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Delve into an unconventional life through OLIVIA's animated vignettes at Quay Arts. Ends Saturday
Olivia Parkes, aka Britannia the old lady of the sea, lived a precarious life off-grid in a wooden boathouse on stilts just west of Ventnor Beach for around 40 years from the 1920s to 1958.
In 2023, Isle of Wight artists Teresa Grimaldi and Sarah Vardy were awarded an Arts Council England grant to explore Olivia’s unusual life.
The project runs over several months and includes community engagement workshops, a zine, an animated film and an exhibition.
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