As part of LANDING, three days of cultural activity taking place at The Battery in Morecambe, in collaboration with We Live Here, there will be two workshops on offer for all to enjoy.
Unearth
LANDING Hub
Friday 28 June, 3.30pm
Artist Elizabeth Clough will be running a workshop that explores our connections to nature through the unassuming material world of Morecambe Bay. Sculpt a Lugworm cast, make drawings inspired by sensory experience and experiment with plaster casting in wet sand, then share your creations in our pop-up Museum of Nature and Us. Suitable for everyone from 8 years upwards, under 16s must be accompanied by an adult). The first session at 3.30pm requires booking here, with the second session open to people on the day.
The Embassy of Nowhere
LANDING Hub
Sunday 30 June, 10.30am-1pm
Artist, Alex McLean from Zuppa theatre company based in Canada is partnering with Lancaster Arts on a project called This is Nowhere, which will take place in Morecambe in 2025. At the end of the 16th century, the cartographer Abraham Ortelius made a map of Utopia and referred to an imagined, perfect society. Utopia literally translates as ‘no place’ or ‘nowhere’. What does it mean to imagine such a place? How does it relate to the real world through which we move?
The Embassy of Nowhere is a place to map and document the ways we find meaning in our natural and built environments. On large maps of Morecambe, participants will draw, record and share your own impressions and stories of what this place means to you. No booking required. No booking required.