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Feed Project, University of Central, Preston (2026)

27/06/2025

We're very proud to announce that Museum of the Year finalist, Chapter Arts in Cardiff, is hosting the Feed project.

You can find the Feeding Chair, along with Sally Sutherland's Feeding Futures Floor Flag in their wonderful caffi bar until the end of August. Come and visit us to feed your baby or child and share your ideas about how Chapter can further support feeding people and families.

We are collaborating with The Birth Partner Project, a Cardiff-based charity which provides volunteer birth partners to support women seeking sanctuary who would otherwise face pregnancy, birth and early motherhood alone, to think about the café can contribute to the public health of Chapter's local communities and become a more welcoming shared space that meets the needs of parents and carers with young children.

We're also planning some events to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week in August. More details to follow....

Photos by Kirsten McTernan

20/06/2025

My 5 year old's bedroom door proving that longer term breastfeeding most certainly doesn't lead to attachment issues.🤣

04/03/2025

🎉 We have two FREE creative workshops coming up in starting tomorrow!
Wed 5th March, 10.30 – 12.30
Wed 19th March, 10.30 – 12.30

Milk and Blankets is a free, hands-on art project taking place across Birmingham. It explores the act of feeding babies and children, the emotions, techniques, preconceptions and struggles associated with it and the unsolicited advice that can be received. Working with artists Joanne Masding and Amelia Hawk, parents at The Mamahood Space are invited to take part in two fun and relaxing workshops, using clay, scent and tastes to make objects and infusions that will come to life during a summer picnic celebration.

Workshop 1: Clay making workshop with Joanne Masding (Wed 5th March)

This workshop is an invitation to make cups and small pots together, as we celebrate all forms of baby feeding in public. Looking at examples of infant feeding and the female form in sculpture, and bringing our own expert knowledge of what it takes to nourish a baby, we will create cups out of clay that will become a collaborative artwork. You will be taught how to make a pot using the pinching technique, and all materials will be provided.

Workshop 2: Play with your food, have a cuppa with Amelia Hawk (Wed 19th March)

This workshop is an invitation to explore comfort and nutrition in the humble mug of tea. We will be making infused milks and teas for big and small hands, exploring our mental and physical needs from the warmth of a hot drink. Flavour combinations will touch upon lactation, nutrition and mood. The workshops will be loose and free-flowing, with plenty of space for play. All materials provided.

Email [email protected] or DM us for more information.

Milk and Blankets is funded by &

04/03/2025

👋👋 We have another creative workshop with the wonderful tomorrow!

Free creative writing workshop at Kitts Green Children’s Centre
Wed 5th March, 10 – 11.30

Milk and Blankets is a free, hands-on art project taking place across Birmingham. It explores the act of feeding babies and children, the emotions, techniques, preconceptions and struggles associated with it and the unsolicited advice that can be received.

Working with artist and writer Ania Bas, this creative writing workshop is an invitation to read, think and write about experiences of feeding a baby and the emotional weight of being a parent. The session will include some guided and collective creative writing exercises as well as opportunities to work with words on your own. You will be stepping into a safe space, so there is no need to worry about wrong spelling or having nothing interesting to say. All materials will be provided.

This is a free workshop. No need to book, just turn up!

Milk and Blankets is funded by &

03/03/2025

👋Tomorrow!!👋

Free Creative workshop with
Lakeside Children’s Centre, 22 Lakes Road, Erdington Birmingham, B23 7L
Tues 4th March, 10 – 11.30

Milk and Blankets is a free, hands-on art project taking place across Birmingham. It explores the act of feeding babies and children, the emotions, techniques, preconceptions and struggles associated with it and the unsolicited advice that can be received.

Working with artist Joanne Masding, parents are invited to make cups and small pots together, as we celebrate all forms of baby feeding in public. Looking at examples of infant feeding and the female form in sculpture, and bringing our own expert knowledge of what it takes to nourish a baby, we will create cups out of clay that will become a collaborative artwork. You will be taught how to make a pot using the pinching technique. All materials will be provided.

No need to book, just turn up!

Milk and Blankets is funded by &

28/02/2025

👋This Monday, Mon 3rd March, 10 – 11.30
Free Creative workshop for parents of babies and young children
Bear Bookshop, 588 Bearwood Rd, Bearwood, Smethwick B66 4BW

Milk and Blankets is a free, hands-on art project taking place across Birmingham. It explores the act of feeding babies and children, the emotions, techniques, preconceptions and struggles associated with it and the unsolicited advice that can be received.

Parents in Bearwood are invited to explore comfort and nutrition in the humble mug of tea with artist Amelia Hawk. We will be making infused milks and teas for big and small hands, exploring our mental and physical needs from the warmth of a hot drink. Flavour combinations will touch upon lactation, nutrition and mood. The workshops will be loose and free-flowing, with plenty of space for play. All materials provided.

No need to book, just turn up!

Milk and Blankets is funded by & and supported by

15/02/2025

📢 We are delighted to announce a new project in partnership with Birmingham City Council’s Public Health Division, taking place in community hubs across the city.

