Forward Footing - A Postcard from London Road

Carole Miles and Jo Dacombe went for a walk along London Road in Stoke-on-Trent as their of their Forward Footing project. The walk took place on the afternoon of Tuesday 14 April, and was called A Postcard from London Road. 

For this walk we teamed up with another artist, Dan Thompson who has spent a year exploring London Road and is writing a book based on his discoveries, you can read about the walk, see what we did and who we met on our blog here.

We also have some other dates shaping up including NW Leicestershire, keep checking this page for the full list of dates and updates.

If you would like to come on a walk or need more information, please email us at milesanddacombe@virginmedia.com

Images from the walks are now being collated on our gallery Flickr page. 

Bedford Happy Postcard

Bedford Happy is a town-wide artwork by Dan Thompson, in Bedford, December 2013-March 2014

I had the pleasure of meeting Dan briefly in the Transported Art Pop-up Shop in Boston and as I have been Artist in Residence at Priory Lower School, Bedford for about 8 years now, love mail art and postcard projects I thought this would be another mini project I could contribute to! It made me happy!

The postcards will be on display in the Bedford Happy research lab during Coffee With Art at Bedford Creative Arts on Saturday 29th March.

Here are some other events you can participate in via Bedford happy

"There is a chance to nab some Free fudge! Will you find a yellow ticket, hidden around Bedford town centre on Saturday 29th March?

Bring a book, take a book, stop for a coffee. The Bedford Happy pop up library is at Coffee With Art for one day, Saturday 29th March.

Music makes people happy. Dancing makes people happy. Eating makes people happy. So to end Bedford Happy, we're borrowing the West Indian Social & Cultural Society. Bring down your favourite record, and we'll play it on the club's sound system. We'll provide traditional West Indian fried chicken and dumplings too. See you there, with your 7"s."

You can find out all the things that makes Bedford Happy on their Facebook Page - looks like it's going to be a fabulous day!