Arts&Heritage

A&H is pleased to present Reactivating Sounds of Blackness, a sound piece created by Vanley Burke and Gary Stewart, in collaboration with Red Earth Collective. This piece was originally commissioned as part of A&H's Meeting Point programme, with community interest company Museum X. Originally shown at Handsworth Park, Birmingham in 2023, this podcast features the artwork itself, followed by a discussion with Vanley Burke and Gary Stewart.

Kamel Saeed, an emerging UK-based Iraqi creative, presents a fascinating audio journey of discovery into the creatives that once called the Iraqi capital home. This new podcast series is being exclusively launched as part of Liverpool Arab Arts Festival 2021. With guests including artists, writers and scholars, Saeed offers listeners a glimpse into an extraordinarily rich period of world history by exploring the lives of just a few of the creatives that have played a part in the story of Baghdad – and continue to do so to this day. Production & Mentoring by Kate Stoddart, supported by Arts Council England

Kamel Saeed, an emerging UK-based Iraqi creative, presents a fascinating audio journey of discovery into the creatives that once called the Iraqi capital home. This new podcast series is being exclusively launched as part of Liverpool Arab Arts Festival 2021. With guests including artists, writers and scholars, Saeed offers listeners a glimpse into an extraordinarily rich period of world history by exploring the lives of just a few of the creatives that have played a part in the story of Baghdad – and continue to do so to this day. Production & Mentoring by Kate Stoddart, supported by Arts Council England

Kamel Saeed, an emerging UK-based Iraqi creative, presents a fascinating audio journey of discovery into the creatives that once called the Iraqi capital home. This new podcast series is being exclusively launched as part of Liverpool Arab Arts Festival 2021. With guests including artists, writers and scholars, Saeed offers listeners a glimpse into an extraordinarily rich period of world history by exploring the lives of just a few of the creatives that have played a part in the story of Baghdad – and continue to do so to this day. Production & Mentoring by Kate Stoddart, supported by Arts Council England

10 Years of Arts&Heritage: Hosted by Senior National Curator of the National Trust and A&H Board member, Lucy Porten in conversation with co-founders of A&H, Judith King and Timandra Nichols. They reflect on the early years of their relationship, going back 25 years, as well as the origins of A&H and its vision to bring contemporary art into heritage spaces.

Travelling Queer People’s History Show: Hosted by Arts&Heritage's Senior Curator, Andrea Hawkins in conversation with creative producer, E-J Scott, and performance artiste, Bird la Bird. The Travelling Queer People’s History Show reveals and explores the lives of queer people absent or erased from dominant historical narratives.

‘Recreation Ground' is the third episode of the Desire Lines podcasts, a series of audio collages based on Crow Park in Keswick. These podcasts share research from Desire Lines, an art project led by artist Rebecca Beinart that engages with communities around Crow Park, hosted by the National Trust. The project explores the connections humans have with the natural world, and how a relationship with a local green space can open up global questions - including conservation, climate change, ecology and access. In Episode 3 we’ll hear about Crow Park as a space for leisure, play and imagination. Join Maurice, Jamie, Mary, Duncan, Suzi, Monique and children from St Herbert’s Primary School, to hear about changing uses and views of the landscape. They’ll take us from the birth of the picturesque movement and beginnings of tourism, to how a traveling theatre found a permanent home by the lakeshore, and other stories that spring from Crow Park. Thanks for joining us for this A&H Podcast. This podcast was edited and produced by R L Wilson. Recordings were made by Rebecca Beinart and RL Wilson. Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the project so far, and Jessie Binns and the North and West National Trust team for their support. Desired Lines is a Trust New Art project developed and programmed by National Trust, supported using public funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England and produced with support from Arts&Heritage.

'Knowing the Landscape' is the second episode of the Desire Lines podcasts, a series of audio collages based on Crow Park in Keswick. These podcasts share research from Desire Lines, an art project led by artist Rebecca Beinart that engages with communities around Crow Park, hosted by the National Trust. The project explores the connections humans have with the natural world, and how a relationship with a local green space can open up global questions - including conservation, climate change, ecology and access. Part two explores different ways of knowing and understanding the landscape. We’ll hear about industrial history, intelligent sheep, what plant can tell us, soil compaction, and walking as a way of knowing the fells. In this episode you’ll hear from Maurice, Joe, Roy, Penny, Gillian, Dave and pupils from St Herbert’s Primary School. This podcast was edited and produced by R L Wilson. Recordings were made by Rebecca Beinart and RL Wilson. Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the project so far, and Jessie Binns and the North and West National Trust team for their support. The Desire Lines project is part of Trust New Art, the National Trust’s programme of contemporary arts, supported using public funding by Arts Council England and produced with support from Arts&Heritage.

Arts&Heritage is excited to launch the Desire Lines podcasts, a series of audio collages based on Crow Park in Keswick. These podcasts share research from Desire Lines, an art project led by artist Rebecca Beinart that engages with communities around Crow Park, hosted by the National Trust. The project explores the connections humans have with the natural world, and how a relationship with a local green space can open up global questions - including conservation, climate change, ecology and access. In part one, join Maurice, Jessie, Roy and Livi, Morwenna and Geeta to delve into deep, slippery time - mixing up the past, present and future. You’ll hear snippets of conversation about the history of Borrowdale from the beginning of time, geology as time travel, changing landscapes and people’s visions of a future which does not yet exist. This podcast was edited and produced by RL Wilson. Recordings were made by Rebecca Beinart and RL Wilson. Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the project so far, and Jessie Binns and the North and West National Trust team for their support. Desired Lines is a Trust New Art project developed and programmed by National Trust, supported using public funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England and produced with support from Arts&Heritage.

What is Home is an artwork produced by Kashif Nadim Chaudry at National Trust, Croome. This is the culmination of 10 years of relationship building with the ex-pupils, through work on the boys’ school annual reunion, coupled with five years of learning from the Croome Redefined project. The historic use of Croome Court and the stories of the boys whose lives became shaped by their experience here, offers the Trust a unique opportunity to be part of an important national debate around care. Creative Partnerships Manager at Croome, Rachel Sharpe, Chaudry and A&H's Kiki Claxton discuss working with young people currently in the care system and the projects inter-generational approach to the artwork and how that culminated in a two part exhibition at Croome. Generously supported by funding from Art Fund.