St Gregory’s Catholic College is a Specialist Arts College based in Bath. Working regularly with Creative Learning Agency, they contacted us to recruit a poet or a writer who is also a biologist to work with groups of Yr 10 Triple Science pupils. The artist was required to work with a group of pupils on a multi arts project on Stem Cell Research including the ethics of embryo research in search of possible medical therapies. The artist needed to understand enough about the area to help with concepts, but the essential part of the brief was to help write 'non-scientific' text which will was used to accompany a performance piece either as spoken text or in a programme. The piece was performed to the public at the egg in Bath.
A multi-media performing arts education project where nearly 100 young people from schools in North Somerset and South London collaborated with professional dancers, film makers, musicians, a free running facilitator and members of the jigsaw team
Jigsaw is a contemporary wooden triptych carved by Captain Chainsaw The Tree Pirate and set in the grounds of Churchill School in, and depicts three separate semi- abstract figures that fit together like a jigsaw.
Sue Curtis from Citrus Creative working on behalf of Government Office South West to create a region wide project and celebratory launch event in partnership with local convenience stores. Aim to raise awareness with convenience stores of obesity, encourage them to stock and display fresh fruit and vegetables and to build links with their local communities. A strand of the national government obesity strategy and initiative, Change4Life.
To celebrate its 50th anniversary, The Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty teamed up with Bridport Food Festival and depARTure to offer farm visits to local schools.Children from Loders, Bridport, Symondsbury, Parrett and Axe and PowerstockPrimary Schools visited local farms with artists to explore the landscape and food production today.They learned about organic and traditional farming practices, considered where their food comes from and explored creative skills to respond to their experiences in different art forms - creating line drawings reflecting the lines of the fields with Nina Squire, creating a textile wall hanging and learning weaving skills with Daisy Bewes, making charcoal with Veronica Hudson and experimenting with digital cameras with James Aldridge.
Go Girls addressed issues of self esteem, self image and sexual health amongst a targeted group of Key Stage 4 girls, using a variety of creative interventions.
Young people from schools in Central Learning Devon Learning Communities worked with artists to explore new artistic and cultural experiences. They worked in mixed groups with peers from neighbouring schools during the project. All the project participants came together at the end of the project for a sharing event, to share and celebrate their learning and new experiences with their peers.
The Koru Project is a unique therapeutic and educational intervention for young people experiencing the cycle of deprivation and at risk from exclusion. The Koru (fern) is a symbol from Maori Culture. The symbol embodies the qualities that are the essence of the aims of the project: Change, wholeness and renewal. It represents the unfurling of the innate potential that exists in each young person to embrace the challenges of life.
