Standing In This Place by Rachel Carter

Join artist Rachel Carter and her new project Standing In This Place as she embarks on a journey into the historic research of the textile mills of the Industrial Midlands and the enslaved working the cotton fields in America. Rachel will be creating a new bronze sculpture depicting two entwined female figures inspired by this period of research.

Episode 1: Introducing Standing In This Place 05/13/2024

Episode 1: Introducing Standing In This Place Join Rachel Carter as she is interviewed by presenter Verity Cowley on BBC Radio Nottingham and shares the details of the new sculpture project Standing In This Place. #StandingInThisPlace /episode/index/show/8ca085c6-91c5-46c5-84d1-e5f3c2e43a51/id/23026547

Introducing Intern Fatou Marong 04/15/2024

Introducing Intern Fatou Marong Join artist Rachel Carter as she talks to project intern Fatou Marong, currently studying for a Master's degree in Black British History, at . We discover her journey to contribute to academia as a research historian, aiming to uplift communities through empowering historical narratives, with a focus on forgotten histories outside of Eurocentric perspectives. /episode/index/show/8ca085c6-91c5-46c5-84d1-e5f3c2e43a51/id/30828613

Introducing artist Anisha Parmar 04/03/2024

Introducing artist Anisha Parmar Join artist Rachel Carter as she interviews fellow artist and Jewellery designer Anisha Parmar to discuss working together on Speak Her Name, the creative process and how family ancestry can influence your creativity. /episode/index/show/8ca085c6-91c5-46c5-84d1-e5f3c2e43a51/id/30660698

Introducing artist Ismail Khokon 03/21/2024

Introducing artist Ismail Khokon Join artist Rachel Carter as she interviews fellow artist Ismail Khokon to discuss working together on Speak Her Name, the creative process and the Swadeshi movement of South Asia. /episode/index/show/8ca085c6-91c5-46c5-84d1-e5f3c2e43a51/id/30478533

Discovering Audio Archives 03/19/2024

Discovering Audio Archives Join artist Rachel Carter and MA Public History student Kayley-Anne Porter as they delve into the audio archive of The Lace Trade in Nottingham, featuring interviews with Lace Workers of the early 1900's. /episode/index/show/8ca085c6-91c5-46c5-84d1-e5f3c2e43a51/id/30436848

Community Voices: Jenny Wizzard 03/15/2024

Community Voices: Jenny Wizzard Join artist Rachel Carter and Lisa from MonOlisa Productions as they talk with Jenny, born in West Yorkshire, she is one of our Legacy Makers here in Nottingham. Creative break performed by Kit Bailey, a young poet with Writing East Midlands /episode/index/show/8ca085c6-91c5-46c5-84d1-e5f3c2e43a51/id/30387813

Community Voices: Bettina Wallace 03/15/2024

Community Voices: Bettina Wallace Join artist Rachel Carter and Lisa from MonOlisa Productions to talk with Bettina Wallace, born in St Mary, Jamaica in 1953 she travelled to the UK as a small child. she is one of our Legacy maker here in Nottingham. Creative break by Sophie Cambell, a young poet with Writing East Midlands. /episode/index/show/8ca085c6-91c5-46c5-84d1-e5f3c2e43a51/id/30387328

Community Voices: Isalyn Martin 03/15/2024

Community Voices: Isalyn Martin Join Rachel and Lisa from MonOlisa Productions as we talk with Isalyn, born in Saint Kitts & Nevis. She emigrated to the UK as a small child with her family. She is one of our Legacy Makers here in Nottingham. Creative Break by Abigail Hutchinson, a young poet with Writing East Midlands. /episode/index/show/8ca085c6-91c5-46c5-84d1-e5f3c2e43a51/id/30385813

Community Voices: Louise Garvey 03/14/2024

Community Voices: Louise Garvey Join Rachel and Lisa from MonOlisa Productions as we talk with Louise Garvey, born in 1941 in East Portland, Jamaica. She emigrated to the UK as a teenager to pursue a career in the health service. She is one of our Legacy Makers here in Nottingham. Creative Break by Kit Bailey, a young poet with Writing East Midlands /episode/index/show/8ca085c6-91c5-46c5-84d1-e5f3c2e43a51/id/30373168

Community Voices: Charles Washington 03/14/2024

Community Voices: Charles Washington Join Rachel and Lisa from MonOlisa Productions as we talk with Charles Washington, a member of the Legacy Makers group formed by Bright Ideas Nottingham in 2014. Creative break by Tilly Wiggins, a young poet with Writing East Midlands. /episode/index/show/8ca085c6-91c5-46c5-84d1-e5f3c2e43a51/id/30371063

The Cotton mills of Nottingham’s Leen Valley 12/13/2022

The Cotton mills of Nottingham’s Leen Valley Join artist Rachel Carter as she goes on a journey of discovery of Nottingham’s hidden cotton mills of the Leen valley with Dr Stephen Walker. /episode/index/show/8ca085c6-91c5-46c5-84d1-e5f3c2e43a51/id/25311891

Nottinghams Statues and Plaques 11/24/2022

Nottinghams Statues and Plaques Join Rachel Carter as she discusses Nottingham’s Statues and Plaques with Dr James Dawkins and finds out their connections with the Transatlantic Slave Trade. /episode/index/show/8ca085c6-91c5-46c5-84d1-e5f3c2e43a51/id/25124679

