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Summary of envision projects 07/08
South West
ProjectBase, Cornwall
Art Ambassadors – ProjectBase and The Exchange / Newlyn Gallery
Aim
To give young people a voice in the visual arts in their county
Objectives
- To develop and engage in meaningful partnerships between ProjectBase and the identified project partner organisations and the young people involved
- To engage a minimum of 10 young people identified as having English as an additional language to participate and to embrace their first languages within the scope of the project
- To support young people in the process of action research and consultation relating to their experience of Cornwall as a venue for the visual arts and a location for international artists to respond to
- To inform young people and challenge their perception of the visual arts through open dialogue, visual material, gallery visits and participation in the realisation of artworks being made by international artists for ProjectBase at The Exchange
- To further identify and disseminate information that can positively inform programming of the visual arts in Cornwall (this will include information about: what young people want, need and require from galleries and public art projects; best practice for diversity and equality awareness in the provision of visual arts activities for young people; and positive ways to engage and motivate young people)
Partners: Newlyn Gallery, Equality & Diversity Services (Children's Services Authority Cornwall), Poltair School, St Austell
Summary
To support young people in the process of action research and consultation relating to their experience of Cornwall as a venue for the visual arts and a location for international artists to respond to.
To inform young people and challenge their perception of the visual arts through open dialogue, visual material, gallery visits and participation in the realisation of artworks being made by international artists for ProjectBase at The Exchange
ProjectBase, Cornwall
Arts Ambassadors – ProjectBase and Tate St Ives
Aim
To give young people a voice in the visual arts in their county
Objectives
- To develop and engage in meaningful partnerships between ProjectBase and the identified project partner organisations and the young people involved
- To engage a minimum of 10 young people identified as at risk of disadvantage due to poverty, prejudice, isolation, family or personal circumstance
- To support young people in the process of action research and consultation relating to their experience of Cornwall as a venue for the visual arts and a location for international artists to respond to
- To inform young people and challenge their perception of the visual arts through open dialogue, visual material, gallery visits and participation in the realisation of artworks being made by international artists for ProjectBase
- To further identify and disseminate information that can positively inform programming of the visual arts in Cornwall (this will include information about: what young people want, need and require from galleries and public art projects; best practice for diversity and equality awareness in the provision of visual arts activities for young people; and positive ways to engage and motivate young people)
Partners: Tate St Ives, Cornwall Detached Youth Service – Kerrier District
Summary
To support young people in the process of action research and consultation relating to their experience of Cornwall as a venue for the visual arts and a location for international artists to respond to
To inform young people and challenge their perception of the visual arts through opportunities with the Tate St Ives, open dialogue, visual material, visits and participation in the realisation of artworks being made by international artists for ProjectBase
The Study Gallery of Modern Art, Poole
My Art Space Too
Aim
To encourage more young people to actively use the Study Gallery of Modern Art
Objectives
- To work with existing partners to recruit 10 young people between the ages of 14 – 18 years
- Run a workshop programme which will explore the role and operational structures of a Gallery
- Work towards producing a series of interventions that enrich/change the Gallery's programme for young people
- Collaborate with existing Gallery staff to review and adapt the venue's appeal to young people
- Work with participants to review progress and potential next steps
Partners: Local schools
Summary
Using digital media, young people will be invited to explore the notion of a gallery – what they are and who they are for by curating their own virtual galleries of artworks selected from The Study Gallery's art exhibitions and permanent art collection.
Their collections and interpretations will initiate a new dialogue between young people and the gallery, helping to ensure that a young voice is integral to the future development of The Study Gallery and it's work in the community.
Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton
KickstART
Aim
Our aim is for the Thelma Hulbert Gallery to meet young people's needs: to make them feel welcome, to celebrate their skills and opinions, to build their confidence, and give them a voice in what has always been an adult dominated environment.
Objectives
- To set up a youth panel which will form a vital role in the development of the gallery and in turn help us meet our other objectives
- To increase visits to the gallery by young people
- To increase participation in the running of the gallery by young people (i.e. recruitment and retention of young volunteers)
- To increase proposals for exhibitions by young people
Summary
KickstART is a creative consultation project with the aim of improving gallery experience for young visitors. We will organise with young people, a series of events culminating in a curated exhibition of their work or work chosen by them and the formation of a dynamic, decision-making, Youth Panel.
This Youth Panel will provide ongoing, sustainable benefits and the opportunity for young people to involve themselves in the policy, practice, access and enjoyment of an important cultural venue.
South East
Artsway, Hampshire
Generator
Aim
To work with 10 hard to reach young people (5 from Wessex Youth Offending Team and 5 from Youth Options) to develop a youth-friendly education programme.
Objectives
- A series of free creative workshops for at risk/ hard to reach young people between the ages of 14 - 21 years old. These workshops will be designed to stimulate the young people, and to enable them space to generate thoughts, ideas and opinions on art, contemporary art, the role of the gallery, and their working with the gallery, etc. There will be 4 or 5 day long (11am to 3pm) workshops for 5 young people from Wessex YOT and 5 from Youth Options. The principal artists for this project are Roy Brown - a multi-media artist currently studying at Goldsmiths in London, and Steve Lewis, a filmmaker based in the New Forest.
