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May 2021
Tell it to the Bees with Pyn Stockman
Tell It To The Bees: is a playful earthy performance and event about loss and remembering, inspired by the old habit of telling the bee hive of death or an important life event. The event lasts just over an hour and will be a mix of live and pre recorded work and is aimed at an adult audience. It will end with a live section where you will be able to share a memory and celebrate someone you love if you wish…
Find out more »Memento Mori: Exploring Death & Dying Through Art
Artists have always explored death and dying through their art, producing both literal and metaphorical depictions of this universal human theme. Through guided looking, response and group discussion this workshop will use selected works from the Barber’s art collection to encourage reflection, questioning and conversation around death and dying. The workshop will be led by Jane Nicol, the Barber’s current Nurse in Residence and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Birmingham’s School of Nursing, and Jen Ridding, Head of…
Find out more »Memento Mori at the Barber Institute
Memento Mori: Exploring Death & Dying Through Art Friday 14 May, 10am – 12noon. Free; online via Zoom. Artists have always explored death and dying through their art, producing both literal and metaphorical depictions of this universal human theme. Through guided looking, response and group discussion this workshop will use selected works from the Barber’s art collection to encourage reflection, questioning and conversation around death and dying. The workshop will be led by Jane Nicol, the Barber’s current Nurse in…
Find out more »In Memoriam flag display and workshop in the new chapel garden at Warstone Lane Cemetery
The Jewellery Quarter Project Team are putting up an In Memoriam flag display in the new chapel garden at Warstone Lane Cemetery, with a chance to take part by bringing a flag you have made at home (instructions available here), making a flag on site (limited spaces due to social distancing), contribute the name of a loved one to the display or view the artwork. We’ll also be giving a sneak preview of our JQ Poppy Project community tapestry so…
Find out more »Grief Gathering
This Grief Gathering is a small, free group conversation led by BrumYODO and based on the model created by Fevered Sleep. People experience grief in many different ways and some people find it harder than others to express. Fevered Sleep describe a Grief Gathering as an ‘invitation to think, talk and learn about grief, whether you have experienced it or not’. It is not intended as a support or counselling group. This gathering will be hosted by BrumYODO members Alison…
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