So I’m resurrecting the MyManchester editor’s blog. Jess, the former editor has moved on to pastures new (Vancouver, to be precise), so I’ve taken over – I’m Kate, and you can catch me on kate@peoplesvoicemedia.co.uk
The plan is to use this blog to highlight great stuff going on in the world of social media, especially in Manchester and the Northwest, and to shout about the Community Reporters’ programme and other goings on here.
First up, I’ve just found out about a brilliant social media-based project that the Pankhurst Centre and Manchester Art Gallery are putting together. Women Like You. The aim is to produce the first public art to celebrate women in Manchester. It’s simple – all you have to do is visit the Facebook group and upload a photo of a woman (or women, I guess) that has inspired you. It could be your Grandma, the Queen, or Lady Gaga.
You’ve got until 30th November 2009 to get your pictures in – if you don’t want to upload via Facebook you can also drop them off in special collecting boxes at the Pankhurst Centre, 60-62 Nelson Street, Manchester M13, or at Manchester Art Gallery or Manchester Central Library between 1st November and 1st December (be aware that pictures can’t be returned, though).
Once all the images are in, artist Charlotte Newson will use them to create a huge portrait of Emmeline Pankhurst, leader of the suffragettes. The portrait will appear on the billboards across the city, and at Manchester Art Gallery to celebrate International Women’s Day, then from 6th March – 9th May 2010.
I’m off to find a really good pic of my Grandma to contribute – quite fancy seeing her face on a billboard…..even if it is part of someone else’s face in the end……
Kate
