Kuthandizira zaluso zakomweko ndichinthu chomwe ine - ndipo, kuwonjezera, LittlePod - ndakhala ndikuchita kwa nthawi yayitali tsopano. Ichi ndi chaka chapadera kwa zaluso zakumalo ku East Devon pomwe tikukondwerera zaka 20 za Farringdon Society of Arts. Gulu la LittlePod ndi ine timanyadira kukhala kuthandizira masewera athu am'deralo kachiwiri mu 2024…

Pali zambiri zoti tisangalale!

Kalelo mu 2004, izi zitayamba, anthu ochepa ku Farringdon adagwiritsa ntchito imelo. Sikuti aliyense anali ndi foni yam'manja. Ndinalibe chilichonse.

Nditayamba kukhala ndi lingaliro lokhazikitsa gulu lazojambula ku Farringdon, ndinafikira kuti ndipeze anthu onse aluso m'mudzimo. Patapita nthawi, tinakhazikitsa komiti imene inkakumana kamodzi pamwezi m’chipinda changa chodyera.

Taluso kwambiri m'mudzimo ...

Pa komitiyi panali Barnaby Edwards - wojambula, wolemba, wowonetsa zaluso, wochita malonda a audiobook ndi zina zambiri, munthu mmodzi pakati pathu amene anali pa komiti ya zaluso m'mbuyomu, komanso wopanga logo ya FSA yomwe tikugwiritsabe ntchito mpaka lero; Alex Thompson, wokonda kuphika ndi injiniya, ndi milliner wokhala ndi chipewa chake, yemwe amaphunzira ku Chelsea College of Art; Alana Sayers, wojambula nsalu waluso yemwe adaphunzira ku Camberwell College of Arts; Vivien Barnes, wokonza malo omangamanga, yemwe ankayendetsa bizinesi yake; ndi ine, mphunzitsi wakale wa pulayimale, yemwe angapitirize kupeza LittlePod.

Ndikayang’ana m’mbuyo tsopano, zaka 20 pambuyo pake, zimandivuta kukhulupirira kuti ndinakwanitsa kusonkhanitsa khamu la anthu ochita kupanga chonchi kuchokera m’mudzi wawung’ono wotero ku East Devon!

Kuyambira pachiyambi, FSA inali ndi akatswiri pankhaniyi. Tinapanga chithunzi chathu choyamba ndikufikira kwa ena m'mudzimo, kuwapempha kuti agawane zokonda zawo.

Zochitika zaluso m'deralo zachuluka…

Tinapanga pulogalamu ya zochitika, yomwe tinkayika pakhomo lililonse ku Farringdon. Panali nkhani zaluso ndi ziwonetsero, masewero, makonsati ndi zochitika zina zanyimbo. Kamodzi pamwezi kwa zaka zisanu, tinali kukhala ndi malo odyera acoustic muholo ya mudziwo. Panali chakudya chamadzulo ndi zochitika zamtundu umodzi, komanso makalasi ojambula, kuvina, kupanga kumverera ndi zina. Nthawi ina, tinali ndi wojambula wokhalamo kwa chaka chimodzi, komanso wojambula wa ana. Tinkachitanso chikondwerero chathu chamasiku awiri m’mudzi wonsewo.

Mu 2009, bungwe la Guide Dogs Association linatsegula chionetsero chathu cha zojambulajambula, monga momwe tawonetsera mufilimuyi. Emma anali atachita mu kupanga kwathu Kuikidwa mmanda ku Thebes ndi Hazel Johnson, wophunzira amene akukonzekera kupita ku Camberwell School of Arts, anajambula chithunzi chake. Hazel adaphatikiza nkhani ya Emma mu braille kuti onse asangalale nayo.

Monga momwe wina adanena pa filimuyi yomwe idapangidwa kuti ikondwerere chaka chachiwiri cha FSA, 'Pali zinthu zomwe zikuchitika ku Farringdon zomwe mungapite ku London!'

Mu 2010, Arts & Health South West idapereka lipoti lokhudza zaluso m'deralo. Zotsatira zake zinali zosangalatsa, kupeza kuti m'madera omwe anali ndi chikhalidwe cha chikhalidwe, anthu ankakhala nthawi yaitali ndipo sankakumana ndi mavuto ochepa a maganizo. Chodabwitsa kwambiri chinali chakuti mapinduwa amagwira ntchito kwa onse - mosasamala kanthu za kupezeka kapena kutenga nawo mbali pazochitika. Zoona chabe za kukhalapo kwa zaluso ndizokwanira.

Ikubwera mu Seputembala uno…

Ndine wokondwa kuti - monga gawo la zikondwerero zachikondwerero cha 20th - chiwonetsero chapadera chomwe chimafotokoza nkhani ya FSA chidzachitika ku Village Hall pakati pa September 16th ndi 22nd. Ojambula a FSA (Allie Giles, Imogen Hallam ndi Dave Robinson) awonetsa ntchito yawo panthawiyi. Izi zigwirizana ndi kubwerera kwa Devon Open Studios ku Farringdon.

Kuphatikiza apo, ndafikira kwa ena omwe achita ndikuwonetsa pazaka makumi awiri za FSA. Ndine wokondwa kuti ambiri abwerera kumudzi kudzatithandiza kuchita chikondwerero.

Tili ndi pulogalamu yabwino kwambiri, yokhala ndi nyimbo zochokera kwa woyimba gitala wopambana mphoto Tom McLauchlan, sewero lochokera kwa Philip Kingslan John ndi Zinayi za Malupanga gulu la zisudzo, chiwonetsero cha makanema kuchokera kwa opanga mafilimu Daniel Loveday, ndi nkhani yochokera kwa wojambula Sarah Gillard, yemwe adzakhala akunena nkhani ya chovala chake chodabwitsa cha Liberty.

Kwa usiku umodzi wokha, malo odyera athu oyimba adzabweranso - ndi woyimba piyano wathu wakale Simon Bastone akukonzekera kuyimbanso. Mutha kubweretsa luso lanu loimba kuti mugawane, pazomwe zimalonjeza kukhala madzulo osaiwalika. Pulogalamu yathu yazochitika ifika kumapeto Lamlungu, Seputembara 22 ndi Tittle Tattle Teatime - omvera omwe ali ndi chidwi. Sally Sedgman, wokamba nkhani wodziwika pambuyo pa chakudya chamadzulo komanso mnzake wanthawi yayitali wa LittlePod ndi kazembe, wokhala ndi tiyi wokoma kwambiri woperekedwa ndi Vivien Barnes, mothandizidwa ndi Sheila Ogilvie.

Chonde tithandizeni kukondwerera zaka 20 za zaluso zapagulu ku Farringdon mu Seputembala. Pitani patsamba la FSA or funsani ife pano kupeza.