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Building Bridges with Meet Me on the Phone

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This summer, writer Amber Obasi facilitated a series of poetry and storytelling sessions for Meet Me on the Phone. The theme was bridges, or connection. You can read members’ beautiful writing in Amber’s zine, below: OUR BRIDGES – Meet Me on the Phone Read more poems: Meet Me and the Moon Tonight

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Meet Me’s Preparation for the Summer Party

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‘I like the people, I like the atmosphere. Nothing beats it!’  Diane (MMA Member) Recently, Meet Me at the Albany members took part in different craft activities ahead of our Summer Party on the 22nd. Members created paper mache rocks and flying seagulls, led by Zoe Gilmour and summer foam printing led by Usva Inei. […]

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Meet Me’s Experimental Animation with Lily Ash Sakula

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Last summer, members of Meet Me at the Albany took part in some fantastic animation workshops with artist Lily Ash Sakula. Members and volunteers Rod, Jerry, Pearl, Pauline, Genie, Norma, Lauren, Ibrahim, Geri, Chris, Asha, Gary, Angela, Diane, Delita, Lorraine, Sam, and others, produced this mesmerising, experimental animation:  

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Meet Me… on the Phone with poet Antosh Wojcik

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On Monday afternoons, our members meet over the phone for poetry and storytelling sessions facilitated by poets. In July, poet, drummer and multi-disciplinary artist Antosh Wojcik led five sessions with our members Philip, Stella, Pauline, Jeanie, Janet, and Elizabeth. He sent poems to our members before each session, and you can hear their responses below. […]

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A Snapshot of Tower Bridge Care Home

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The below was taken from a recent creative planning meeting with residents of Tower Bridge Care Home.   Rose: “I was a dancer, we weren’t professional, just loved dancing. Waltz, Tango, not the jive so much.” Francis: “Oh the jive, that takes me back. We were always up the Lyceum. This fella used to take […]

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Meet the Artist: Yun Cheng

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Yun Cheng is a dancer and choreographer working on our Ambient Jam programme. She is a PhD student at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, researching how the Feldenkrais Method influences choreographic practices. This is my first term working with Entelechy Arts. My Feldenkrais teacher [lead Ambient Jam and Walking Through Walls artist] Rainer […]

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“To make something creative happen is truly to live”: our departing Chair, Paul Cann, on working with Entelechy Arts, and why cultural investment should not just be a “nice to have”

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A woman sways gently in her wheelchair to soft music played nearby.  She likes the rustling touch of soft cloth on her face.  She doesn’t use conventional language, but her face says ‘serene’.  This is Entelechy Arts’ ‘Ambient Jam’, a weekly oasis for adults in Lewisham with profound and multiple learning disabilities. The smartly dressed […]

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“Beyond Words”: Mike Brooks reflects on becoming Entelechy Arts’ permanent Director, and on imagination, the unknowable and fighting fascism

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Question: Tell us why you want the job?    Answer: I want to help in the fight against fascism and I want some of your negative capability.  Last month I was made permanent Director of Entelechy Arts, having worked as an interim throughout 2023. Prior to the interview for the role, there were two things that […]

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