Past Projects
What’s Been Happening?
Here are some of the past projects we have loved creating with communities across Peterborough.
‘It’s Millfield’, a song
Listen: A warm, cheesy, feel-good song about Millfield! Original poem by Judita Grubliene set to music by James Harrison and Egle Marcinkeviciene.
Bretton Royalty
Bretton Royalty (summer 2021) was inspired by a Bretton resident’s experiences of feeling like royalty during the 1995 Bretton Festival, when she was ‘Bretton Festival princess’ for the day. We extended this feeling of being made to feel special by your community, and celebrated Bretton residents.
Blink of an Eye
Blink of an Eye was one of our small commissions in Eye. Peterborough Presents wanted to use this short project to connect, develop and work with a local creative.
Mint
Mint used art and creativity to reconnect with life and positive mental health as we emerged from the pandemic in Spring 2021. Artists Sam Roddan, Sue Shields and Emily Bowers to produced a series of workshops and projects that took the herb Mint as it’s inspiration.
Westwood Walkway
Westwood Walkway mural is a new community mural at Hampton Court Shops, Westwood. Work by Katie Scott. Completed Spring/Summer 2022.
Link Road Mural Restoration Documentary
Watch: a 20 minute documentary about the Link Road mural restoration in Millfield, which took place in summer 2021.
Link Road Mural Restoration
The Link Road mural restoration took place in the summer of 2021 as part of the Millfield Link project.
Peterborough Royalty
One giant field of thanks to the people of the city at the Peterborough Celebrates Festival, Ferry Meadows.
The Millfield Link
Millfield Link was an arts and heritage project in 2021 which celebrated stories and memories of everyday life in Millfield, Peterborough over the last fifty years or so.
Barefoot Walking
Read & watch: Environmental art therapy practitioner Sandra Keating exploring the physical, mental, emotional and physiological effects of grounding through barefoot walking practices.