BeU Project: Storied Objects is exhibiting at The MAC!

Very excited to hear that Aime (The Rainbow Project) and Niamh (Belfast City Council) have secured an exhibition space at The MAC this coming Sunday (21st May 23). Niamh Kelly, Community Engagement Lead for Belfast City Council says:

“Storied Objects, A Conversation Café with The Rainbow Project BeU group

Come join us on Sunday 21st May, when Storied Objects will be at the table in The MAC.

Over 6 weeks, a group of trans and non-binary people were introduced to still life drawing, ceramics and decal printing. Each of them ran away with their creativity, mapping out a relationship between homely objects and the stories they tell.

The group explored in many forms – playing with clay, curating their own object scenes, collaborating in a zine and through an unexpected kiln malfunction.

The exhibition takes the form of a conversation café, where the participants will be there to celebrate and discuss their processes and their work over a cuppa at the table.”

So very proud of designing and facilitating this series, the verbal feedback from some of the participants really made the hard work worth it (and reminds me to ask Aime and Niamh for the official feedback!). But, I’m even more proud of the participants. To achieve what they have in a short space of time, most never having worked with clay before, and working with such a random brief, each and every person delivered beyond what I expected. They also dealt with a kiln malfunction in the most dignified way when I nearly had a breakdown when I opened it to find it had over-fired and melted the work! Everyone just ran with each session and it was such good fun; lots of belly laughs! Really looking forward to the group feeling some love this weekend.