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Emma Large | Project Support Officer, 20 May 2025 - Rekindle

Hello! It’s another Culture Catch Up and I’m enormously proud to be writing about the very successful tour of ‘The Other Library’. Whilst the tour is ended, I’m going to take a moment to reflect on this piece of work and celebrate everything we achieved as a service to put …

Emma Large | Project Support Officer, 19 May 2025 - Art Unites: Our Stories

Art Unites: Our Stories was an Arts Council funded project aiming to connect Buckinghamshire residents to their local history through visual arts. The goal was to work with artists to create pieces of art inspired by the towns of Amersham, Bourne End, Princes Risborough and Marlow respectively, with this art …

Emma Large | Project Support Officer, 19 May 2025 - Art Unites: Our Stories

Art Unites: Our Stories was an Arts Council funded project aiming to connect Buckinghamshire residents to their local history through visual arts. The goal was to work with artists to create pieces of art inspired by the towns of Amersham, Bourne End, Princes Risborough and Marlow respectively, with this art …

Emma Large | Project Support Officer, 19 May 2025 - Art Unites: Our Stories

Art Unites: Our Stories was an Arts Council funded project aiming to connect Buckinghamshire residents to their local history through visual arts. The goal was to work with artists to create pieces of art inspired by the towns of Amersham, Bourne End, Princes Risborough and Marlow respectively, with this art …

Libraries Team, 13 May 2025 - Wendover Community Library Project

With the completion of the refurbishment works at Wendover Community Library and its reopening on 25 March 2025, the artworks created as part of the art commission for the library improvement project are now on display.

Emma Large | Project Support Officer, 03 March 2025 - Things to do at your library , Art Unites: Our Stories

By now, all of our Art Unites venues have had their first Artist Workshop. The project is officially up and running, and it is shaping up to be an excellent celebration of local history through a broad range of visual arts.

Emma Large | Project Support Officer, 05 February 2025 - Art Unites: Our Stories

On Monday, the Art Unites team hosted a networking and information event at Princes Risborough Library. Inviting anyone who had applied to our Art Unites Artist call out, the event was designed to expand our network, understand how we can best help support the arts in Buckinghamshire, and offer practical …

Emma Large, 09 December 2024 - Things to do at your library , Art Unites: Our Stories

After reviewing all the applications from our call-out, we are pleased to introduce you to our two local artists. Maura Hawkes and Emily Cooling will work alongside Kremena Dimitrova, leading workshops and getting creative in the community. We caught up with them to find out more!

Libraries Team, 20 November 2024 - Art Unites: Our Stories

Launching Art Unites: Our Stories at Amersham, Princes Risborough, Marlow and Bourne End libraries

Emma Large | Project Support Officer, Rekindle, 09 November 2024 - Events , Rekindle

Hello! I’m back with another instalment of Culture Catch Up; the blog series that highlights all the work Buckinghamshire Libraries are doing as part of Rekindle. As we approach the end of the year, the world starts to get a little bit reflective. We reminisce on the year gone by …