Jelly is Reading's award winning visual arts charity.
During lockdown we have been running an artist residency with 12 artists documenting their experiences, 12 Artists at Home.
As part of the funding we have been given the opportunity to produce a podcast, Jelly, Sound & Vision.
A series of relaxed chats with interesting people who happen to be creative and sometimes make art.
To help us to continue making our work and delivering our education programme you can always make a donation here:
https://www.justgiving.com/jellyartscentre
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This episode is a chat with artist Heather McAteer. Heather's research based practice explores social and cultural histories, and in particular issues of representation of identity, difference and dislocation. She employs a multidisciplinary approach stretching across installation, sculpture and drawing to express the unspoken or denied narrative.
Heather is an Associate Member of Open Hand Open Space and Jelly and is an exhibiting member of Reading Guild of Artists.
Instagram: heathermcateerart
www.heathermcateer.co.uk
We also want to say a huge THANK YOU to Culture Recovery Fund grants programme being administered by Arts Council England on behalf of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport for awarding us a grant to help us through this period of crazy times!
Arts Council England is the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Let’s Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. We invest public money from Government and The National Lottery to help support the sector and to deliver this vision. www.artscouncil.org.uk
Following the Covid-19 crisis, the Arts Council developed a £160 million Emergency Response Package, with nearly 90% coming from the National Lottery, for organisations and individuals needing support. We are also one of several bodies administering the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund and unprecedented support package of £1.57 billion for the culture and heritage sector. Find out more at www.artscouncil.org.uk/covid19
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