Uncovering Carlisle’s Textile Revolution: Distington School

Our banner suspended in Carlisle Library Our personal coats of arms displayed in Carlisle Library We all signed our names to go on the reverse of our banner As from the 24th September, our banner and our work forms part of an exhibition in Carlisle Library, celebrating the end of a year long project involving our school, Studio Arts and Creative Conversations groups from Prism Arts and Upperby Primary School. The exhibition continues until 6th January, 2020 and represents our creative response to our journey in learning about our local textile industry. The project was made possible by funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Jacqui Ridley Artist & Creative Practitioner jacquiridleyart.co.uk 07928444814

Chloe with Trade Triangle ship display On the 17th September, we went to Carlisle to meet with our friends in Creative Conversations again.  We practiced singing Poverty Poverty Knock and learned a new song to sing about working in the mines. The following day we all met at Whitehaven Library for our opening event at 1 o'clock.  Jac and Katie had set up two wonderful displays to show our fantastic work. We all sang our songs and got a loud round of applause!  We then had juice and biscuits and were able to talk to our friends and families about what we had produced for our exhibition. Well done everyone - all your hard work has paid off and your exhibition is just amazing!

Towards the end of term, we all worked hard on painting our banner and all the pieces that would come together for our exhibitions.