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Susan Langford speaks at the Bolder and Wiser Conference 2009
Watch the talk Susan gave at this conference organised by Audiences London on UK Older People's Day 09. In "Who is teaching? Who is learning?", Susan Langford spoke about the benefits, challenges and inspiration of working in the arts with older people.
Magic Me participants on Sunrise Radio
On Saturday 8th August 2009, two Magic Me participants were interviewed by Sunrise Radio to discuss the impact and importance of intergenerational projects. Winnie Roach and Marium Uddin had collaborated together on the all women project Utopia, according to me and offered their accounts of what it was like to work together.
Utopia, according to me was the sixth collaborative project between Magic Me, Mulberry School for Girls and The Women's Library, throughout which a mixed group of women endeavoured to express what a perfect world might be like, through images and words.
Using The Women's Library collections as inspiration, the group decided to translate the images they had created into postcards to inspire others to work towards a better world. To inform this process the group sent out hundreds of postcards around the world asking others to share their visions of utopia. With the responses the group got, an eclectic installation was created and hung in the Libary's Reading Room for one month.
Listen to the Sunrise Radio Interview 1
Listen to the Sunrise Radio Interview 2
You can purchase a set of five posctards from our online shop for just £3.45 including postage and packaging.
Our Generations: Report on a three year programme of intergenerational arts projects in Tower Hamlets, East London (April 2006- June 2009) by Kathryn Gilfoy and Caoimhe McAvinchey:"The report is an interesting and lively resource for professionals interested in the fields of intergenerational work and community arts, as well as social cohesion and community capacity building," says Programme Manager Kathryn Gilfoy. "It gives a fascinating insight into this unique programme, which provided Magic Me with the opportunity to explore new models of intergenerational work and examine existing ones in depth."The report provides an overview of the programme followed by the findings of an independent evaluator, Dr Caoimhe McAvinchey, of Goldsmiths, University of London, who has assessed the programme throughout. She highlights the imperative to refine and develop new intergenerational practices to meet the needs of an ageing population and changing demographics.
Download the full report (file appx 2.5MB)
Download the report without images (file appx 540KB)
Report on a Programme of Continuing Professional Development and Good Practice 2006: Magic Me run a three year series of Continuing Professional Development training days and events, funded by the Arts Council England, for our freelance artists and for partners from other professions, such as teachers and activities organisers for older people. We shared the learning and questions that arose from these events with wider audiences. Each event was fully documented, and a report on the findings is now available.
To download a copy with pictures and illustrations (large file) click here
To download a copy with no pictures (smaller file) click here
International Conference Melbourne 2006:Connecting Intergenerational Communities Through Creative Exchange, 26th - 29th June 2006, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia with ICIP, the International Consortium for Intergenerational Programmes. Our Director Susan Langford wrote this personal report after participating in and presenting at the conference.
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Youth Action and Engagement: building intergenerational relationships: Case studies from The National Youth Agency, No.9 May 2008. Magic Me features in a National Youth Agency publication on building intergenerational relationships. Our five annual arts projects with The Women's Library and Mulberry School for Girls after-school programme are presented with many images of participants' work. Youth Action and Engagement is one of a series of case study sets aimed at youth workers and others keen to grow intergenerational initiatives.download now
My Voice is The Key To My Freedom, Magic Me Soundtracks Group 2007: Soundtracks was the fourth all women collaborative project designed and delivered by Magic Me, in partnership with The Women's Library, London Metropolitan University and Mulberry School for Girls. Working with three artists, over four months, the participants (aged between 15 and 84) explored their own sense of their voices, using women's voices from diaries in The Women's Library resources as an additional stimulus. The group created a sound piece entitled My Voice Is The Key To My Freedom launched at the fifth birthday party of The Women's Library in its current building.
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Britain's Everyday Heroes by Gordon Brown, Chapter 5 Susan Langford: Gordon Brown tells the stories of ordinary people whose willing commitment to a cause or a community has informed and inspired him.'This book is about people who have given me a fresh insight into the needs and aspirations of our country, what is great about it now and how it can become greater in the future' To download Chapter 5 featuring our Director Susan Langford please click here. |
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