PLayTopia
Eugene Minogue, acting CEO, Play England:
“PLayTopia…sounds thoughtful and rooted in a clear belief in the importance of play as a creative and developmental process”
This page is to give a sense and flavour of where PlayTopia came from and what it may look like…..and offers a working context of the times we are living in, with quotes from many supportive people.
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Kathy is a defender of play, and takes play very seriously'
JF, artist
Kathy’s work is about the nobility of education, the soul of education'
SB, artist and educator
‘For me, what’s so great about the Playtopia project is its timing…we are working hard to reach out to some very dispondent communities and Kathy’s expertese and years of experience will really help us to not just connect, but facilitate long-term growth” D.Parker, Figment Arts.
“ I am interested to make the invisible visible…and to work with the ‘middle bit’…the area of connection and spontaneous action”,
Kathy Williams, artist.
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''Kathy's work is deceptively simple, she gets to the essence of things in a magical way''
J W, artist
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'Kathy pushes the boundries of how we think about (art)...and deeply considers how the public accesses, engages with and understands ....contemporary art.
Sally Perry, editor, OnTheWight.
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'Kathy has a genuine talent to be able to engage people and create creative spaces based on equal voice.'
Alys Scott-Hawkins, Artist specialist support.
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'Joyful', 'hopeful' 'generous'...'it's hard to seperate Kathy's warmth from the work' .
Comments from the public.
We work together to ask questions and discover what works for us.
We can take photographs to document each stage of our thinking.....
We can use drawing to draw out amazing possibilities...sketches...tiny or large...that can influence.......
where we live... we can use our imagination, try out different colours, even learn 3d graphic apps....as we travel on our journies of discovery...
is there a dilemna with the invitation to play..yet not being comfortable to touch the work....
sequences of visual thinking certainly is not the same for everyone...and certiainly does not always present in a linear way.... ...we can be inspired at any time........
........creative thinking and expression is personal...this method of play is deeply personal....yet safe spaces to explore cut across every industry and facet.
...and we can use whatever tools we think are best for us.... VR, tech, apps, ...2d, 3d,...movement / dance...we will see....
...just to try it out and see what happens ....
