It has taken me awhile to find time to edit the conversations I have been recording. But I have finally finished editing and putting online the first in my new series of creative conversations!
I start this new series by talking to Hannah Sofaer and Paul Crabtree at Portland Sculpture and Quarry Trust (PQST). They have established a great centre on Portland, a place for discovery & learning that brings together people from different backgrounds through the exchange of skills & knowledge.
Before you hear Hannah & Paul speaking I introduce this new series. It last for approx 7min and you can skip this part and jump straight to hearing Paul and Hannah. I just felt it was important to establish why I had started these conversations. You won’t hear me so much on the shows following this.
Hannah & Paul give us an idea of the trust and its early days from Tout Quarry Sculpture Park to renovating the Drill Hall. According to wikipedia there is estimated to be over 70 different sculptures within the quarry. Hannah mentions some of the artists like Phillip King, Antony Gormley, Richard Wilson, Shelagh Wakely, Keir Smith, along with lesser known artists.
PQST are a fascinating organisation with strong links to the communities that live around them. They have working relationships with scientists, with artists and within the education sector.
They talk about how they have developed, about how the have researched the spaces made from quarrying the landscape and what might happen to these spaces afterwards. & how the Drill hall is an amazing resource that will provide them an opportunity to showcase not just artist work but also those from scientists, geologists and from the local community.
To listen to this show and read more about Portland Sculpture and Quarry Trust
