COMMUNITY PROJECT, 7 SERIES OF COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS AND FINAL EXHIBITION AT DREAMLAND, MARGATE

FEB - SEPT 2025 

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 ICONS OF MARGATE & CLIFTONVILLE IS A COMMUNITY ARTS PROJECT CREATED BY CARSON PARKIN-FAIRLEY AND FUNDED BY ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND. 45 ARTWORKS WERE MADE IN A SERIES OF COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS, CREATED AND LED BY CARSON, WITH EACH PARTICIPANT CREATING AN ICON OF THEMSELVES. AN ODE TO EVERYTHING THEY LOVE. A FURTHER 4 WORKS WERE CREATED BY CARSON CELEBRATING FOUR 'LOCAL ICONS', WHICH WERE SELECTED BY A COMMITTEE FROM A LIST OF PUBLIC NOMINATIONS, CELEBRATING THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY.

AN ACT OF SELF APPRECIATION, THE ICONS CELEBRATE EVERYTHING THAT MAKES US UNIQUE, WITH EACH SYMBOL OR IMAGE USED PERTAINING TO A STORY FROM THE SUBJECT'S LIFE.

"AT A TIME WHEN EVERYONE IS SO CONCERNED WITH WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING, AND VIEWING OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES ON SOCIAL MEDIA, IT IS IMPORTANT TO HONE IN, MAGNIFY AND CELEBRATE THE EXTRAORDINARY LIVES WE HAVE ALL LED.

 THE ICONS PROJECT SEEKS TO ELEVATE THE STORIES OF THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE A PLACE, AND THE INTRICACIES OF EVERY ONE OF THEIR LIVES. I HOPE AFTER VIEWING IT YOU CAN AGREE, WE ARE ALL ICONS." CARSON PARKIN-FAIRLEY

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