A Reflection of Folklore, Heritage & Identity | Zine Excerpt
Words by our Future Creative Leader, Lucia
Photos of the banners made by participants of Banners By the Folk in February 2024
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Read the rest of Lucia's reflections of Folklore, Heritage & Identity in the digital zine below.
Read each of our Future Creative Leaders' personal reflections on an aspect of the programme in the digital booklet below.
Sally Barton is a socially engaged artist. Originally from Sheffield, she is now based in East London and works out of OOF Gallery studios.
Her practice explores social, industrial and folk history, using both public and personal archives to explore the relationship between land, labour and gender. She grew up with trade unionist grandparents and learnt about the strike through bedtime stories. She reimagines these industrial histories as fairy tales, making miners into fairies. She works in photography, textiles, collage and sculpture.
Sally has recently completed a photography commission with English Heritage and Photoworks, exploring and capturing the Nine Ladies Stone Circle in Derbyshire. The commission will be exhibited with English Heritage from February 2025.
www.sally-barton.com | @bartonmade
ABOUT FUTURE CREATIVE LEADERS
Future Creative Leaders (FCL) is a 12-month paid programme offering young creatives from underrepresented backgrounds the opportunity to work closely with Lighthouse's leadership team to explore various aspects of creative leadership. Funded and supported by Art Fund’s ‘Reimagine Grants’ and Chalk Cliff Trust, over the year, participants will co-curate programmes, select participants for mini-residencies, and recruit their successors, all while exploring alternative governance structures, accountability, and power-sharing.
