A new community arts project funded by the Ramsgate Pride in Place: Bring it to Life Fund opens this Friday(May 1) at Arts in Ramsgate on the High Street.
Story Quilt is a one-hour audio installation woven from the voices, memories and stories of Ramsgate residents, collected over the past month at the AiR Friday drop-in sessions and out on the streets of the town.
Visitors to the free event, running from 4:30pm to 7pm on Friday, will find a warm, softly furnished space where they can sit and hear their town’s own voices played back to them — with humour, pride, grief and ordinary days. A voice recorder will be available on the day for anyone who wants to add their own story to the piece.
The project was developed by Jemma Cullen at Arts in Ramsgate, working with story producer James Harrup and Ramsgate Radio, whose team provided recording equipment and expertise throughout. The audio installation will also be broadcast and hosted online by Ramsgate Radio, making it available to listeners worldwide.
The project is rooted in the Ramsgate Vision Narrative – distilled from the voices of over 2,000 Ramsgate residents – with lines and phrases from that document used as storytelling prompts throughout the recording process.
Warm food from AiR board member Chef Gita Sahni – vegan dahl and Indian rice pudding – will be available from 4:30pm.
Portraits created to accompany the Quilt will be on display in AiR on the day.
Arts in Ramsgate is based in the High Street, Ramsgate.
Story Quilt is supported by the Ramsgate Pride in Place: Bring it to Life Fund.
For more information visit: artsinramsgate.com
