Liat & Co.

Curator and Creative Producer


A London based creative production company. We specialise in curating 'n' producing events that connect communities and widen participation in the arts.

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Heritage Project:
Jewish East End Extravaganza

Role: Project Director

Brief:

This event was developed in response to the Heritage Lottery Funds call for project applications which aimed to enhance public engagement and learning of heritage.

Putting it into Action:

  • The project partners included JCC and Richmix as well as a range of freelance artists, historians and educators.
  • We wanted to create a clear framework for the creative team, so the project concept was bracketed around engaging the public with the history of the Jewish East End with a focus on labour and trade.
  • We knew that 'participation' and 'legacy' were crucial to this project - and to HLFs aims, so wanted to create a diverse reach by engaging schools, artists as well as having a digital platform.

There were three key deliverable strands:

  • Public engagement (A festival event)
  • A schools project
  • An digital community mapping project

Media

Project Management

Results:

  • A FREE Festival at Rich Mix Arts centre (700+ audience)
  • 6X Taster workshops in shoe-making, pickling, and millinery.
  • 2X Theatrical Productions, including the world premier of 'Wot? No Fish!' by Danny Braverman
  • 6X full-day school workshops with 6 different primary schools. Engaging over 120 participants
  • A digital community mapping project developed with HistoryPin and WeAreWhatWeDo
  • 3X historical walking tours of the Jewish East End
  • A film screening
  • A public exhibition of the work created by participating school groups (3 day installation)
  • A 'human library' with 10 participating 'human books' (researchers, artists, local people).
  • Interactive installations aimed for family audiences
  • A pop-up kitchen with traditional Jewish food.
  • Partnerships with Jewish Museum, Jewish East End Society


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