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Parliamentary Outreach
Rachel Gadsden has been appointed as the first
professional artist to work with Parliamentary Outreach
on the Breaking Barriers Commission and Exhibition with Rethink.
Rachel will be working on the on the 'Breaking Barriers' exhibition
programme due to open at Southend Discovery Museum on 6 June 2009. In
conjuction with Parliamentary Outreach and national charity Rethink,
Rachel will create a community work of art created alongside audiences
with, or in recovery from, severe mental illness.
Looking at how people have engaged with Parliament in the past and how you can engage now, Rachel and 30 members of Rethink will look at suffrage in Essex and consider how it is relevant to them today.
"I am delighted to be playing a role in this innovative project. I am particularly excited to be working with members of Rethink and individuals from communities in Essex and be able to consider the suffrage movement in Essex and how people can engage with Parliament today. I am looking forward to creating artworks which link the historical battle for enfranchisement with its contemporary significance." - Rachel Gadsden
For further
information on the Breaking Barriers project click the link below to take
you to the Parliamentary Outreach Website and the second and third link
to hear the podcast and see additional pictures from the Breaking Barriers
Project:
http://news.parliament.uk/2009/03/award-winning-artist-to-work-with-parliamentary-outreach/
http://www.parliament.uk/about/podcasts/breakingbarriers.cfm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/uk_parliament/sets/72157618776701371/
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