Manchester Jewish Museum

In this session, we will be finalising the performance with actors and artist Becky Prestwich. There will be an opportunity to discuss set design, props and make any adjustments to the script.

In this session, we will be looking over the creative work, designs, and performances you have created so far for Holocaust Memorial Day and exploring the audience’s journey through the event. There will be a chance to talk through the ideas for the performance and setting and the exhibition planned for the weekend.

During this session we will be working with textiles to prepare all stage props and decorations we might need for the final event during Holocaust Memorial Day in January 2023. This workshop will be led by Laura Nathan, a Manchester-based textile artist. You can see examples of Laura's work below. We also encourage you to visit her Instagram profile, @leahgittel, for more inspiration!

During this session we will be rehearsing for our final performance during Holocaust Memorial Day in January 2023. We'll also be working on finishing all textile elements needed for the performance and any set dressing. No experience necessary, just bring yourself and an open mind!

During this session we will be creatine a zine-style brochure to be distributed at the final event in January, during Holocaust Memorial Day 2023. The zine will include the stories we've worked with so far, our own written pieces and other original work. Get ready for a crafty session! No experience necessary, just bring yourself and an open mind. 

During this session we will be practising the script we've worked on with a professional actor and any group members who will be performing during our final event for Holocaust Memorial Day in January 2023. We'll be testing the flow of the performance and looking for different ways of creative expression. No experience needed, just bring yourself and an open mind!

During this session we will be working on planning our final event during Holocaust Memorial Day in January 2023. We'll be exploring the stories that we'd like to share and thinking about how to creatively showcase them in the museum space. What is the message behind our event? What will be happening and where? This session will involve lots of brainstorming, so bring yourself and an open mind!

During our fourth session this autumn we will be working on creating some written content for the final performance during Holocaust Memorial Day. There will be a lot of creating writing activities, which will involve looking at how to creatively respond to the stories from our collection. 

This September we are resuming our Creative Activists project and are looking for enthusiastic, creative people, aged 16-30 to join us and work with us towards a special event for Holocaust Memorial Day 2023. During our third session this autumn we will be talking to some people with connections to stories in the museum collection. This will be a perfect chance for the group to try some interview techniques for gathering oral histories, and for to talk about how we want to share different stories at the Holocaust Memorial Day event in January. It will be a relaxed and informal session with hopefully a lot of nice chatting! 

The second meeting of our Creative Activists group. We are looking for enthusiastic, creative people, aged 16-30 to join us and work with us towards a special event for Holocaust Memorial Day 2023. It’s a great opportunity to meet new people, work with professional mentors and learn new skills, whilst exploring lesser-heard stories from the museum collection.

During our first session this autumn we will introduce the co-creation project and talk about the final event in January 2023. We will then be joined by Len Grant, a Manchester-based award-winning photographer and writer, who will share with us two interesting projects from his portfolio.