Lincoln Arts Centre has secured £15,000 to deliver a new VE and VJ Day community commemoration project called Our Freedom: Then and Now.
Our Freedom: Then and Now is a new programme of community-based events taking place in arts centres, museums and libraries throughout the UK. Lincoln Arts Centre will work with the International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC) to bring its Digital Archive to life through a series of stories, workshops and large-scale displays.
The project builds on Lincolnshire’s strong RAF heritage and the involvement of ‘Bomber County’ in World War Two. Marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, this programme will give communities a unique opportunity to reflect on the end of the Second World War and to explore what freedom means for them, then and now.
Ben Anderson, director of Lincoln Arts Centre, said: “Local artists and communities in Lincoln are once again taking their place on the national stage. This time through our involvement in an initiative with real local significance.
“I’m excited to get started and eager to see communities come together to explore and activate the University’s unique cultural assets: Lincoln Arts Centre and the IBCC Digital Archive to create something truly unique and memorable.”
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