The Heart of March Imaginarium

Fri 14 Feb 2025, – Sat 15 Feb 2025, 10:30am – 4:00pm

All are invited by Cambridgeshire Libraries, CCF and artist Hilary Cox Condron to a unique Imaginarium event in March Library called The Heart of March. Adults and children from the town and surrounding areas will be welcomed to this free event that’ll use arts, crafts, film and conversation to imagine and capture what the town and countryside might look and feel like in thirty years’ time.

Imaginariums are lively, colourful, thoughtful events that have been a hit throughout Cambridgeshire (one in the City attracted over 3000 visitors) and now March is getting its very own over the Valentine’s weekend. At Imaginariums, artists and community organisations come together with local people to imagine a better future, believing that it’s hard to build a different one if you can’t imagine what it’ll actually look like! Visitors will be invited to contribute to a giant map of March, help make a mosaic, draw, model and use the sound booths to record their hopes, dreams and ideas. Whilst thinking about the future it’s important to capture and preserve memories, heritage what we love about our area now, so there will be a chance for visitors to add what they cherish through words, poems or sketches.

Carl Suckling, Community Co-ordinator at Cambridgeshire County Council explains why he supports the Heart of March event, “It brings together the creativity and diverse perspectives of the community. This approach encourages new ideas, inclusivity, and helps us plan for a vibrant, resilient future. By engaging everyone’s imagination, we can tackle challenges better and make sure all voices are heard and valued.”

March based 20Twenty Productions, a not-for-profit working with children and young people has been working in advance of the Valentine’s weekend to create soundscapes and paintings/drawing with children from Westwood Primary School. The artworks will be on display over the two days and explore what the landscape of the local areas might look like if we do not change our environmental behaviours. Max Louth, their Director and Creative Learning Manager says, ‘As an organisation, we declared a climate emergency in 2022. We are passionate about raising awareness about climate change and what we can do to be better. The platform that arts and culture organisations have to generate awareness and understanding of these issues is unlike any other and will be key to dealing with the climate challenge every day moving forward.’

 Organisations including REMO Trading, Cambridge Carbon Footprint, 20Twenty Productions, the NHS, Fenland District Council (meet their new Environmental Projects Officer) and many others hope you can join them to imagine a town with the health and well-being of people and nature at its heart.

Location
March Library, City Road March PE15 9LT