Modern Nature Trail
An LGBQT+ heritage trail.
We are delighted to share our new audiotrail with you - exploring the creatives who lived, visited and worked in Smallhythe, Rye, Playden and across the marsh to Dungeness.
Creativity and Learning on the Marsh
We work closely with the community on Romney Marsh, delivering projects and workshops throughout the year.
We engage adults who have limited access to learning and childcare, offering workshops during school hours in central community locations.
All our workshops are free with all materials and tools provided. We use local resources that can be foraged or gleaned; willow, wool, hedgerow materials and rush.
Bringing local heritage crafts alive.
Heritage Lottery Fund Emergency Covid Fund - Signage Project
Thanks to Heritage Lottery Fund for their emergency Covid fund, we are investing in local artists and crafts people. Beth is a local Carpenter and trainee Bench Joiner, find out more about her here. Beth is producing four beautiful A frames to help us signpost our events when we are able to welcome people back to our projects.
Wool in Lockdown
Thanks to funding from Kent Community Foundation, we were able to combine online learning to deliver accessible, fun and practical skills to parents and carers.
Architecture
We worked with UCA Canterbury's MA Architecture students to imagine a Community Hub design for St Mary in the Marsh. A multipurpose space, low impact, responding to the local vernacular, history and landscape.
Schools
In 2018 we worked with a class of 34 primary school children, learning about willow. We talked about how people in the past might have used willow fish…as a toy for children to play with, as a good luck for fisherman in the town, as a decoration…
Heritage Lottery Fund Emergency Covid Fund - Looker Hut
In response to the need for a recovery strategy, Art in Romney Marsh has worked with a local joiner Beth Walker to restore the Looker hut located at St George’s churchyard in Ivychurch.
We maintained the original features, keeping the authentic local heritage that can be enjoyed by everyone that visits it.
SaLT Audio Trail 2019
The Audio trail offers local, heritage information about local cultural heritage; writers, artists, filmmakers, poets and composers.
Animation
In 2018 as part of our community learning programme, we collaborated with Screen South to create an animation featuring our needle felted owls.
See our film here