Led by artists , and , Milk and Blankets is a free, hands-on art project that explores the act of feeding babies and children, the emotions, techniques, preconceptions and struggles associated with it and the unsolicited advice that can be received. Through engaging, fun and relaxing art making sessions we will develop ideas, write stories and make objects that will come to life during a family picnic celebration at Midland Arts Centre on 10th June 2025, curated by .

Art making sessions will run during March and April 2025, in partnership with in the following venues: Stryx, Fox Hollies Children’s Centre, Kitts Green Children’s Centre, Wychall Children’s Centre, Duke Street Church in Sutton Coldfield, Maternity Engagement Action in Urban Works, Lakeside Children’s Centre and Bear Bookshop in Bearwood.

For more information about the sessions, please email [email protected]

10/12/2024

OPEN CALL for a new exhibition at Woodend Gallery, Scarborough! 📢

Organised by as part of the Feed project.

NURTURE focuses on showing the works of mothers/caregivers who have yet to have the opportunity to display work due to their caregiving duties. The exhibition is open to artists whose work isn’t necessarily related to issues surrounding motherhood/caregiving. It is just an opportunity to give artists a space to display their work.

Deadline: January 4th 5PM 2025

Follow the LINK in our link tree to apply!

[ID: Image shows a photo of a mother and her child sitting in the Feed Chair, the child is looking at an iPad which is attached to the chair and the mother is looking at her child. In the corner of the image, the Crescent Arts logo is present. Over the photograph reads 'NURTURE: An Open Call For Artist Mothers' and at the bottom of the photo it shows all the accompanying partners.]

Photo credit: Fiona Finchett

06/12/2024

We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to , and all the other women, parents and children who came to to help us create and launch the Feeding Futures of Leeds Manifesto.

The Manifesto calls for a more inclusive, healthy and caring Leeds City Centre, where parents can safely feed and look after their children. The ten points of the Manifesto have also been incorporated into a Floor Flag by designer Sally Sutherland. Unlike traditional flags flown high on poles, a Floor Flag lies on the ground, creating an inviting space for gathering, thinking, talking and connecting. Sally also produced muslin squares featuring the Floor Flag design, which were given out during the launch event in November.

You can sit, read and spend time on the Floor Flag in Leeds Art Gallery’s Art Space. We hope that the Manifesto will be a starting point for making practical changes within the city centre.

A big thank you too to and especially .angie, who have given so much support to the Feed project. The gallery already does a huge amount to support and welcome families and now also hosts a monthly Bosom Buddies drop-in session to support people who are breast/chestfeeding older children.

⬆️ You can find a link in our bio to the video of the Manifesto being read out during the launch.

Thanks to for the gorgeous photos and to for making it all look beautiful.

29/11/2024

On 13th November 2024, Leeds Art Gallery hosted the launch of The Feeding Futures of Leeds Manifesto.

The Manifesto calls for a more inclusive, healthy and caring Leeds City Centre, where parents can safely feed and look after their children. It was created by artist Sally Sutherland in collaboration with Bosom Buddies breastfeeding support group, Shine Project young women’s group and visitors to Leeds Art Gallery. Sally also incorporated the ten Manifesto points into a floor flag. Unlike traditional flags flown high on poles, a floor flag lies on the ground, creating an inviting space for gathering, thinking, talking and connecting.

This video documents the launch of the Manifesto at Leeds Art Gallery, where project participants, along with local councillors and health professionals read the 10 Manifesto points aloud.

We hope that the points in this Manifesto can be implemented to make Leeds City Centre a place that welcomes feeding people and families.

Graphic design by Film by

27/11/2024

⭐️⭐️ Free creative workshop at Scarborough Art Gallery this Friday.

Do or did you breast, chest or bottle-feed your baby when you were out and about? Join the wonderful and at an informal drop-in workshop to share your experiences, make your own badge and contribute to a new artwork to accompany our Feeding Chair when it is hosted by Woodend Gallery in Spring 2025.

Come along to Space to Be at Scarborough Art Gallery on Fri 29th Nov - 1:30- 4 pm. Refreshments provided 💖 🤱🏽🍼

19/10/2024

Join us for food, conversation and creative activities as we launch the Feeding Futures of Leeds Manifesto.

Wednesday 13th Nov, 12 – 2pm
Leeds Art Gallery
Free, lunch provided

The Manifesto calls for a more inclusive, healthy and caring Leeds City Centre, where parents can safely feed and look after their children. It was created through a series of creative workshops at Leeds Art Gallery, where members of Bosom Buddies breastfeeding peer support group and young women from the South Leeds-based Shine Project, alongside members of the public, shared their practical ideas for how the city centre could be made more welcoming for families.

The ten points of the Manifesto have been incorporated into a floor flag by designer Sally Sutherland. Unlike traditional flags flown high on poles, a floor flag lies on the ground, creating an inviting space for gathering, thinking, talking, and connecting. The Floor Flag will provide a focal point for the launch and subsequently remain in Leeds Art Gallery, inspiring change towards safer, healthier, and more inclusive urban environments.

We hope that you can join us at this informal event, where we will present the manifesto and, over lunch, invite you to discuss your own experiences of and aspirations for Leeds’s public realm.

👶Children are, of course, welcome!

Book your place here: https://feeding-futures-of-leeds.eventbrite.co.uk/ (link in bio)

We look forward to seeing you there!

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