A Mining Statue For Doncaster

Come see us in the Magdalen at The first Doncaster Emerging and professional art fair today.

What a great day creating portraits of people associated with mining. Remember you can still pledge at https://www.spacehive.com/mining_doncaste r

We loved being part of Doncaster's first Culture Crawl. Help raise funds for the next event. https://ko-fi.com/culturecrawl

Watch the making of a play that has been built on the words of local former miners from Doncaster. #TheLastSeam showing at various locations between 19 Sept - 14 Oct. Book your tickets https://bit.ly/2oO7QzN Cast John Fuller

The Last Seam is a play that brings to life the voices and stories of miners, their families and the local community.
Book your tickets: https://www.castindoncaster.com/whats-on/ the-last-seam

HELP US REACH 100 BACKERS
We're crowdfunding to build a mining statue in Doncaster to celebrate and pay tribute to a way of life that has been so important to the town.
This is an all or nothing campaign. We have to hit the target to get any of the money! There are just 50 days left to raise the remaining £100,000. We can do it but we need your help.
... Please make a pledge at www.doncastersminingstatue.org.uk and like and share our post. Thank you!
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Thank you to Doncaster Chamber for all your support and for backing our campaign.

56 people have backed our campaign to raise the funds to make a @miningstatue to celebrate Doncaster's mining heritage. Help us reach 100 backers by pledging online and sharing this post. www.doncastersminingstatue.org.uk

We'd like to thank Empire Property Concepts for making a pledge of £1000 to the Doncaster's @miningstatue crowdfunding campaign to help raise funds to build a sculptural tribute to the mining communities of Doncaster. www.doncastersminingstatue.org.uk Spacehive #publicart #mining #coal Doncaster Council, Doncaster Chamber, Business Doncaster #doncasterisgreat

If you missed the A Rich Seam exhibition you can still see the 10ft mock up of the rock - that will form part of the sculpture - at the Frenchgate Shopping Centre (near Boots on the ground floor). The actual rock would be much bigger than what we can see here; it will be 18ft wide and 8ft tall. There will be 30 niches, each will be home to a bronze head of a local person who either worked or lived in one of our mining villages. Each head will tell their own story using digita...l technology via smart phones and QR codes. What you can't see here in the mock up is the bronze 6ft listening miner that will stand on the reserve side of the sculpture in a carved out shaft. He is listening out for the Rich Seam of Doncaster's Mining Heritage that runs through the rock. Help us raise money to make this design happen at www.doncastersminingstatue.org.uk #doncasterisgreat
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If you miss the exhibition you can still see the 18 bronze heads of or local miners on display at Doncaster Museum & Art Gallery. Artist Laurence Edwards. Read more about the project at www.doncastersminingstatue.org.uk

Look who paid us a visit at the A Rich Seam Exhibition. Dennis Nowell Ex-miner from Markham Main.

We will be taking photos of ex-miners from Doncaster on Tuesday 7th August between 10am-4pm at the Frenchgate in A Rich Seam Exhibition (near Sainsbury’s).

If you haven’t visited us at the A Rich Seam Exhibition in Frenchgate yet we are only here until this Saturday. Come find us opposite T.K.Maxx www.doncastersminingstatue.org.uk

Look who popped into the exhibition John Tempest

41 people have backed our campaign to raise funds to build a mining monument that represents each mining village in Doncaster. Please help us reach over 50 backers by pledging from as little as £2 online at www.doncastersminingstatue.org.uk

Enjoyed being part of this as a student and volunteer. It's important to remember and celebrate our history

Contrary to what Chris has written below, the sculpture is far more complex than just a bunch of heads and, if he'd had a good look around, he would have noticed there is a six foot bronze miner that is an integral part of the design, and that the equipment he will be carrying is authentic, donated by the miners themselves. Art is a very subjective thing, but facts are not: regardless of whether you like the final design or not, I know that the artist has worked very hard with ex-miners and their families to come up with something unique and visually arresting to represent our mining heritage and, through the heads and their stories, a vital way of life will be remembered, commemorated and celebrated for posterity. Knowing how important mining was to our borough, and how close knit those communities once were, I urge all residents to get behind this important and much needed project: we owe the miners a great debt, and this will acknowledge that now and into the future.

A statue to commemorate the mining industry in Doncaster would be an excellent idea. The mining industry kept me in work for a number of years.

Enjoyed being part of this as a student and volunteer. It's important to remember and celebrate our history

Contrary to what Chris has written below, the sculpture is far more complex than just a bunch of heads and, if he'd had a good look around, he would have noticed there is a six foot bronze miner that is an integral part of the design, and that the equipment he will be carrying is authentic, donated by the miners themselves. Art is a very subjective thing, but facts are not: regardless of whether you like the final design or not, I know that the artist has worked very hard with ex-miners and their families to come up with something unique and visually arresting to represent our mining heritage and, through the heads and their stories, a vital way of life will be remembered, commemorated and celebrated for posterity. Knowing how important mining was to our borough, and how close knit those communities once were, I urge all residents to get behind this important and much needed project: we owe the miners a great debt, and this will acknowledge that now and into the future.

A statue to commemorate the mining industry in Doncaster would be an excellent idea. The mining industry kept me in work for a number of years.

Enjoyed being part of this as a student and volunteer. It's important to remember and celebrate our history

Contrary to what Chris has written below, the sculpture is far more complex than just a bunch of heads and, if he'd had a good look around, he would have noticed there is a six foot bronze miner that is an integral part of the design, and that the equipment he will be carrying is authentic, donated by the miners themselves. Art is a very subjective thing, but facts are not: regardless of whether you like the final design or not, I know that the artist has worked very hard with ex-miners and their families to come up with something unique and visually arresting to represent our mining heritage and, through the heads and their stories, a vital way of life will be remembered, commemorated and celebrated for posterity. Knowing how important mining was to our borough, and how close knit those communities once were, I urge all residents to get behind this important and much needed project: we owe the miners a great debt, and this will acknowledge that now and into the future.

A statue to commemorate the mining industry in Doncaster would be an excellent idea. The mining industry kept me in work for a number of years.