BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6893@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220629T172000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220629T183000 DTSTAMP:20220624T144412Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/open-eye-gallery-online-whose-hi gh-street-is-it/ SUMMARY:Open Eye Gallery: Open Eye Gallery: Online: Whose High Street Is It ? DESCRIPTION:Whose High Street is it?\n\nDiscussion on how to unlock the cre ative futures of North West town centres.\n\nBOOK HERE - FREE\n\nOur High Streets are transforming\, what is creativity’s role in this change? Thi s panel discussion will address this question bringing together voices beh ind cultural action in our town centres.\n\nThe High Street is a place for connection\; to meet with others\, dress up\, celebrate individuality and feel part of the historical and cultural heritage of the town. As centres grapple with societal change\, like the rise of online shopping\, and the aftermath of lockdown\, there is increasing interest in the role of arts\ , culture and design working with communities to redefine our civic spaces .\n\nFind out more about the speakers below:\n\nWayne Hemingway MBE\, Hemi ngway Design. Wayne Hemingway MBE co-founded HemingwayDesign with his wife Gerardine in 1981 Their first success was in founding the iconic Red or D ead brand .Since then it has grown to become an award-winning multi- disci plinary design studio with a portfolio of successful projects that travers es disciplines and sectors\, and with clients including international bran ds and household names as well as numerous towns\, cities and places acros s the UK.\n\nThe company has helped to redesign the Dreamland pleasure par k in Margate\, advised House of Lords select committees\, publicly shamed the house building industry then demonstrated (by master planning and desi gning an award-winning housing scheme in Gateshead) that a better way is p ossible\, co-designed a new uniform for Transport for London\, rebranded F TSE 100 companies and thrown a 24 hour non-stop multi-arts festival for 30 \,000 revellers on a sandy beach in Suffolk. It has formed new creative co mmunities in Blackburn and Bognor Regis\, reimagined heritage buildings in Portsmouth\, Preston and Plymouth\, and influenced the urban fabric of Bo urnemouth\, Dartford\, King's Lynn\, Maidenhead\, Manchester and Whitehave n\, all with great acclaim.\n\nNeil Harris\, Business Manager for culture\ , arts &\; heritage\, Wigan Council. Neil has over 25 years’ experie nce working across cultural organisation and public sector delivery at a n ational and local level\, specialising in the development of cross-sector partnerships and policy development\, with a particular interest in co-com missioned approaches to cultural development.\n\nSimon Boase\, Cultural Pr ogramme Manager\, Historic England. Simon Boase is an arts and culture pr ofessional specialising in facilitating community-led local arts activity. At Historic England\, he manages High Streets Heritage Action Zones’ Cu ltural Programme\, the biggest community-led arts and heritage programme i n England’s public realm. The High Streets Cultural Programme is funding over 60 local grants schemes which will take place from 2020-2024 in tand em with national commissions working across art forms to connect and celeb rate high streets. Historic England is the public body that helps people c are for\, enjoy and celebrate England’s spectacular historic environment .\n\nCasey Orr\, award winning photographer and artist.\n\nCasey Orr is a photographer and artist. Since 2013 she has travelled throughout the UK wi th her award winning photographic portrait studio Saturday Girl. In towns and cities on Saturday afternoons all fashionable folks are invited to be photographed. The series explores identity and self expression through fas hion and portraiture. In 2024 the portraits will be part of an important n ational body of work developed across England with Open Eye Gallery\n\nThe panel will be moderated by James Lawler\, curator and events organiser w orking behind the Saturday Girl About Town project. James works alongside Martin Green as one half of DuoVision whose main aim is to highlight under valued artists\, older artists &\; LGBTQ+ artists. They successfully ra n The Gallery Liverpool where they showcased work by Jarvis Cocker\, desig ner Pam Hogg\, Caroline Coon &\; Marc Almond. They have recently curate d exhibitions in London\, Paris\, Belfast &\; Stoke-on-Trent.\n\nThis i s a free panel discussion taking place on Zoom. Make sure to RSVP your onl ine tickets.\n\nImage © Casey Orr\, on set of Saturday Girl. 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