Felicity Bromley-Hall

'this comes from the heart' - Nasrin, who @BethFooSheldon says is like 'the Mother' of our Community Steering Group, describing our #MeetYourNeighbour installation & community street party💛Meet the group, our wonderful party hosts, in our 'Meet Our Neighbours' vid TODAY!💚

EEEEEK! SUNDAY'S LINE-UP IS OUT! #MeetYourNeighbour Installation & Community Street Party is nearly here... no tickets needed to enjoy the party 🎉🥳🎈 drumming demo & workshop, balloon twisting, live music, food from around the world & so much more!! SEE YOU THERE 🤩

'for me.. it's everything: friendship, people.. & smiling'- Meet our Creative Sanctuary Group made up of our wonderful friends with roots all over the world! Here we are prepping Sunday’s big Launch & Street Party 💚#MeetYourNeighbour watch the video👇m.youtube.com/watch?v=AGb1Ky…

Through Nasrin’s eyes (a #MeetYourNeighbour Storyteller) this photo essay explores why Nasrin left her homeland of Iran to begin life anew- how the Islamic Revolution forced her to leave her beloved country&how Iran’s beauty is still part of life in the UK youtu.be/-hn7a86gz1E

“this project is about stepping into the role of ‘neighbour’, taking the time to listen & get to know people as just that, people, & removing the ‘refugee’ badge that so often people seeking sanctuary are forced to live with”- Artistic Director @BethFooSheldon, #MeetYourNeighbour

It’s #MeetYourNeighbour installation & community street party week!! 🤩🥳🤩 in the run up to Sunday’s celebration, we’ll be introducing you to our WONDERFUL neighbours - our community & creative steering group - the people behind the fun & food & dance here at Maison Foo ❤️🧡💙

'I enjoy this feeling of being this cog within a larger structure.. not in a mechanistic sense - in the way somebody does something alters how I have to move & how I do something alters how somebody else has to'-@Gayle_ChongKwan on collaboration in #MeetYourNeighbour. Tomorrow💚

'The houses are not just about houses... we have our outer shell but it's the inner lives that connect us' - installation artist, @Gayle_ChongKwan, talking about all the important things in her 'Meet the Artists' interview. OUT TODAY.💚For #MeetYourNeighbour installation, 19 Sep

'people become quite dehumanised through dialogue about 'them'... sharing personal connections is how you counteract these very distancing discourses' - @Gayle_ChongKwan, another of our wonderful installation artists on #MeetYourNeighbour. Full interview ⬇️youtube.com/watch?v=ng18P-…

Psst! Btw, don't tell anyone (TELL EVERYONE!) but our 'Meet the Artists' videos w/ @Maha_Alomariart & @Gayle_ChongKwan also contain sneak peeks of the houses built for #MeetYourNeighbour. Watch last night's interview w/ Maha to be the first to see... 😝youtube.com/watch?v=53atq8…

'It was just beautiful. I'm so proud of it. I can't wait to see it' - the magical @Maha_Alomariart, talking about being an Installation Artist for #MeetYourNeighbour in our next 'Meet the Makers' interview - this time via (COVID-friendly style!!) video💛Out Monday 💛sneak peeks⬇️

Don't forget! You can also now BOOK to secure your time slot for our #MeetYourNeighbour Installation Launch & Community Street Party. Sunday 19th September, #Derby Cathedral Green. Clink the link ⬇️ to book and find out more 😍 maisonfoo.com/meet-your-neig…

Did you hear about our #MeetYourNeighbour installation launch & community street party, happening Sunday 19th Sep on Derby Cathedral Green? Well BOOKING IS NOW LIVE 😍🥳😀 eventbrite.co.uk/e/meet-your-ne…

'Meet Your Neighbour' is an opportunity: to meet your neighbour!' - @MawhinneyDesign describing our #MeetYourNeighbour installation & launch party, 19th Sep. Caitlin sums up our last interview with house designers & makers by saying exactly what it does on the tin! 💛💙💜

'The whole experience, listening to the storytellers, working with the communities... developing relationships with the teams... the artists... it's all been equal parts humbling & inspiring' - @SamuelJWilde the man who mentored our house designers & makers on #MeetYourNeighbour

'Being a part of this mentorship programme is one of the things I'm proudest of in my entire career' - @SamuelJWilde, Lead Designer & Maker, on supporting our early career designers, who made the houses for our #MeetYourNeighbour installation. Launches 19th Sep, Derby. Read ⬇️💛

Together with our Foo friends and neighbours, we've been working on our #MeetYourNeighbour installation & community street party for the past two years 💛 have a read of all of last week's 'Meet the Makers' interviews in the thread below⬇️ (launch 19th Sep, Derby Cathedral Green)

'I'd really like the houses to just be a catalyst for the story & a visual aid' - @jidaadesign on designing the houses for our #MeetYourNeighbour installation (19 Sep) & celebrating our neighbours' stories that make it. Read our third 'Meet the Makers' interview later today...💜

'when you have an open mind and a willingness to listen, you can foster a community that everyone can thrive in'- @jidaadesign on being a house designer & maker for our #MeetYourNeighbour installation, built with & by our neighbours & friends seeking sanctuary. Full interview⬇️💛

'it's gonna give people an amazing insight and a chance to step back, recognise & register other people & other stories' - designer @MelhuishImogen on #MeetYourNeighbour installation & what she hopes people will take from our neighbours' stories & the houses made to hold them. 💛