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MANEA MA TTERS
MANEA MATTERS
HEROES

‘MY TILE’ PROJECT daughter take over the house
for a month with tiles, frames,
The ‘My Tile’ project was created at the end of paint, pencils and what not
March 2020 during the Coronavirus lockdown. so THANK YOU, YOU’RE THE
It was created as I was nearing the end of BEST.
my Level 4 Art Foundation. As a result of the
pandemic I was unable to fulfil one Next, we have the wonderful
element of my course: the live creators of the tiles – including many
brief. Disappointed that I would exceptionally talented Manea residents and
be unable to complete the brief, the children of Manea Community Primary and
I decided to form a community Preschool.
project of my own. I think it is also important that
The idea was that the local community I thank my tutor Danny who
would create tiles by cutting, sticking, painting, was very supportive and
encouraging of the creation
The project was open to people of this project
of all ages because we were all And finally, Lydia and the Rose
facing the same challenges & Crown for allowing me to display all the
wonderful tiles on the side of the pub.
sewing, photographing, carving,
etc. and post their work through Maggie Powell
my letterbox or email a scan of For more info, visit Maggie’s website:
the work to me. The project would www.maggiepowellart.co.uk
provide locals with a task to
occupy themselves
and help beat lockdown
boredom. It was set up in a way
so that it would comply with
social distancing rules and help
bring the community together in
a time where they were obliged to
be apart. The project was open to
people of all ages because we
were all facing the
same challenges.
I would like to
thank my parents
for letting their

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