Ways Of Seeing | A Living Archive Of Expression & Wellbeing | 29th-31st August | The Unofficial Stretford Museum
Join artist Wingyu Yeung at The Unofficial Stretford Museum for Ways of Seeing, a free community art project.
From Stretford With Love Exhibition
From Stretford With Love Exhibition
STRETFORD TOWN CENTRE LAUNCHES PEOPLE POWERED POLAROID PROJECT
Stretford Town Centre and Bruntwood have launched a people-powered, immersive exhibition that documents a year in the life of Stretford. Made up entirely of Polaroids taken by the people of Stretford over the course of a year-long “photo-relay”, the exhibition is a love letter to the town from the people that live there and is curated by one of the country’s leading photographers, Simon Buckley of Not Quite Light.
In July 2021 members of the Stretford community, Simon and the Stretford Town Centre team embarked upon a journey to document a year in the life of Stretford, seen through the eyes of those who live in the town, using a simple Polaroid camera.
Simon worked with each resident to teach them how to capture the perfect photograph on the Polaroid camera which was gifted to the community by Bruntwood and Trafford Council. After the first session, the photographic relay began, and each week participants took their turn with the camera, capturing their own ‘photo diary’ of their life and town centre that week.
Each collection of photographs has been curated by Simon Buckley, and will be shown alongside a soundscape of voices from participants mixed with a specially created soundtrack of Stretford.
From “Stretford With Love” is free to view and will be on display to the public from 17th February at Stretford Public Hall. It will eventually live permanently at a location in Stretford Town Centre
Stretford Summer Trail | Win a family membership at The Northern Light Cinema
Our Stretford Summer Trail is here to keep the little ones entertained during the summer holidays. Complete the trail and enter the prize draw to win a whole year of family film nights at The Northern Light Cinema Streford.
M32 Magnet Mayhem | Drop In Play Sessions | 21st-24th August | The Unofficial Stretford Museum
Come along for a series of free drop-in sessions over the summer holidays, bringing a pop-up playhouse to the museum with a metric tonne of magnetic tiles for little ones to get creative with.