Author Archives: Sarah Butler

I am thrilled to have been awarded a commission by Didsbury Arts Festival.

Every day, 22-26 June, I will be walking the outer ward boundary of (East and West) Didsbury, uploading a new short piece of writing to the festival website at the end of each day. Following road and river, I will stick as close to the mapped boundary as possible and consider the relationship between the line on the map and the physical lived experience of the place. I will invite a range of people to join me along the way and there will be two walks open to all.

Keep an eye on the Festival website for walk details and new writing.

I am really excited to have been appointed to work on a long-term socially-engaged art project in Breightmet, Bolton. In collaboration with housing provider, Bolton@Home, I will be working with existing women’s groups and newly arrived families.

The project is led by GUILD and is the first of four projects which will make up the Social Housing Arts Network.

My collection of stories, interviews and personal essays, created as part of Where The Heart Is – a series of residencies exploring issues of home and care with people living with dementia and young people in Preston – is now available to download.

kevin dooley via photopin cc

Outbreaks of Rain is a TippingPoint commission, which came out of Weatherfronts: Climate change and the stories we tell – a conference organised by TippingPoint in collaboration with FreeWord and Spread The Word. Continue reading →

From April to December 2013 I had the privilege of being writer-in-residence at Withy Trees Day Centre and CSV Learning North West, as part of the artist residency programme, Where The Heart Is. The residency looked to explore ideas of home and care in two very different settings: a day centre used by people living with dementia, and an alternative education provider for 14-24 year olds. Continue reading →

Inspired by Exyzt’s The Feasting Mouth, a communal oven and dining table, I will be in residence at Skirt of the Black Mouth, Southern Landscape Tate Modern, Sumner Street: 15-17 July & 11-15 August 2014. Continue reading →

I’m really pleased to have an essay (about Dartmouth Park Hill and the idea of being half way up, half way down an urban hill) included in Mount London: Ascents in the Vertical City, published by the brilliant Penned In the Margins.