Caitlin Howells Community Arts

23/05/2024

I am so loving working on this intergenerational project with Suffolk Artlink

The Beech House Bakers get rolling with lumps of clay whilst the children rock up at Halesworth and District Museum, to research all manner of things related to football - and one or two that aren't.

24/01/2024

What a wonderful way to spend a windy cold January afternoon,
I am loving working/playing on the Extra Time intergenerational project
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/jEq4yELoLzh5WtEL/?mibextid=WC7FNe

14/12/2023

The Extra Time intergenerational project in Lowestoft has been an absolute pleasure to work on,
Excited to see what next term brings.
Check out the little video in the link below it’s gorgeous
Suffolk Artlink
https://www.suffolkartlink.org.uk/news/celebrating-the-extra-time-champions/?fbclid=IwAR2U-cnEPKKd3rcu74B6TgkT5YwlRuMX76RsSVebaf7pp-pA3HrhfQkhDag_aem_AU2W_tggdAjRUoS2BARRUqHRUcpyweuC9rmEu1tiSs8b8eFewJfGBxrbXfgNfcrvdnY

With gold medallions, Christmas cards and cupcakes the size of puddings, the Roman Hill Football Club children and Britten Court Angels celebrate all their marvellous Extra Time achievements.

15/03/2023

Beautiful mixed media portraits by the artists from Brave Art Bury St Edmunds this week

https://www.facebook.com/100067391080378/posts/553628926893472/?extid=0&d=n

05/04/2022

I’ve loved working on this project with The brilliant poet Dean Parkin, the amazing Candida Wingate and a wonderful bunch of young people and elders from Oulton Broad
https://www.facebook.com/1586389014983926/posts/3279015722387905/?vh=e&extid=0&d=n

18/11/2021

Yesterday was of those days where “the magic” happened!
I can’t put it into words, words are insufficient, but it happens in creative sessions sometimes and you can feel it in the air

‘These sessions are helping us learn more about each other – we may all live here, but we wouldn’t hear these stories if we weren’t in this room together now, doing this session together like this.’ So said one of the Hildesley residents, as the group busied themselves printing headlines w...

15/11/2021

The utopia project was the highlight of my lockdown. Amazing what is possible working at a distance. So grateful to work with such inspiring artists x

22/10/2021

What a joy to be back working face to face on the “Special Delivery” intergenerational project in Lowestoft

Who would think we could go from this … … to this? or from this … to this …? Photographs of the participants were printed onto sheets of acetate and then used as a template to draw round and decorate. These drawings, complete with embellishments of colourful lighting gels, phrases, names and...

02/05/2021

A glorious day of open ended child led family playfulness around the theme of lines at the Sainsbury Centre, collaborating with artist Sorrel Muggridge

07/04/2021

A simple but oh so satisfying activity for a cold day when you want to be indoors

In my last Create activity, I suggested making outdoor shadow drawings but not everybody wants to be outdoors at this time of year, so here’s an indoor version you can do at home.

18/03/2021

Fancy something creative to do with the family, involving indoors and outdoors, inspired by Grayson Perry?

Here’s a link to a family activity session video made with me, artist Anna Brass and Rachel Anstey Saunders for the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts

Join artists Anna Brass and Caitlin Howells, and Children and Families manager Rach. Together, we will learn how to make dough using material from the very ...

01/12/2020

More intergenerational distanced loveliness with “Special Delivery” and Suffolk Artlink
https://www.suffolkartlink.org.uk/news/
This project has been fantastic, can’t believe it’s the last session tomorrow

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