Alice McLean

Jeweller and artist educator. Art instructor at Bethlem Royal Hospital. Founding member of @makingenhanced

[Alice McLean @AliceMc_Lean]

Very pleased to share a project @JustineBoussard and I worked on this year for @tweetcraftspace! See tweet thread for more details 🌱🐱 @AllotmentCat

[Craftspace @tweetcraftspace]

Time for our next #meettheartist; exhibitors in our #wearecommoners exhib. We're thrilled to include curator @JustineBoussard & artist @AliceMc_Lean who work together to highlight examples of land based commons that have been saved through grass-root campaigning across the ages.

[Granby Workshop @GranbyWorkshop]

We are hiring!! We’re looking for a ceramicist to join the team 👀

Full job pack below. Deadline 14 March 2022!

Plz RT

https://t.co/7d4E6n0KOt

[Alice McLean @AliceMc_Lean]

Delighted that our tokens which were designed in collaboration with Walsall Road Allotment plotholders @AllotmentCat have been acquired by Birmingham Museum Trust 🌟 @BM_AG #wearecommoners @tweetcraftspace

[Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery @BM_AG]

Pleased to announce @BM_AG has acquired 2 Walsall Road Allotment tokens into Birmingham’s collection. The tokens were co-designed by some of the allotment plot holders, along with designer @AliceMc_Lean & curator @JustineBoussard for #WeAreCommoners @tweetcraftspace

[Craftspace @tweetcraftspace]

We're so pleased that such an important local campaign will be represented in @BM_AG's collection. Justine & Alice’s collaboration with the @AllotmentCat plotholders commemorated a historic event of #commoning. A great story of what can be achieved when people #WorkTogether

[Craftspace @tweetcraftspace]

Two brass tokens designed by @AliceMc_Lean based on drawings by @AllotmentCat plot holders at the Walsall Road Allotments in #Birmingham - part of a project conceived and delivered by Alice McLean and curator Justine Boussard for #WeAreCommoners - have now been acquired by @BM_AG

[Alice McLean @AliceMc_Lean]

Such a treat catching the #turnerprize2021 @The_Herbert this week! Wonderful to see a platform for collectives working with communities. Particularly loved @ProjectArtWorks and @array_studios 👌

[Craftspace @tweetcraftspace]

These tokens celebrate the victorious campaign. They were designed by artists Alice McLean, Justine Boussard and the plot holders.

[Craftspace @tweetcraftspace]

In 2019 Walsall Road Allotments were at risk of being destroyed as part of the Commonwealth Games 2022 regeneration masterplan.
A campaign to save them was led by several humans and seven stray cats, spearheaded by the charismatic Robert @AllotmentCat

[Craftspace @tweetcraftspace]

Inspired by plotholders everyday acts of commoning; looking after the land and their community the badge reminds us there are other ways to own
https://t.co/qP1BwRIs5K
£1.50 from each purchase goes to the Walsall Road Allotments Association

[Craftspace @tweetcraftspace]

We are thrilled to continue the launch of the products from our #WeAreCommoners range with the
'Goose Badge’ created in #Birmingham by Thomas Fattorini Ltd.
https://t.co/UupC8I6CK4 #ShopLocal
Designed by artists Alice McLean and Justine Boussard.

[Alice McLean @AliceMc_Lean]

So exciting to see the finished enamel badge that I designed for @tweetcraftspace #Wearecommoners inspired by mine & @JustineBoussard project with @AllotmentCat - £1.50 of each purchase goes towards Walsall Road Allotments 🐈‍⬛✨

[Craftspace @tweetcraftspace]

We are delighted to launch the next product in our #WeAreCommoners range with the ‘Peace, Community, Nature’ badge. Featuring an exclusive design by artist Alice McLean and created in #Birmingham by Thomas Fattorini Ltd. https://t.co/qP1BwRIs5K #ShopLocal

[Alice McLean @AliceMc_Lean]

It was wonderful to catch the We are Commoners exhibition at @Leics_Gallery last month featuring projects by @JustineBoussard and I. Tour continues onto @devonguild from 18th September 🤗 @AllotmentCat @tweetcraftspace

[Robert Allotment cat,now helped by Janet & Amanda @AllotmentCat]

Very special visitors yesterday - Justine and Alice, the artists who made these beautiful tokens. Some of our humans helped to design them. They are about how we saved the allotments. Justine and Alice brought some in a frame for the veranda. There is exciting token news soon!

[Robert Allotment cat,now helped by Janet & Amanda @AllotmentCat]

I really loved meeting you and Justine today. I've heard all about the beautiful token you made and I loved it that you brought some in a frame for the veranda. I'll tell my Dorothy Dumpling all about it, I'm sure she will be impressed. She was sorry to have missed you today .

[Craftspace @tweetcraftspace]

#WeAreCommoners opens tomorrow at Leicester Gallery @dmuleicester. The exhibition invites you to become or recognise yourself as a #Commoner, featuring UK and international artists.

Pictured are artworks by Alice Mclean and Justine Boussard, credit @DTLPhoto #ACESupported

[Alice McLean @AliceMc_Lean]

Thank you @AllotmentCat & friends for welcoming @JustineBoussard and I to your wonderful allotments! Feeling very lucky to have worked with such an inspiring group of people and cats for @tweetcraftspace @craftingcommons #wearecommoners

[Dr Amy Twigger Holroyd @AmyTwiggerH]

Organising this brilliant event with @tweetcraftspace - do come along if you're interested in (or just intrigued by) exploring ideas of the commons to transform our worlds!

[Craftspace @tweetcraftspace]

Book your place for a virtual guided tour of the #WeAreCommoners exhibition and the 'Crafting Worlds in Common' half-day Symposium!

Symposium: Thu 24 June, 1.30-5.30pm

We Are Commoners Virtual Tour: 7-8pm

You are welcome to attend either session, or both.

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[Alice McLean @AliceMc_Lean]

Hooray! #WeAreCommoners is now open showing a newly commissioned project by myself and @JustineBoussard in collaboration with @AllotmentCat

[Craftspace @tweetcraftspace]

At long last we are open! You can now visit our touring exhibition #WeAreCommoners in person @OrielDavies! Open 11am – 5pm, Tuesday to Sunday. To learn more and book your ticket, visit their website here:

https://t.co/7CNlWUrlOd

Image credit: Dewi Lloyd

[NHS Maudsley @MaudsleyNHS]

Staff and patients at Bethlem have been creating "Spring Sketches" inspired by the hospital's beautiful Walled Garden. Many thanks to Bethlem's occupational therapists and @maudsleycharity for supporting this! #chelseafringe #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek

[Justine Boussard @JustineBoussard]

#Peckham and #Southwark residents! *If your body was a map, what would it look like?* Join artists Baum&Leahy for a free creative art-science workshop on 11/12 March inspired by Human Cell Atlas science. Sign up by Sunday to receive your creative pack >>>> https://t.co/4XAJQN7P2G