Join artists Lizzie McLoughlin and Phoebe Foxtrot for a gentle and reflective workshop created for people with lived experience of birth.
This workshop is part of Lizzie Mcloughlin’s ‘Manchester Birth Stories’ Exhibition in the Granada Foundation Galleries on display until Sun 15 Jun. As a participant you are invited to explore and express your birth story through a personal process of mark making, collage and stitching.
The workshop will be an opportunity to work with Lizzie McLoughlin and Phoebe Foxtrot, using materials including watercolor, pastel, fabric, and even suture thread - a material symbolically linked to healing and repair.
This workshop offers a safe and supportive space to connect with varying experiences whether tender, joyful, complex or unresolved. Through guided prompts and creative activities, you’ll be encouraged to reflect on themes of transformation, strength, vulnerability and care.
You’ll be invited to make expressive marks, stitch shapes or symbols, and play with materials that carry emotional resonance.
Workshop information:
- This workshop will take place in the HOME Arches (Arch 3). Please meet at our box office on the ground floor at HOME 5 minutes before the workshop start time.
- The session will begin with a grounding exercise to help you settle into the space.
- All participation is accepted whether you choose to work quietly or share reflections with the group (sharing is always optional) and you will be supported through the workshop by Lizzie and Sam.
- You might choose to bring a few words from your own birth story to incorporate into your work or simply respond intuitively on the day.
- All materials will be provided.
- If you have any access requirements, please email artistdevelopment@homemcr.org
Tickets are pay what you can with suggested donation of £10.00
About Lizzie McLoughlin
Lizzie McLoughlin is a neurodivergent painter and infant feeding specialist in the NHS. She explores the complexity of human emotions, pregnancy, breastfeeding/chest feeding, birth and beyond through portraiture. Lizzie McLoughlin received the Granada Foundation Gallery Exhibition Award at the Manchester Open in 2024. Lizzie McLoughlin also works as a facilitator and has exhibited work at Bury Art Fest and Manchester Art Gallery.
About Phoebe Foxtrot
Phoebe Foxtrot is a community artist, illustrator, craftivist and mum of two working in the North West. She facilitates community arts groups around the city, making space for art, community and positive social change. She recently curated an exhibition of female centred work in December 2024 at HOME, which explored identity, joy and sisterhood. You can find out more about her work at www.phoebefoxtrot.co.uk
