Head inside Wash Your Words, with Library Manager Lois McWilliam and Ward Councillor, Cllr Alistair Humphreys, as they reveal their first impressions of the space, make book recommendations, and explore how the project connects to the natural world.

Wash Your Words is a collaborative project between LeftCoast, Blackpool Coastal Housing, and Blackpool Council that launched in 2022. You can find out more about the project on our social media or through our website http://www.leftcoast.org.uk

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Join the Wash Your Words hosts Catherine Peters and Jade Livesy, as they talk to the artists who have helped shaped the Wash Your Words creative programme.

Angelica Vanasse explores the different food projects that have been taking place - and gives her top tips for making the best American style pancakes.

Nathan Parker reflects on his time developing poems with young people who live in the local area and how the Workshop Wednesdays have evolved over the past two years of Wash Your Words.

Lisa Wigham take a look at her artistic practice and how she has taken the Wash Your Words group on a paper making journey.

Wash Your Words is a collaborative project between LeftCoast, Blackpool Coastal Housing, and Blackpool Council that launched in 2022. You can find out more about the project on our social media or through our website http://www.leftcoast.org.uk

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Join hosts Catherine Peters and Jade Livesey as they interview the National Gallery's artist educator Chloe Cooke and Sadegh Aleahmad.

Chloe and Sadegh will be heading to Blackpool in September on the National Gallery's Art Road Trip, to host a series of creative workshops, inspired by the flower paintings of Dutch painter, Rachel Ruysch (1664 – 1750).

They will be joined by artists Nerissa Cargill Thompson, Joseph Doubtfire, and Lizza Lane, and will be asking the question 'What does it mean to live a creative life?'

Visitors will be able to:

• Explore a botanical laboratory with handmade specimens
• Craft their own faux terrariums
• Create floral artworks in virtual reality
• Learn to make floral arrangements with symbolic meaning that speak a language of their own

The travelling art studio will pop up at various locations across Blackpool, inviting everyone to join in the fun. With sessions running from 10am and 3pm daily, there’s no need to book – simply drop in at any time and get involved! Free to everyone, all ages welcome.

Catch the National Gallery’s Art Road Trip at the following locations:

Sept 11: Wash Your Words (FY4 4TR)

Sept 12: @TheGrange (FY3 7RW)

Sept 13: Claremont Community Centre (FY1 2QJ)

Sept 14: St John’s Square with Abingdon Studios (FY1 1BP)

Sept 15: Tower Festival Headland (FY1 1NE)

Sept 18: Revoelution (FY1 4AU)

Sept 19: Louie Horrocks Park (FY4 1RB)

Sept 20: Bostonway Community Centre (FY4 4YQ)

Sept 21: Blackpool Central Library (FY1 1PX)

Find out more: https://leftcoast.org.uk/national-gallery-art-road-trip-blackpool-news/

Wash Your Words is a collaborative project between LeftCoast, Blackpool Coastal Housing, and Blackpool Council that launched in 2022. You can find out more about the project on our social media or through our website http://www.leftcoast.org.uk

Follow LeftCoast on Facebook, Instagram, and X: @LeftCoastUK