Can you picture the Estuary 100 years ago?

A great question that sums up the aims of this beautiful project, utilising memories, reimagination and connection. For Estuary 2025, I was selected to devise and deliver the project HOP ABOARD!  The engagement programme, workshops and resource packs for local schools and live briefs with FE colleges culminating in two professionally curated exhibitions. The project was supported by Southeastern and was part of the Railway 200 programme celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of the modern railway.

The HOP ABOARD! programme invited audiences and participants to explore how movement, memory, and time shapes our understanding of place. It investigated the shifting landscapes of the Estuary, the trades and industries that have defined it, and students own role in imagining its future. 

The programme aimed to empower participants and festival visitors to see change not as loss, but as a vessel for action; for communities, for the environment, and for the landscapes still to come.

https://www.estuaryfestival.com/artist2025/detail/-maraid-mcewan.html

Access the Educational resource here:

https://www.estuaryfestival.com/blog/detail/teachers-resource-2025.html

River Guardians

Waste River Guardian sculptures made in collaboration with primary and secondary schools in North Kent.