Heart of Glass (arts organisation in St Helens, UK public
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We dedicate this series of Conversations Over A Brew to getting behind the scenes of Strong Women; a public art project highlighting the untold stories of local women, created by mosaic artist Carrie Reichardt, in collaboration with communities in St Helens and Knowsley. Over the next four episodes we’ll explore a number of different aspects of thi…
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For this episode of Conversations Over A Brew, we spotlight Textbook; a project which reimagines the future of schools, by giving us the space to dream of alternative approaches to learning together. Artist Sarah Bailey developed Textbook in collaboration with teachers and for this conversation is joined by Danielle Lewis-Egonu, one of the teachers…
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Conversations Over a Brew is back! Join Youngsook Choi and Radha D’Souza, Frances Disley and Sean Roy Parker, and Lucy Powell and Fiona Whelan for three special in depth episodes exploring Care and the Commons the theme for our With For About conference (2023). In this episode we are joined by Radha D’Souza and Yougsook Choi. Radha is a writer, sch…
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Conversations Over a Brew is back! Join Youngsook Choi and Radha D’Souza, Frances Disley and Sean Roy Parker, and Lucy Powell and Fiona Whelan for three special in depth episodes exploring Care and the Commons the theme of our With For About conference (2023). In this episode we hear from Dr Fiona Whelan and artist Lucy Powell. Both Fiona and Lucy …
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Conversations Over a Brew is back! Join Youngsook Choi and Radha D’Souza, Frances Disley and Sean Roy Parker, and Lucy Powell and Fiona Whelan for three special in depth episodes exploring Care and the Commons the theme for our With For About conference (2023). In this episode, we hear from artists Frances Disley and Sean Roy Parker, both of whom l…
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In this episode, we hear from Amina Atiq and Fox Irving about their experience of Women Working Class. ---------- Amina is a Yemini-Scouse poet and performance artist whose work explores the identity and experience of the Yemini diaspora living in Liverpool. Amina is also an award-winning community activist and anti-racism campaigner and they are a…
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In this episode Caroline Smith meets up with Sandy Grierson for a brew and a chat about their experience of making Running On Fumes together. Through their warm conversation, the pair explore the context that the Running On Fumes film occupies and the transformative effect of making art together. ---------- Sandy is a young person living and studyi…
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In this episode Angela Samata meets with Mark Storor to chat about his recent work with Heart of Glass and why creativity is an essential part of an authentic human experience. -------------- Mark is an artist who specialises in platforming the voices of those we all too rarely choose to hear. He usually works over several years to create extraordi…
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In this episode we hear from Lou Chapelle and Hugh Wareing. The pair met on a beautiful summer's day last year to reflect upon their work together as part of the You Make Me Feel Good project, which Lou developed in response to the isolating effects of lockdown. ------------------- Lou is a cross-disciplinary artist who works in collaboration with …
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For our third episode of season two, we hear from Amy Pennington and Pippa Sterk. Amy is an artist whose work is founded upon collaboration with others. They use humour to connect human experiences and socio-political issues. -------------------- Last year, Heart Of Glass commissioned Amy to create Queer Treatment, an online workshop to explore que…
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For the second episode in our new series of Conversations Over A Brew, we hear from Grace Collins and Kerry Morrison. Grace and Kerry first met during The Faculty North, an artist development programme produced by Heart of Glass and In-Situ. Grace was a participant on TFN programme, and Kerry was a facilitator. In this conversation, the pair muse o…
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An insightful chat (recorded over a brew) between artist Andy Field and Scarlett, a school girl from St Helens. The pair reflect on working together and wonder if children have super powers for imagining the future. -- In this first episode of our second season the focus is on children's perspectives, and the power and possibility they hold for rei…
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Covid-19, care, commoning and making work with communities - an intimate chat (recorded over a brew) between artists Kate Hodgson and Deirdre Nelson. --- Kate is a regular Heart of Glass collaborator, a St Helens based artist who works across the North West. Currently she is working with us on a zine project with young women in Parr (St Helens, UK)…
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Season 1, Episode 3 - Claire and Sheila on Art and Care An intimate chat (recorded over a brew) between artists Claire Weetman and Sheila Ghelani, both long term Heart of Glass collaborators. --- In their warm conversation the artists explore the parallels between their work and what it means to be an artist working in a community setting. They dis…
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In our second HoGcast episode, the focus is on art and work, explored through a really fascinating conversation between artist Michelle Browne and St Helens resident Gary Conley. --- Gary is an ex miner and a bit of an all around local legend and good egg here in St Helens, and Michelle is an interdisciplinary artist who we've had the good fortune …
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Our first 20 minute episode focuses on art and mental health. It features a fascinating conversation between artist / activist the vacuum cleaner (James Leadbitter) and Fox Irving, mental health nurse and artist (not necessarily in that order). --- Fox and James worked together on the Madlove Take Over, our arts festival which took place in Novembe…
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