Celebrating Your Culture
Dagfest 2018
On a burning hot day in July 2018 we were at the Dagfest – Dagenham’s outdoor festival of circus, music, street theatre and dance. Having been commissioned to deliver ‘Create your own masterpiece’, we engaged festival goers on the subject of culture.
Dagenham housing estate wall was transformed into a temporary art gallery. People had proudly taken their photo with their pieces of art.
Liz, Maite, Neesha as well as two volunteers spoke to hundreds of residents about what they thought culture was about and how they could celebrate theirs by creating their very own pieces of art to take home.
The themes that came from ‘Celebrating Your Culture’ were similar, with participants using affirming words and images of their family and friends.
Getting stuck in from when we arrived, it was a busy day of work as we had to make a wonderful and inviting display to attract the crowds. Our project turned out to be so popular we had people queue 3 deep to take part. Situated in the red zone, we were busy all day from 12-4pm.
Finally, as we prepared to leave, a local young girl from a family with 8 children came over with a card!
It reads ‘you are so sweet and lovely xx’
Gallery
