Dream Time Creative
In 2017, Dream Time Creative formed as a collective of women who specialised in delivering creative, safe spaces for women. The name comes from the indigenous Australian peoples’ culture, Dreamtime, or The Dreaming, which are a series of creation stories. Our founder, Sarah Cobham was born in Australia. She has a strong connection to the land and to dreaming as a means of creative expression. This is why she chose the Platypus as our logo.
The Dream Time Creative Platypus
Learn More About the Platypus
(Click on the images to see bigger versions)
Identifying that creativity that lived between clinical and community support provided the foundation for The Forgotten Women of Wakefield strand. This soon came to represent not only Forgotten Women in Wakefield’s herstory, but how women felt forgotten in the present.
The Forgotten Women of Wakefield Project
The blue plaque parity campaign was born from one simple question.
Where are the women on blue plaques in Wakefield?
Unbelievably, at first, there was some resistance to identifying, researching, creatively responding to, connecting the community with and using blue plaques to claim space in public spaces for women.
However, the unveiling of the Louisa Fennell blue plaque was at The Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield in 2019, quickly followed by the creation of the Louisa Fennell walking trail.
The conversation had shifted. Rather than “Women of note from Wakefield? Good luck with that!”, it is “Who is the next forgotten woman from Wakefield?”
Our blue plaque page is a testament to the women from Wakefield’s past. Over 40 of them, and more on the way!
Round Our Way History Walks and Heritage Events
The Round Our Way Heritage Team began as a project at Westgate Unitarian Chapel to bring the stories of people buried in its catacombs to life. When the chapel closed, the team decided to deliver heritage walks around Wakefield with an emphasis on bringing many of the background stories of our Forgotten Women forward – making them even more visible.
Once our volunteer team had their costumes and had researched and scripted the walks, they quickly became a favourite activity for the public, with many people travelling from as far away as Manchester and London to take part.
Fancy coming along? find out when our heritage walks and events are being held.