The Turnpike CIC
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The Turnpike CIC was a bold, independent not-for-profit arts project with community at its heart, based in Leigh, Greater Manchester.
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Witchin' // Stills from a commission me + Louise Fazackerley (s/her) are working on for Wigan Arts Festival. Loving every min of this. Couldn't ask for better inspo than These Lancashire women are witches in politics The Turnpike CIC. Big up Anna FC Smith + Helen Mather for letting us into their world
To celebrate 50 years of the Turnpike Centre, we're sharing some of our favourite photos from the archives. This interior shot is from 1982. Who remembers the water feature and plants? Image reproduced with kind permission from Archives: Wigan & Leigh
Friday Premiere!!!! Exhibit 1 from The Book of Witchin'. 10 x 1 minute films by me and Izzy Brittain inspired by 'These Lancashire Women Are Witches in Politics' The Turnpike CIC. 'We have lost our visionaries." Have we? Anna FC Smith Helen Mather Join us Sat 27 Nov for full film!
Witches After Dark 🕯 27th Nov 6-8pm Farewell party for These Lancashire Women are Witches In Politics and grand launch of Book Of Witchin’ by Izzy Brittain + Louise Fazackerley (s/her) tinyurl.com/witchesafterda… @wiganarts @helencmather @annafcsmith @carbonlands #Wanderland #witchesinpolitics
Here's a sneak peek of Book of Witchin' by @malishbell and Louise Fazackerley (s/her), launching at our 'Witches After Dark' exhibition farewell party on Sat 27th Nov from 6-8pm 🧙♀️ Book your free tickets here: tinyurl.com/witchesafterda… @helencmather @annafcsmith @wiganarts @carbon_landscape
Some exciting news from our friends at Fallen Angels 💜 👇
We are looking for young people from migrant backgrounds to join our research and creative project. Please share! AIU RACE Centre Women Asylum Seekers Together 🧡 RAPAR Support and Action For Women's Network-SAWN Culture Bridge Europia Arts & Culture Rethink Rebuild
Beautiful work from our collaborators at Bridge College 😊👋
Eight weeks of joyful collaboration with andeecollard and the loveliest young people from TrueColours Inc CIC. We’ve made whole new worlds, told some pretty incredible stories and done a whole lot of creative play. Going to miss the space we’ve created together a lot!
As we wrap up our #MakingofUs professional development programme for artists, we'd like to share 8 short films about the projects with you 🎬 tinyurl.com/3vhwpcps Thank you to Carl Davies for capturing them so beautifully 🙌