- There will be at least one roundtable discussion (1 or 2 hours in length) at ArtSway with each of the groups of 5 young people to discuss ideas coming out of the creative workshops, and to think about writing 'reports' on their views and ideas for a youth-friendly education policy at ArtSway. A trained facilitator, experienced in working with young people, will be in attendance - as will the workshop leader (or leaders) from the creative workshops and ArtSway's Education Officer.
- Reports will be commissioned from the 10 young people involved in the project. These reports can be written, videotaped, or perhaps even a rap, or graffiti - or anything creative. Each young person will be paid an incentive to complete the reports - either £25 (or perhaps up to £50) vouchers from high street stores such as WH Smith.
- There will be at least two feedback sessions on the reports. The reports will be 'disseminated' via our website, and sent to 'peer' organizations (such as other galleries, other youth organizations).
- An ArtSway 'Youth User Panel' will be set-up, partly or wholly made-up of young people who have been part of the project. They will also help ArtSway to develop a plan for future activity for young people.
Partners: Wessex Youth Offending Team and Isle of Wight Youth Options
Summary
ArtSway's 'Generator' project will actively involve young people in our future decision-making and strategy – particularly fro our education programme. The project will involve a series of artist-led creative workshops; discussions; outreach sessions and commissioned reports – all directly involving the views and ideas of young people. the main outcome will be a strong youth-friendly education policy that will enable ArtSway to better serve young people in Hampshire and parts of Dorset.
Metropole Galleries, Folkstone, Kent
LivingArt
Aim
The aim of LivingArt is to use contemporary art practices to explore unfamiliar experiences with a view to developing young people's life skills and confidence.
Objectives
- By establishing a group of 10 – 12 young people who have been excluded from mainstream education.
- By providing a project space within the gallery over which the young people are encouraged to take ownership.
- By devising a series of practical workshops that take a creative approach to everyday experiences as well as unfamiliar cultural/leisure pursuits.
- By supporting artists, staff and young people through implementing a well managed and resourced project with clearly defined roles.
- By building in time for reflection and evaluation for both staff and young people at every stage of the project in order to inform future relationships.
Partners: Arc, an alternative curriculum provision working within the Kent County Council Attendance and Behaviour Service. It is likely that Arc's sister organisation, Warmstone, will also have an involvement.
Summary
Artist Natasha Kidd will devise a programme of practical activities designed to introduce participants to a variety of cultural and leisure pursuits usually prohibited to them for various social-economic reasons. An emphasis will be places on a creative approach to everyday experience and the promotion of confidence and self-esteem.
Participants will take ownership of the gallery, using it both as a studio and a place for an accumulative visual presentation of their involvement in the project; a living diary.
In contributing to the process of these young people re-engaging with their community through gaining access to education and employment, the Metropole gallery hopes to benefit from their future involvement with the gallery; as visitors, volunteers, parents and employees.
Fabrica, Brighton
Straight Talking
Aim
To increase access to galleries fro young people through an exchange of knowledge, trust and skills between the young people, the Fabrica team and the Youth Offending team. Training and monitoring will support the research process and set of guidelines for future planning will be an outcome.
Objectives
- Increased understanding of and access to Fabrica and contemporary visual art for a group of young people at risk
- Extend the knowledge and skills of Fabrica'a education team and the Youth Offending team
- Encourage young people to adopt a positive self-determined approach and build their confidence
- Develop/ strengthen partnerships between agencies who provide services and opportunities for young people
- Embed the learning in Fabrica's audience development plan
Partners: Brighton & Hove City Council Youth Offending Team
Summary
Fabric and the B&HCC Youth Offending Team will undertake action research and relationship building with a group of young people from Brighton & Hove who are on the IS Programme at the Youth Offending Unit. Training and mentoring will support the research process and a set of guidelines for future planning will be an outcome.
Workshop themes include notions self and representation, galleries and what we think of them, contemporary art and what artists do. Throughout the project young people will be encouraged to adopt a positive self-determined approach, listened to and know their comments will feed into future planning.
Milton Keynes Gallery
Consultation Workshops
Aim
For the Young People's Steering Committee and Milton Keynes Gallery to gain a greater understanding of the needs and interests of a wider young audience to inform the Young People's Project
Objectives
- The Young Person's Steering Group and Milton Keynes Gallery working with partners to identify and consult with disadvantaged young people in Milton Keynes.
- Commissioning an artist to support a series of activities held within a neutral environment.
- To present findings to partner organisations and a wider group of young people.
Partners: To be confirmed possibilities include: NCH Homes, Independent Schools, PRU's
Summary
The Young People's Steering Committee at Milton Keynes Gallery will be taking the opportunity to gain a greater understanding of the needs and expectations of a wider group of 'hard-to-reach' young people across Milton Keynes in relation to the future development and decision making of the group and it's activities. A professional artist will be commissioned to bring together both group's to work within a neutral environment and in a creative consultative manner.