Jan Bee Brown

Collaborative artist and storyteller I work with diverse communities and charities to enable them to tell their story.

[Jan Bee Brown @janbeebrown]

Our tour continues at Bigton Hall this evening at 7pm with a community workshop at 5 pm to share local stories and song

[Jan Bee Brown @janbeebrown]

@ScotStoryFest Shetland’s GoLocal programme starts tonight at Scalloway Hall! Leviathan Boom-Bust-Boom! Come one come all! 7pm Free!

[Jan Bee Brown @janbeebrown]

Looking forward to sharing - great to be let out of our box!

[Scottish Storytelling Centre @ScotStoryCentre]

This is the last week to catch the beautiful Parish Maps exhibition in the Storytelling Court.

5 Parish Maps were produced by artists working closely with their communities, gathering in memories and distilling them to make the displayed work

Get down while you still can!

[Jan Bee Brown @janbeebrown]

A fascinating lockdown project in Restalrig

[Neon Books @Neon_Lit_Mag]

Wednesday's Event!

PARISH MAPS - a new @ArtsTrad exhibition focused on community mapping is running at @ScotStoryCentre until
Sunday 15 May.

Feat:
@janbeebrown
Sarah McFadyen
Anne Murray
Raonaid Mackrory
Katharine Macfarlane

https://t.co/qKd3qW52cJ

[Jan Bee Brown @janbeebrown]

I'm fundraising for Alzheimer Scotland. Check out my @JustGiving page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving https://t.co/BhvThriQEQ

[Jan Bee Brown @janbeebrown]

@scotgov Yet my local chemist has no test kits and had heard a rumour that we’d need to pay fir them in future…clarity?

[Jan Bee Brown @janbeebrown]

@itmustveshifted Take care!

[Jan Bee Brown @janbeebrown]

Fantastic project…proud to have been a part of this!

[The Scottish Fisheries Museum @scotfishmuseum]

We Won! Knitting the Herring is the winner of the Lockdown Response category of this year’s AHI Engaging People Awards! Thank-you to our funders, our steering group, all our helpers and everyone who “picked up sticks” to join in this wonderful project! (1/2)

[Jan Bee Brown @janbeebrown]

@ScotStoryFest @theskinnymag @MercatToursLtd Fantastic! Looking forward to sharing a nomination!

[Jan Bee Brown @janbeebrown]

Yes please! The last series was fantastic!

[The Scottish Fisheries Museum @scotfishmuseum]

Interested in knitting ganseys? Our informal monthly ‘Knit and Natter’ is back! Join us on Zoom for a friendly get together on the 30th Sept 2021, knitters of all abilities are welcome! Contact [email protected] for more information, Zoom details to join.

[Jan Bee Brown @janbeebrown]

Loving this!

[Jan Bee Brown @janbeebrown]

@gaada_org @Assemblestudio Makes complete sense!

[Jan Bee Brown @janbeebrown]

@ShetlandLibrary Fantastic and well deserved!

[Jan Bee Brown @janbeebrown]

@LibFalkirk Lovely Lady! Anna have fun, it was a pleasure working with you!

[Hobbitpaws @Hobbitpawsdogs]

#LightTheNorth art trail project - the Shetland lighthouses! ❤💡🌊 what a fantastic way to raise money for charity, we loved finding these!

#lighthouse #Shetland

[Jan Bee Brown @janbeebrown]

And every Care Home.

[mara menzies @marastoryteller]

'What if every country, every city, every hospital, every forest had a storyteller in residence?' @StoryClare what kind of world would it be?

[Jan Bee Brown @janbeebrown]

Thrilled! Just thrilled!

[The Scottish Fisheries Museum @scotfishmuseum]

Happy #WorldStorytellingDay!

It's wonderful to see the Gaelic recording of the Herring Tale 'Three Ply,' written by @janbeebrown and translated by @MuseumnanEilean!

Listen to the magical story in Gaelic at: https://t.co/HkWkoOB9M9

https://t.co/DgYQWryEiU
@ThriveArchive

[Jan Bee Brown @janbeebrown]

@jackdrumuk @Spiritof2012 @ThriveArchive Can’t wait to share tales of feisty females!
#seashanty

[The Scottish Fisheries Museum @scotfishmuseum]

Happy #WorldBookDay! Feeling inspired by the day? Why not follow Kipper on his Gansey Adventure or listen in to the Magical Gansey and Fisherfolk #Stories told by @janbeebrown

Find all this and more on Herring Tales: https://t.co/DgYQWryEiU