Storytelling for Artists: How a personal event influenced my work

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Wendy Charlton

A photograph of a signpost, which has been amended with graffiti. The sign reads: ‘For Sale. Broadwater Farm, Somerset & Moira Close, Lido Square, Northumberland Park, Wood Green’. The words ‘For Sale’ have been crossed out in red spray paint and the word ‘Not’ has been stencilled on. Image credit: Wendy Charlton.

This piece of writing was produced by Wendy Charlton as part of the Social Art Library’s ‘Storytelling for Artists’ season in March 2021.

It explores how a personal event influenced Wendy’s work, which includes the Homes & Housing Collection here in the Social Art Library.

To read the story, scroll the document below:

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Wendy Charlton

Wendy's work in community arts provision spans a 30 year period as an arts practitioner managing projects and facilitating workshops within a culturally diverse area of London. Wendy also taught courses in adult community learning for 8 years. Wendy's arts practice incorporates social and visual methodology examining the value of local histories and lived experience of people through storytelling. Projects often involve an initial extensive research approach and involve collaboration with the public, other disciplines or artists. Dialogue is central to Wendy's working process, realised through attendance at community meetings, volunteering or incidental conversations with individuals. This allows her to identify where artistic activity can be beneficial and develop appropriate creative strategies. Current work is embedded in themes of housing, community activism and critiques of arts-led regeneration.

www.wendycharlton.net