Episode 15 Becoming the Pilgrim Woman
Spirit of Mayflower with Rachel Carter
This special edition of the podcast shares Rachel’s lunchtime talk at the University of Nottingham where she discusses; her four year project looking at the Separatists, the Mayflower sailing of 1620 and the three sculptures she has created for the Pilgrim Roots District of the UK.
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Season 2 episode 14
Spirit of Mayflower with Rachel Carter
Join artist Rachel Carter and special guest Ross Wilson, Director of Liberal Arts as they continue to look at the exhibition Beyond The Mayflower at the University of Nottingham. Creative break by Geoff Lowery.
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Spirit of Mayflower Season 2 Episode 13
Spirit of Mayflower with Rachel Carter
Join artist Rachel Carter and special guests Susan Suer from Heritage Leiden and Matthew Hamilton, Framework Co-ordinator at The Framework Knitters Museum as we discuss the Pilgrims in Leiden and the textile industry. Creative break performed by Mick Jenkinson.
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Season 2 Episode 12
Spirit of Mayflower with Rachel Carter
Join artist Rachel Carter as she travels to Boston market place where she talks to the women who took part in the Lucet weaving activities for the new sculpture. Creative break features the poetry of Jean Ingelow (1820-1897) performed by Poesy In Motion.
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Spirit of Mayflower Season 2 Episode 11
Spirit of Mayflower with Rachel Carter
Join artist Rachel Carter and Katie Green from The Imagination Museum as they discuss their Mayflower 400 projects and discover some of the similar creative processes that are used in dance and sculpture. Creative breaks by Max Perryment -Composition and sound design and Beth Duke - Additional sound design.
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Series 2, Episode 10
Spirit of Mayflower with Rachel Carter
Join artist Rachel Carter with special guest Kathryn Summerwill from Nottingham University Manuscripts and Special Collections as they revisit their discussion on the forthcoming exhibition ‘Beyond The Mayflower’.
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Spirit of Mayflower Season 2 Episode 9
Spirit of Mayflower with Rachel Carter
Join Rachel Carter and her special guest Peter Abbott OBE, British Consul-General in New England as we discuss the differences and similarities between Boston, Lincs and Boston, MA, trade and export and Immigration. Creative break supplied by Sheila North.
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Spirit of Mayflower season 2 episode 8
Spirit of Mayflower with Rachel Carter
Join Rachel Carter and her special guest Erik Grigg as they discuss the Viking raiders who chose to settle in the Midlands, Dane Law and women’s roles in Viking Britain. Creative break supplied by Mick Jenkinson.
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Spirit of Mayflower Season 2 episode 7
Spirit of Mayflower with Rachel Carter
Join Rachel Carter and special guest Barry Cotton as we discuss his 7 x Gt Grandfather Rev. John Cotton, vicar of St Botolph’s Church in Boston, Lincolnshire who established the first public school in North America, the Boston Latin School in 1635 and helped found Boston, Massachusetts. Creative break by Mick Jenkinson.
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Spirit of Mayflower season 2 episode 6
Spirit of Mayflower with Rachel Carter
Join Rachel Carter and special guest Polly Wilkinson, Museum officer at Boston’s Guildhall, built in 1390 and contains the jail cells that held the Separatists trying to flee the country in the early 1600’s.
info_outlineJoin Rachel Carter and special guest Carrie Reichardt as they discuss how they began their life as artists, therapeutic methods of making and their art commissions for the town of Boston, Lincolnshire.