Article World Book Day and the joy of browsing For World Book Day QDT Trustee, Stella Sims, shares thoughts on browsing, libraries and books she's discovered thanks to QDT's mini library.
Article Awaab’s Law and passive drying in our homes In December 2022 2 year-old Awaab Ishak died from prolonged exposure to mould in his home. In July 2023 Awaab’s Law introduced new…
Art Haegue Yang: Leap Year at Hayward Gallery, London At QDT we love the iconography around clothes washing whether it be the illustration guides on clothes labels to help us know how to care for our items.
Article Young peoples’ film workshops Last week we hosted a special screening of short films made by local 14-16 year olds during our 2-day film workshops this summer with Kittyflicks Productions.
Article The Willow: a project by Vitalina The Willow Project is inspired by a sense of almost meditative serenity I experienced at Harriett’s Press. It is fusion of conversations about different shades of green, Persian poetry, mandala patterns, Celtic folklore and ancient wisdom from around the world.
Art Hello from Mimo Mimo was founded just over a year ago by us, Maya and Myre. We’re both illustrators and clay based artists based here in Brighton.
Article How I became an Urban Dryad by Robin Something I love about Harriett's Press is the invitation to slow down. While your laundry is getting done, you stop and breathe: sit, drink tea, talk, become absorbed in creating something small.
Art We are all ageing As Chair of the Board of Trustees for Quiet Down There (QDT), I am lucky to work with a fantastic group of experts and creative thinkers to support QDT’s development.
Art Artist Arabel Lebrusan’s call out for makers to create new work ‘Femicides’ I am using my residency at Quiet Down There's studio 7 to create a new work called 'Femicides'.
Article Saj Fareed attends a Good Grief Festival webinar and reports back on the importance of having those conversations The words death and dying still send shivers down most of us. We tend to bury our heads and are in denial about the inevitable.
Art Artist Sam Williams on her residency in QDT’s studio this summer When Quiet Down There asked me if I would like to use their space as a studio over the summer I was incredibly grateful as it came at a point when I was feeling a bit frustrated with the development of Proto-Play project.
Art Project Paisley During Summer 2017 Quiet Down There was commissioned by Camden Council to deliver Project Paisley - a series of paisley design workshops in Camden library and the creation of a paisley for Camden all led by artist Saj Fareed.
Art The Heritage of Laundry – An Immersive Audio Tour by Anna Celeste Edmonds A new QDT project is underway with sound artist, field recordist, and researcher Anna Celeste Edmonds, to create a mobile locative immersive audio guide, informing…
Article A history of London Road – walking tour with Geoffrey Meads, Brighton Fringe Standing at St Peter’s Church in Brighton on a busy afternoon in the middle of a Brighton Festival weekend, it’s hard to believe this area…
Art Institute of Curiosity & Curating podcast QDT Trustee Charlie Levine tells us about her new podcast which aims to look at and explore curatorial methodologies. Charlie includes why she decided to…