LYNN SETTERINGTON
This talk by Lynn Setterington was about workshops she has carried out and how art and design can become a way of communicating with people whose first language is not English.
The project she had done was called Hulme Sweet Hulme. Lynn got this initial idea from an exhibition she had seen in Whitechapel Gallery of quilts made in Bangladesh.
The project she had done was called Hulme Sweet Hulme. Lynn got this initial idea from an exhibition she had seen in Whitechapel Gallery of quilts made in Bangladesh.
(Image above) Notes from the talk.
In this project Lynn worked with different people from Hulme, South Manchester. The groups ranged from ESOL students (adults whose first language wasn't English) to local children from Aquarius Centre's after school clubs. For this project the students worked with stitching techniques and map ideas. It was seen that the ESOL students mainly made maps of where they came from and other students made maps of UK and added places they knew.
During this talk I did feel demotivated in the middle because it was just speaking and listening and there was no activity within this period but when Lynn started speaking about quilt making I was automatically drawn back into the talk because my grandma (born and raised in Bangladesh) used to make quilts for people in Bangladesh and still makes them now even after moving to England. My grandma once made me a quilt and I can remember helping her with the stitching. So I really enjoyed the segment about quilt making and using it asa way of communication for those whose first language isn't English.
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