Maddi Nicholson
June 2021 – September 2022
Maddi Nicholson is an artist who specialises in working with people and place. Her interest is in communities: communities of people, of objects, of interest, of life – and the choices and allegiances that one makes.
From June 2021 to September 2022, Maddi Nicholson will be a Visiting Artist at Milton Keynes Arts Centre, working with local people to delve beneath preconceptions of buildings, and the people who live or lived in them, to explore what ‘home’ subjectively means to each of us.
In 2019, Maddi Nicholson first visited Milton Keynes and says:
“Over the past few years I have been investigating perceptions of place, class and status that are embedded in particular structures, especially northern working class terraces, public and civic buildings, animal and agricultural structures and homes of all types.
I was particularly interested in the buildings of Milton Keynes Arts Centre, and the grounds of Great Linford Manor Park: the Schoolhouse and Almshouses, built by William Pritchard in 1696; twin stable pavilions; and the Radcliffe building; their perceived grandeur and status, however untrue, in comparison with some of the ‘modern’ 1970s estate housing surrounding the Arts Centre and in the outlying areas around Milton Keynes.”




22 July 2022, 1.30–4.30pm
Moorlands Family Centre/ Dodkin
6–7 Dodkin, Beanhill, Milton Keynes MK6 4LP
23 July 2022, 1–5pm
Netherfield Library
Netherfield Local Centre, Farthing Grove, Milton Keynes MK6 4JH
Join the artist Maddi Nicholson over two days this summer in designing your own miniature Netherfield and Beanhill houses and turning them into fridge magnets. There will also be the opportunity to learn more about the Home project and to get involved.
Free, no booking required
Suitable for all ages
Maddi Nicholson: Home is supported by Milton Keynes Community Foundation






Thank you to all who came to meet Maddi in Netherfield Community Garden on Saturday 21 May and for making so many amazing badges. We will be back in July and look forward to seeing you again then.
Do you live in Beanhill or Netherfield?
Would you be interested in organising art projects and activities in your neighbourhood?
If so, we want to hear from you.
Sign up here to find out how you can get involved in the Project ︎︎︎
Maddi Nicholson: Home is supported by Milton Keynes Community Foundation

Make
Your Own 3D Paper House





Download these artist-designed templates of a Milton Keynes house as a fun activity to do at home. Decorate your house with pictures, words and symbols which celebrate your identity and the place you live.
Click here to download all five templates
Don’t have a printer? Don’t worry!
We’ll have plenty of house templates and drawing materials in our gallery for everyone to use. If you’re stopping by Great Linford Manor Park for a walk or picnic, why not drop in and get making over a cup of tea.
Limited Edition Milton Keynes house






£12 each + P&P
or complete set of five for £50
A limited edition series of fabric Milton Keynes houses created by the artist, Maddi Nicholson, with the people of Milton Keynes for the project, Home. Each fabric pattern gives you instructions to follow to create your own home.
Each signed and numbered, edition of 105.
Home by Maddi Nicholson – Exhibition tour
28 September – 2 October 2021












