Sat 11 Sept
|Leeds
Gott’s Park Black history walk and creative workshop
Join Heritage Corner's Joe Williams as he delivers a bite sized Black History Walk in Gott's Park connecting industrial growth to untold histories of the African diaspora. Afterwards Garry Barker, Artist and Academic from Chapeltown, will lead a creative workshop responding to the walk.
Time & Location
11 Sept 2021, 10:15 – 13:30
Leeds, Armley Ridge Rd, Leeds LS12, UK
About The Event
Join Heritage Corner's Joe Williams as he delivers a bite sized Black History Walk in Gott's Park connecting industrial growth to untold histories of the African diaspora. This is a specially created walk for the Unseen Histories festival and will take us from the ground we stand on through 6000 years of black history.
Afterwards Garry Barker, Artist and Academic from Chapeltown, will be leading a creative workshop in two art forms responding to the walk. Firstly, Garry will show you how to use unconventional materials, such as coffee, sticks and spices, to capture interesting landscapes of the walk. Secondly, making collaged maps of new trade routes, where we collectively explore contemporary issues surrounding trade and the way people are used as commodities.
Please arrive at either 10:15 to meet on Stanningley Road (opposite KFC) or at 10:30 at the start of the walk, on Armley Ridge Road, opposite the…