LDC Residencies 2025
2025 Residencies at The Grange, Norfolk
Immersive semi-structured Residential Weekends at The Grange, Norfolk
FOR GRAPHIC NOVELISTS AND COMICS ARTISTS
Led by Dr Nicola Streeten
£240 per person
Friday 20 – Sunday 22 June 2025, details & to book here.
Friday 1 – Sunday 3 August, 2025, details & to book here.
If you have any questions about the residencies please email Nicola nicolastreeten@yahoo.com
About The Grange
The LDC residencies are hosted at The Grange, Great Cressingham, Norfolk. This is the headquarters of LDComics as well as being home to Dr Nicola Streeten and artist spouse John Plowman. The creative activity here is made possible by the generosity and support of the owners of The Grange.
The Grange offers an exceptional setting in nature to pursue your creative practice alongside ours. Our vision is to create, facilitate and participate in a convivial and generative atmosphere in which a key feature is a supportive, engaged feedback process with fellow residents. You can expect to be inspired and entertained.
The Grange provides:
A private room with a desk.
Wifi in all rooms and throughout the house.
All linen and towels are provided.
Toilets, shower and bath are shared access.
Use of the communal kitchen, a library with an extensive collection of graphic novels and art books, and living room with work stations as well as access to the extensive gardens and grounds.
Meals: Vegan/vegetarian breakfast, lunch, dinner. All food allergies and needs will be discussed in advance to ensure options for you.
Breakfast and lunch will be provided for you to help yourself to.
Hot drinks available for you to help yourself to throughout your stay.
The evening meal will be communal and we ask for all guests to commit to joining
Resident’s Responsibilities
Transport costs.
Material costs.
We ask that you arrange to have individual insurance in place (available from a-n.co.uk https://www.a-n.co.uk/about/insurance/ ) to cover work, equipment or materials belonging to you and your activity at The Grange.
Accessibility
The Grange is a rambling old building, with no ground floor bedrooms or shower facilities. If you have a physical or mental health condition please contact us to discuss how we can best support you with your individual needs.
Transport
If travelling by car The Grange has many major roads within a reasonable distance such as A11, M11, A1, A17.
The nearest train station is Downham Market we offer pick ups from the station on Mondays at 3.30pm and return transport on Saturdays or Sundays to arrive at Downham Market at 11am. Travel to and from Downham Market station at other times will need to be arranged independently (there is no public transport and a taxi costs around £50 we can give you taxi numbers)
The Grange is a 40 min drive to Kings Lynn and a 10 min drive to Swaffham a small town that has a full range of amenities; post office, pubs, doctor, chemist, supermarket etc. There are local bus services from Swaffham but access to a vehicle would be advisable for off site visits/meetings.
