Wish You Were Here
Celebrating Age – Elder TreeThe Wish You Were Here Project was specifically tailored for people who live, work or study in Boston, in Lincolnshire.
Working with Transported Arts, our lead artist François Matarasso and shadow writer Sonya Hundal hosted a series of ten writing sessions over Zoom, open to Boston residents over the age of 55.
Together, they reflected on what the past twelve months had meant to them, as well as their relationships to the town and the surrounding landscape of Lincolnshire.
The workshops, which ran from January to March 2021, produced an anthology of writing, which was published as a paperback with illustrations by Rosie Redzia. Transported Arts also arranged for extracts of the group’s writing to be displayed on banners across Boston in Summer 2021.
There was also a book launch at Waterstones in Boston in September 2021.
Thank you to: Nick and all at Transported Arts for their excellent project support, Rosie Redzia for her wonderful illustrations, and to all the participants for their words and their passion!
Wish you were Here
Residency At A Glance
The Elder Tree was part of the Celebrating Age programme, which was jointly funded by Arts Council England through the National Lottery and the Baring Foundation. It aimed to tackle issues of social isolation and wellbeing in older people, encouraging them to join in group activities focused around arts and culture.