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The St Annes Museum of Miscellaneous Things

Artist and St Annes resident David Alesworth has been commissioned through a micro commission open call to produce his participatory artwork St Annes Museum of Miscellaneous Things.

The St.Annes Museum of Miscellaneous Things now invites the submission of artifacts for the collection. These should represent your ideas about life in St.Annes, from bits of local history to garden “finds”, in fact objects of very many kinds. A precious fallen leaf, found papers, historical photographs, Newspaper cuttings and wondrous objects of all sorts.

These will all be considered for inclusion in the Museum and local displays. We ask that a short story should accompany each submission (not more than 50 words) along with a name, a title, the object’s found location and the date. We will then create an artifact label for your submission.

Ways to Participate:

Collect a bag with the submission form from the local CoOp store at Wyatts view. Bag up your small object, fill in the submission form and drop this back to the Co-Op.

We are looking forward to seeing everyone’s submissions

Contact: davidalesworth@gmail.com

Note: This project will initially run until 12 November, then will recommence early 2021.

Collection of miscellaneous things including shells, leaves and horn spread out across a plain background with labels

The collection so far…

  • Green display table with selection of miscellaneous objects inside
  • Red seed pod on a green background with label reading 'This Chinese Lantern (Physalis alkekengl) was brazenly stolen from a garden on my way to a friend's house. A number of museums have stolen objects, so why not this one? Donated by Miss Farishta Mankani October 2020'
  • Unknown measuring device on a green background with label reading 'Found this in the family attic whilst clearing up recently. I can't understand what it could measure, or what it does. It doesn't seem to make any sense. He wasn't an engineer, what did he have this for? Donated by James Horton October 2020'
  • Blue plastic ring on a green background with label reading 'It's a discarded Ad-Blue or Screen-wash dispenser cap found by the roadside. I wonder how long this could stay in the environment; would it ever break down? Donated by Andrew Barry October 2020'
  • Three clam shells on a green background with label reading 'I found these on my first holiday in Wales. They were next to a live Starfish! on Oxwhich Bay. Donated by George October 2020
  • Small paper bag with 'Lotte Mart' logo, on a green background with label reading '
  • Green display table with selection of miscellaneous objects inside

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This project is produced by Bricks as part of our work in St Annes funded by National Lottery Awards for All and Nisbet Trust.

David is also a member of Bricks Artist Programme a network for visual artists in Bristol and West of England funded by Arts Council England.

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