Young People and Protest 10/21/2022

Young People and Protest Join Rachel Carter and writer, activist and poet Cara Thompson as they discuss the young persons creative break competition and review four young poets. Creative breaks by: George Burnett, Jessica Powell, Abi Hutchinson and Joshua Rozee. Young writers supported by Writing East Midlands /episode/index/show/8ca085c6-91c5-46c5-84d1-e5f3c2e43a51/id/24759150

Hidden Stories of Women of the Lace Market: Part 2 10/18/2022

Hidden Stories of Women of the Lace Market: Part 2 Join Rachel and her special guests from Nottingham Women's History Network, for part 2 of their journey into the hidden stories of women from the Lace Market area of Nottingham. Creative break by Bea Robinson aged 14, Yard Youth Theatre with NAE /episode/index/show/8ca085c6-91c5-46c5-84d1-e5f3c2e43a51/id/24709701

Hidden stories of women of the Lace Market 10/11/2022

Hidden stories of women of the Lace Market Join Rachel and her special guests from Nottingham Womens History Network as they discover the hidden stories of women from the Lace Market area of Nottingham. Creative break by Natalie Williams aged 14, Yard Youth Theatre with NAE /episode/index/show/8ca085c6-91c5-46c5-84d1-e5f3c2e43a51/id/24652680

Community Voices: Veronica Barnes 09/29/2022

Community Voices: Veronica Barnes Join Rachel as she talks with Veronica Barnes, founder of the Blue Mountain Women Group, community activist and member of the Slave Trade Legacies heritage project run by Bright Ideas Nottingham. Creative break by Confetti student Wezi Jere, aged 22. /episode/index/show/8ca085c6-91c5-46c5-84d1-e5f3c2e43a51/id/24529914

The life of the cotton mill workers 08/19/2022

The life of the cotton mill workers Join Rachel as she talks once more with Adrian Farmer, Heritage coordinator at the Derwent valley World Heritage Site and discover what was it like to be a cotton mill worker. Creative break by Abi Hutchison, a young writer with Writing East Midlands /episode/index/show/8ca085c6-91c5-46c5-84d1-e5f3c2e43a51/id/24104541

Meet the Sugar Stealers 08/12/2022

Meet the Sugar Stealers Join Rachel Carter and the Sugar Stealers who took part of the Standing In This Place Mini Figures Commission A group of ten stitchers where invited to attend a series of workshops, talks and museum visits to delve into the history of the two women represented in this project. Each participant received two wooden mini figures and was asked to design and create an historic costume for the figures reflecting dress from the mid nineteenth century, the finished design for the two live models was designed referencing some of the historical details. Four stitchers along with the artist, models, film makers and historians spent the day at the Steve Russell Studios in Stroud becoming part of the activity to digitally capture two live models in historic clothing. Young Persons Creative break provided by Jess aged 12, part of the Writing East Midlands young persons group. /episode/index/show/8ca085c6-91c5-46c5-84d1-e5f3c2e43a51/id/24035733

Visiting the International Slavery Museum 07/22/2022

Visiting the International Slavery Museum Recorded live during our visit to the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool, our project members discuss some of the exhibits they have seen and how they feel. /episode/index/show/8ca085c6-91c5-46c5-84d1-e5f3c2e43a51/id/23826377

Cotton: Where did it come from? 07/13/2022

Cotton: Where did it come from? Join Rachel Carter in conversation with Dr Susanne Seymour from the University of Nottingham as they discuss Cotton. Where did it come from before it entered the industrial mills of the Midlands, and under what conditions was it grown and harvested? Creative break by George Burnett /episode/index/show/8ca085c6-91c5-46c5-84d1-e5f3c2e43a51/id/23730125

Community Voices: Nadia Ming 06/14/2022

Community Voices: Nadia Ming Join artist Rachel Carter as she introduces the first of the Community Voices, artist Nadia Ming who shares with us her own creative journey and some of the barriers she has overcome to pursue a career in the arts. Podcast creative break supplied by singer/songwriter Alfie Wallace /episode/index/show/8ca085c6-91c5-46c5-84d1-e5f3c2e43a51/id/23423123

Echos of the Past, A story of cotton and coal 05/21/2022

Echos of the Past, A story of cotton and coal Join Rachel in conversation with her Uncle Michael Bramley, a retired Police Constable, as they delve into the lives of their ancestors working in the cotton mills and find echos from the past that reverberated into their own lives. /episode/index/show/8ca085c6-91c5-46c5-84d1-e5f3c2e43a51/id/23185277

Introducing Arkwright, Strutt and Evans 05/11/2022

Introducing Arkwright, Strutt and Evans Join Rachel Carter in conversation with Adrian Farmer, Heritage Coordinator at the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site or in short ‘The Keeper of the History’. We discover; who is Arkwright? What was he doing in Nottingham? and how his ideas sparked new methods of Industrialisation that swept across the Midlands and further afield. /episode/index/show/8ca085c6-91c5-46c5-84d1-e5f3c2e43a51/id/23075726

Standing In This Place by Rachel Carter

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