Continuing our series about Public Art in Thame, it is great to be able to finally unveil the first part of our our 'Art Leading Wayfinding' project, the first Public Art project to be implemented from our Public Art Strategy.
In the summer of 2021, in-between the Covid restrictions we faced that year, Nicola Henshaw (the lead artists for this piece of work) brought in Pat Winslow, a professional storyteller, to deliver workshops to develop a 'Story of Thame'. Workshops were delivered over four days that engaged people from all sections of our community, children and adults, people new to Thame and those who have lived here their whole life. Through these workshops a story was created that weaves elements of Thame's history into a magical and intriguing tale of adventure set in three locations, in three very different times. We are currently working with some local children to come up with a name for the story trail, which will be revealed in time.
Listen to the story in full here.
Following the creation of this story Nicola has gone on to design some totems for Thame that provide a visual response to the story. More on this next week.
