Place Lab: Peterlee

Place Lab connects people, creativity and great ideas across County Durham. Part of Durham Culture County’s pioneering programme, Place Lab is an exciting new cultural initiative. We’re a county-wide network of creative hubs, using community-power to shape what Place Lab is, together. The pilot for the project began in Peterlee.

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Producer, Freelance (23) 

Project Management, Participant Liaison, Research

Joined the team in the early stages of the Peterlee pilot to help pull together participants, organise facilitated sessions and liaise with Castle Dene Shopping Centre. Secured the involvement of Easington Academy for a community engagement project. In which, pupils contributed to the design of a mural to be painted in Castle Dene Shopping Centre, all about Peterlee. Supported Andy Martin in his Peterlee portraiture project in setting up an empty unit as a studio. Engaging with members of the public, encouraging them to drop in. Contributed to the concept development of the ‘Pockets of Green’ zine by Mack J Sproates. Attended ‘The Second Pavillion’ ideation session, in response to Victor Pasmore’s Apollo Pavilion and the second structure that was never built. This was in connection to Peterlee and Wrexham.