JUNEAU PROJECTS, SARAH LEE AND EMILY BALLARD
Chapel Market Print Club
06.06.22–06.08.22
Chapel Market Print Club invites people living with mental health difficulties in Islington to collaborate with artist duo Juneau Projects and artist-illustrator and mental health nurse Sarah Lee to create Risograph print designs, inspired by the sights, sounds and social exchanges of Chapel Market.
Drawing from conversations with market-goers and market traders, walks and ethnographic observations in the area carried out by researcher Emily Ballard in 2021, Chapel Market Print Club has been developed in dialogue with local people. It responds to the impact of the pandemic on those accessing local mental health services in Islington, an area which has the highest reported prevalence of mental illness and depression in the country, and the increased pressure on street market traders resulting from social restrictions over the past two years.
Juneau Projects and Sarah Lee will deliver a series of workshops over six weeks at the Claremont Project, a local arts and community centre which engages older people and offers accessible psychotherapy services. The artists will teach print techniques and guide participants through a creative process. With input from local traders, participants will be supported to develop unique print artworks, drawing on forms of everyday creativity, stories of community life, and a diversity of perspectives and practices that shape day-to-day experience of local place.
Chapel Market Print Club’s artworks will be shared with market visitors on a bespoke stall co-designed by Juneau Projects and workshop participants. Materials, documentation and research relating to the project will be displayed at KELDER.
Photographs by Ben Westoby
PUBLIC PROGRAMME
The Social Value of Market Spaces
Alex Rhys-Taylor in conversation with Juneau Projects
Friday 22 July, 18:30 – 20:30 at KELDER
Alex Rhys-Taylor in conversation with Juneau Projects
Friday 22 July, 18:30 – 20:30 at KELDER
Sociologist Dr Alex-Rhys Taylor joins Juneau Projects and Chapel Market Print Club members to discuss the market as a source of creative inspiration, the qualities of interaction and exchange taking place within daily street markets and their social and cultural importance for urban life, both historically and today.
Everyday Creativity and Mental Health
Phoebe Eustance (Hospital Rooms) in conversation with Juneau Projects and Sarah Lee
Tuesday 09 August 18:30–20:30 at The Claremont Project 24 White Lion Street, London N1 9PD
Phoebe Eustance (Hospital Rooms) in conversation with Juneau Projects and Sarah Lee
Tuesday 09 August 18:30–20:30 at The Claremont Project 24 White Lion Street, London N1 9PD
Phoebe Eustance, head of research at Hospital Rooms, joins the artist-facilitators of Chapel Market Print Club to consider the impact of the project, share examples of creative interventions in mental health settings, and to discuss the value of art and shared creative experiences for people living with mental health difficulties.
