Whitworth Art Gallery. The content of the project posed questions about women’s identity within social and cultural constructs. Charlotte Newson facilitated the project over a period of six months, through workshops and photography. The group explored identity through gender, fantasy, aging, scarring and celebrities. Whitworth Gallery contacted The Pankhurst Centre with information about ‘Relocation’ a [...]
Charlotte Newson worked with Manchester Rape Crisis and Women’s Aid initially to facilitate women who have experienced domestic abuse and rape. A sad fact that emerged is most women are harmed by someone they know and often in their own home. The project began with a question – a technique she often employs which also [...]
In 2008 it was the NHS (National Health Service) 40 year celebration of its birth. Charlotte Newson was commissioned to design the costumes and float for 100 participants in Manchester’s Pride Parade, working with the LGBT community.Charlotte Newson themed the float on a giant silver birthday cake and designed nurse/doctor costumes that reflected the different [...]
“Frill of the Frock” was a giant 6 metre high frock. Charlotte Newson designed the frock and the participant’s costumes with an Opera-Diva theme. The designs, final products and workshops took approx 8 months to complete. On the day of the parade 80 – 100 participants from the LGBT community danced their way across Manchester [...]
As artist in Residence at the Pankhurst Centre, Manchester, Charlotte Newson worked over a 5 month period, with a culturally diverse, intergenerational women’s group. Charlotte Newson began by asking: “Who Are You?” © “When you put your head on your pillow do you become someone else?” © Each participant was given a pillow to work [...]
Euro pride was held in Manchester in 2003, an international Gay Pride festival. As creative director for ‘Six in the Village’ Charlotte Newson was responsible for designing the OFFICIAL PRIDE PARADE entry. Themed on the freedom flag, participant’s costumes matched the flags colour sections. For example Green – army (topical in terms of LGBT rights [...]
As Arts Manager for the ‘Engaging Newbold Arts programme’ by Guinness Trust Housing Charity (Newbold, Rochdale) and Rochdale SRB programme, Charlotte Newson role was to develop and implement a community involved programme that was intergenerational and multicultural. In response to this Charlotte Newson introduced a team of artists and arts companies, including Glass Eye Productions [...]
A sports and arts skateboard project based on Urban art forms, with young people. Workshop sessions over a 3 month period offered the young people an opportunity to design their own unique “Mug-shot” (the term for the design on the underside of a skateboard). When the project was complete the expectation was that the group [...]