Holbeck’s theatre company Slung Low warmly invites you to join them for Flying High: Creating Flags of Awe & Wonder, a very special flag-making project for our times, which visually and colourfully captures and celebrates all that is AWE-some and WONDER-full about our Holbeck and South Leeds communities!

We are part of something much bigger than ourselves. The aim of this project is to create a collection of handmade silk pennant flags which will represent and celebrate the very human experience of awe, which is by far the least scientifically researched emotion, capturing images of the wonder-full and the awe-some which we find all around us every day, right on our doorsteps.

The project will explore all the ways we connect to awe and wonder: including by being outdoors in nature (a garden, a park, a local green space), connecting with other people (finding awe in the moral beauty, kindness and courage of others), in spirituality or our own religious practice, or through music. And these are just some examples!

With world leading outdoor arts organisation Kinetika, Slung Low will be inviting participants to bring their collective attention to everyday sources of awe and wonder, and to record the things they find awe-some and wonder-full around them, whether that’s by taking a photograph, writing some words, or a making a drawing, collage or sketch.

Working alongside locally-based artists as well as with Ali Pretty, lead artist and founder of Kinetika, the images and words created by workshop participants will be hand-painted onto silk pennant flags, using batik techniques. Don’t worry if you’ve never done anything like this before: no experience necessary!

By creating a series of vibrant and colourful flags in celebration of Holbeck and South Leeds, the project will make a community resource to be presented, displayed and enjoyed at outdoor events for years to come.

The creative workshop sessions are open to adults from across South Leeds, free to attend, and you can come along to as many of them as you would like. An introductory session will be held on Wednesday 13 May from 10:30am–3pm, with a free vegan lunch included!

Find out more about further workshops and creative sessions by visiting www.slunglow.org/flyinghigh

 

This post was written by Morveen Macbeth

Photo: Kinetik

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