Creative Activists
Using ART, CREATIVE WRITING AND PERFORMANCE TO UNCOVER HIDDEN HOLOCAUST STORIES
Join our exciting Creative Activists project and help us develop an original performance for Holocaust Memorial Day 2023. It’s a great opportunity to meet new people, work with professional artists and learn new skills, whilst exploring lesser-heard stories from the museum collection.
We are exploring how the Holocaust continues to affect people today, and the different ways in which people remember, whether it’s through writing, baking, performance, or textiles.
Here is a video that the Creative Activists have done last year for Holocaust Memorial Day 2022:
We are now looking for new people to join the project as we work towards a special performance for HMD 2023.
The meetings are informal, with tea, coffee and a welcoming, relaxed atmosphere. No previous experience necessary, we are looking for enthusiastic people, aged 16-30, who can commit to two or more sessions at the museum.
If you’d like to know more about the project please e-mail dara@manchesterjewishmuseum.com
Here is what we’ve planned:
Wednesday, 14/09/2022, 4pm-6pm
Introduction to the project, and workshop with artist Len Grant, exploring telling stories through photography
Wednesday 28/09/2022, 4pm-6pm
A creative writing/visual arts workshop with MJM curator, Alex Cropper, exploring the stories in the museum’s collection
Sunday 2/10/2022, 11am-3pm
Story collection workshop, using interview techniques to find lesser heard stories
Wednesday 12/10/2022, 4pm-6pm
Creative writing workshop with artist Becky Prestwich
Monday 24/10/2022, 4pm-6pm
Planning the final event for Holocaust Memorial Day 2023
Wednesday, 2/11/2022, 4pm-6pm
Early run-through of script, testing staging and setting
Sunday 13/11/2022, 11am-3pm
Zine workshop to create a zine-style brochure to be distributed at the final event in January, including stories and original work
Wednesday 23/11/2022, 4pm-6pm
Performance rehearsal & set, costume, and music creation
Sunday 11/12/2022, 11am-3pm
Workshop with Laura Nathan, a Manchester-based textile artist
Wednesday 04/01/2023, 4pm-6pm
Wednesday 11/02/2023, 4pm-6pm
Wednesday 18/01/2023, 4pm-6pm
Wednesday 25/01/2023, 4pm-6pm
Rehearsals for the final event
Thursday – Sunday 26-29/01/2023
Holocaust Memorial Day 2023 – final event
