Here are some of the memories from last year and previous festivals
Thanks so much to Sonia, Amnesh, Charlotte and Iain & members of Preston Photographic Society for this years fantastic photographs.
At this years Mela we introduced some new elementsIncluding a fantastic BAZAAR where people could buy clothes, food, perfumes etc.
We also looked at how South Asian creative practitioners are doing in the city. Producing a document that traces the creative journey of some of them and we enabled them to display there work in a breakout space at the festival called THE VILLAGE. We are hoping that this will be the beginning of development work to support people that take the plunge into a creative career.
There was also more of an emphasis on our green credentials to align with our new policy document. We also wanted to show global effects so we created a site map that also explained how the impact of our environmental choices here in Preston impacts on our friends & family in South Asia.
Below is a film about the history of Prestons Mela
