In Certain Places

15/05/2026

We are going to transform this car park at St Bernard’s Larches and Savick Community Hub on the periphery of the city of Preston into a cultural venue called the MET this summer. This will be its 7th Iteration.

This is going to be achieved by continuing to work in partnership with Harris, Preston City Council and the Community Hub to deliver the month long programme.

We are returning to the west side of the city working in partnership to co-produce the programme with the community, led by Emma Caffery of St Bernard’s Larches and Savick Community Hub. Emma was an exceedingly productive community facilitator last year and organised a very successful programme of that was supported by the community, resulting in over 1,700 people attending the 42 events. 

We have already had some very useful community focus group meetings with lots of new and exciting ideas for events this year including more events for young people.

The program has been informed by initially focusing on the following three approaches and hybrids

Enabling existing meetings and workshops that were looking for someone special to hold your activities, the opportunity to use the MET

Amplifying and celebrating cultural activities that were already taking place such as dance, music, bands, performance.

Working with the community to identify what they would like to see the MET used for, professional performers, special public events and skill development.

This year’s programme is taking shape and will be published on 22nd June  It will run from the 18th July until 15th August. 

If you would like to know more about the MET we still have some copies of our publication ‘Culture on the Move’ more in formation in link in bio

07/05/2026

So pleased we were able to be at the .art.biennale for the Launch of the Great Britain Pavilion with and Hopefully you all get an opportunity to visit this wonderful exhibition.

16/04/2026

Next weekend, the FLOAT Exhibition will be presented in Whitehaven, Cumbria as part of the Imagine Festival, organised by Everyone Here.

Created by ICP research assistant and PhD student Natasha Dawson, the exhibition explores the rich history of West Cumbrian carnivals. Drawing on extensive archival research and collaboration with local communities, FLOAT brings together stories, photographs, and oral histories spanning from the late 19th century to the present day.

The weekend will also feature outdoor performances, alongside a replica carnival float and costumes created by artist Janice Murray in partnership with local community groups.

25th & 26th April (11-5 each day)

St Nicholas’s Church and Gardens, Whitehaven

09/10/2025

A new publication from In Certain Places

Culture on The Move

For the past 10 years the public art project In Certain Places has been collaborating with architects and artists, to explore new models of temporary community cultural infrastructure that can be seen as universal and relevant, beyond the testing ground of the city of Preston.

This publication reveals and delves into this particular interest, while examining the wider discussion surrounding the provision of culture on the periphery of our cities. It showcases five projects while dealing with one in detail, the MET a mobile art centre. We layout the different aspects of creating and using the mobile arts centre, its impact on the communities on the edge of the city it has visited, its historical context, and the commissioning and design.

The publication includes essays by the researcher Dr Rebecca Roke who is the author of the best-selling titles Nanotecture (2016) and Mobitecture (2017), and an essay by Steve Slack originally produced for the online arts publication Corridor8.

By Emeritus Professor Quick,
Edited by
Designed by

You can get your copy by going to the link in the bio.

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