{"id":29160,"date":"2021-02-19T17:38:49","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T17:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=29160"},"modified":"2021-02-19T17:38:49","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T17:38:49","slug":"he-high-streets-heritage-action-zones-cultural-programme-plans-and-high-street-tales-etc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=29160","title":{"rendered":"HE High Streets Heritage Action Zones Cultural Programme, plans and ‘High Street Tales’ etc."},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>Historic England (HE) has launched a podcast series and accompanying ebook called ‘High Street Tales’, the first outcomes of a four-year-long national Cultural Programme (2020-24) led by Historic England in partnership with the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Arts Council England.<\/h3>\n

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\u2026 aims to make our high streets more attractive, engaging and vibrant places\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

[Cultural Programme ]\u2026 features new digital and physical artworks inspired by our nation\u2019s high streets\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

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The \u00a37.4 million Cultural Programme is part of the \u00a395 million\u00a0High Streets Heritage Action Zones initiative<\/a>, which is currently working across 68 English high streets. The initiative is funded with \u00a340 million from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport\u2019s Heritage High Street Fund, \u00a352 million from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government\u2019s Future High Streets Fund, and a further \u00a33 million from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.<\/p>\n

The Cultural Programme features new digital and physical artworks inspired by our nation\u2019s high streets. It aims to make our high streets more attractive, engaging and vibrant places for people to live, work and spend time. Commissioned artists will work with local communities on high streets across England to co-produce artworks that respond to, document and reflect the changing high street. The new artworks will also be considered for submission into the\u00a0Historic England Archive<\/a>, the nation\u2019s archive for records of England\u2019s historic buildings, archaeology and social history.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Cultural Programme 2020-2024<\/h2>\n

The cultural programme comprises:<\/p>\n

High Street Tales:<\/strong>\u00a0Storytellers have captured the everyday magic of high streets, working with local people to record \u2018local legends\u2019 and create a set of short stories about today\u2019s high street, in ebook and podcast format. Released from today.<\/p>\n

Future of the High Street:<\/strong>\u00a010 short films by contemporary filmmakers exploring our high streets. Released March 2021 onwards.<\/p>\n

Twin Towns:<\/strong>\u00a0A group of contemporary artists each create artworks which connect high streets that may be distant geographically, but close in experiences and spirit. From summer 2021.<\/p>\n

Sound Walks:<\/strong>\u00a0Organised with the National Trust, this commission will see artists working with local High Streets Heritage Action Zones communities to create six immersive Sound Walks during Heritage Open Days, 10-19 September 2021.<\/p>\n

Picturing England\u2019s High Streets:<\/strong>\u00a0A three-year photography commission to creatively document the changing face of the nation\u2019s high street, coming to a conclusion in 2024.<\/p>\n

Coming soon in 2021<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Alongside the national cultural programme, the 68\u00a0High Streets Heritage Action Zones<\/a> will each receive substantial grants from Historic England for their ‘cultural consortia’ of local arts organisations to curate and create locally-developed cultural offerings for their high streets over the coming three years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Our historic high streets sit at the heart of our communities and form an important part of our local identity. I am pleased that the Cultural Programme, starting with this exciting ‘High Street Tales’ project, will play a part in bringing our high streets to life, encouraging people to reconnect with the heritage we have on our doorsteps as we look to build back better from the pandemic.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Nigel Huddleston, Heritage Minister<\/p>\n

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“I\u2019m delighted we are backing this exciting initiative with a \u00a352 million investment from our Future High Streets Fund. High Streets play an important part in the history of our towns and cities and the High Street Tales project will help connect communities to their local heritage, preserving it for many generations to come. This government is supporting high streets across the country to meet the evolving needs of their communities, navigate the impact of the pandemic and to ultimately build back better.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Luke Hall, Minister for Regional Growth and Local Government<\/p>\n

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Historic England is taking a unique approach in combining cultural programming, community engagement and physical regeneration to transform high streets across England. The cultural programme\u2019s aim is for artists to work with local people to help them rediscover and express the pride they have in the places they\u2019re from. We\u2019re very proud to announce this exciting series of commissions working with some of the best cultural organisations, artists and creatives in the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Ellen Harrison, Head of Creative Programmes and Campaigns<\/cite>Historic England<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Launched today: ‘High Street Tales’ ebook and podcast<\/h2>\n

Since last autumn, eight contemporary writers have worked with their local communities to explore the everyday magic of high streets, creating seven new short stories, or ‘High Street Tales’. Today the ‘High Street Tales’ are published as an ebook which features an introduction by writer\u00a0Andy Miller<\/strong>\u00a0(author of ‘The Year of Reading Books Dangerously’), and is available via the Historic England website. The stories draw on local legend and memory to capture the everyday magic of the high street.<\/p>\n

The eight writers have also narrated each of their stories for a podcast series which will be released over the coming weeks, with the first episode launched today (10 February 2021) on Historic England\u2019s website and all major podcast platforms. In ‘Time and the Shoe Man’,\u00a0Celia Bryce<\/strong>\u00a0explores North Shields high street in an evocative and otherworldly tale which follows a mysterious character on his journey down roads and through streets of the past to return a lost shoe to its home. Other stories include ‘In Between Days’ by\u00a0Merrie Joy Williams<\/strong>, who has based her tale on Woolwich High Street, ‘Flying’ by\u00a0Maria Whatton<\/strong>\u00a0(Wednesbury), ‘Borrowed Ground’ by\u00a0Robin Pridy<\/strong>\u00a0(Hastings), ‘All the Secret Postcards’ by\u00a0Rod Duncan<\/strong>\u00a0(Leicester),\u00a0 ‘The Women of Number 11’ by\u00a0Rebecca Tantony<\/strong>\u00a0(Weston-super-Mare) and ‘Under the watchful eyes of seagulls’ by\u00a0Ellie McKinlay-Khojinian<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Ligia Macedo<\/strong> (Great Yarmouth)….<\/p>\n

Coming soon: ‘Future of the High Street’ films<\/h2>\n

Also released today is a preview trailer of ‘Future of the High Street’; a series of 10 new films organised by a range of major regional UK arts organisations and created by contemporary filmmakers in collaboration with young creatives, which will be published on Historic England\u2019s website and YouTube channel throughout March.<\/p>\n

Each film explores what the future of the high street could be, posing hopeful provocations at a time when these communal spaces have been hit hardest. The organisations include:\u00a0Focal Point Gallery<\/strong>\u00a0(Southend-on-Sea),\u00a0Beacon Films<\/strong>\u00a0(Newcastle),\u00a0Turf Projects<\/strong>\u00a0(Croydon),\u00a0Site Gallery<\/strong>\u00a0(Sheffield),\u00a0Heart of Glass<\/strong>\u00a0(St Helen\u2019s),\u00a0Living Memory Archive<\/strong>\u00a0(Stirchley High Street),\u00a0New Art Exchange<\/strong>\u00a0(Nottingham),\u00a0Lighthouse<\/strong>\u00a0(Brighton),\u00a0The Photographers\u2019 Gallery<\/strong>\u00a0(London),\u00a0Newlyn Art Gallery<\/strong> (Penzance)….<\/p>\n

Read more….<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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