WORK Projects:
selected artists
We’re pleased to announce the artists who will be working with us on WORK Records, a creative heritage project exploring historic working lives across the East Midlands.
Kate Anderson, Kim Noce, and Saul Pankhurst, will be working as part of “investigative” teams, alongside heritage curators, historians, artists, current and former workers and volunteers. They will be exploring the holdings of three heritage collections – Derbyshire Record Office, Corby Heritage Centre and John Smedley Archive – to discover what they can tell us about working lives at three family firms: John Smedley at Lea Mills, packaging firm Robinson and Sons in Chesterfield, and steel manufacturer Stewarts & Lloyds Ltd in Corby.
Also joining the WORK Records team are Vicky Washington (Project Manager), Stefan Ramsden (Historian), and Amanda King (Evaluator).
Follow this link to find out more about the artists and the WORK Records project.
Image: workers at the John Smedley knitting factory in Lea Bridge, Derbyshire, 1927, courtesy John Smedley Archive Charitable Trust
WORK Records is made possible with Heritage Fund support thanks to National Lottery players. The project is also supported by Arts Council England.
About The National Lottery Heritage Fund
The National Lottery Heritage Fund is the largest funder for the UK’s heritage. Using money raised by National Lottery players we support projects that connect people and communities to heritage. Our vision is for heritage to be valued, cared for and sustained for everyone, now and in the future. From historic buildings, our industrial legacy and the natural environment, to collections, traditions, stories and more. Heritage can be anything from the past that people value and want to pass on to future generations. We believe in the power of heritage to ignite the imagination, offer joy and inspiration, and to build pride in place and connection to the past.