Above: Ravens illustration by Keiron, project participant
Above: Ravens illustration by Keiron, project participant

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Refuge from the Raves: Bury Art Museum

A celebration day for the project Refuge from the Ravens, with special guests Open Voice choir from Manchester will take place at Bury Art Museum on 20th April 2-4 pm. All welcome.

Refuge from the Ravens is a 21st Century rewrite of Lyrical Ballads by iconic poets Wordsworth and Coleridge made collaboratively with over 100 people affected by homelessness across Greater Manchester, Cumbria, and Liverpool.

Artworks, writing, and a film/soundscape are on exhibition at Bury Art Museum until 6th May 2023. Along with rarely-seen prints of Turner artworks from the gallery collection.

The project is supported by the Heritage Fund. Project partners include Manchester organisations Back on Track and Invisible Manchester, Lancashire District Homeless Action Service, Manna House in Kendal, Tom Harrison House in Liverpool and venues Wordsworth Grasmere and Bury Art Museum.

To find out more about this exhibit as well as see what’s on at Bury Art Museum visit: https://buryartmuseum.co.uk/What-s-On

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