Brochure's arrive!

Last few things to organise ready for Friday's tour...Thank goodness the leaflets have arrived, and they look pretty good.
Still need to put the finishing touches to the Tour guide outfit. I do hope the tours go down well.
Have also organised to present and initiate a discussion on the themes relevant to my action research on Tuesday 3rd March. The discussion will take place as part of the Headtalk' Forums.
Title of discussion is: What is the role of the artist in the regenerating city?
I will be presenting some of the findings from my Action Research and we will be examining some of the theoretical materials that I have examined including: Sophie Hope's Manifesto of Possibilities, Malcolm Miles' Interruptions essay, and we will also look at Preston's In Certain Places project in order to ascertain what can be learnt and what is relevant to Stoke-on-Trent.

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the brochure

So, I have been working on my 'Official Tour Guide - Stoke-on-Trent' brochure to go with my tour. This is one side of the brochure for the regeneration tour, which is due to take place on Friday (20th Feb) I am still working on the other side because I can't decide exactly what I want to say.
Depending on how this one goes I hope to create a second tour, which takes in the 1986 Garden Festival Site, as it is today.
There is still a lot to do in time for Friday - sewing red ribbons onto my tour guide costume, making a flag thing to hold up (like in the picture) and getting the brochures finished and printed.
I will also get the 5 Polish artists to fill in a monitoring form at the end of the tour to find out what they thought about it.

Cartography

Couldn't find the exact map that I wanted for my tours - so having to create my own - tracing from an old map. So far I have worked out the route (red dots) but not exactly everything that i will say on the way - or how exactly I want to make the brochure (tourist information map).
There is a lot to do before next weeks tour.

Tour Guide Costume Design

Route Planning

Luckily for me I decided to plan my route for the tour on the 20th yesterday. (lucky because now there is a blizzard outside.) So I set off with the GPS device and my camera to plan where I will be taking the Polish artists on their tour.

What this city really needs...

In response to the lecture I went to 'lectures in regeneration' from the architects that had put in a bid for Stoke-on-Trent's public realm but had lost out to Glen Howells I have been thinking about their approach and I really liked it.
They also spoke of the need for a city to have a champion, to drive things forward; someone who really cares about the place, and is willing to go out on a limb for the place.
Thinking about it, this is a very true observation.
Liverpool has Phil Redmond; Manchester had Tony Wilson: who does Stoke have?
In response to this I have created a badge which will be given out on my tours.
Haven't decided on the exact wording of the badge just yet, but it will be one of a few choices.
or alternatively
or perhaps

and finally

Stoke-on_trent's official tour guide

If I am going to be Stoke-on-Trent's official tour guide I will need a Tour Guide's uniform, and a flag, like the lady above.