods programme and supported by the UK’s Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF), the residency will also be supported by a public art commission delivered by John Culshaw and funded by UKSPF and Councillor Harry Doyle’s Local Neighbourhood Fund.

Residents are invited to Dovecot Multi-Activity Centre on Friday 24 January between 2-5pm. All ages and abilities are welcome. It is a drop-in session so no need to book, just turn up.

If you can’t make the event, you can still share your dreams by sending them to izziedreamkeeping@gmail.com, or simply email to find out more about the project.

Keep up to date with the project by following @izziemajor and @dreamkeepingsociety on Instagram.