This week the group had a taster session introducing an opportunity to get involved in a wider project:
‘Talking Points is a participatory youth arts project led by artists Jack Cornell and Nicola Hutchison. The project is a place-based artist commission from Essex Cultural Diversity Project. The artists are using the commission to work with young people in Harlow, giving participants a voice and platform to explore diversity issues that are important to them. Participants will also have the opportunity to learn new arts skills on the way. It is a collaborative project in which young people will be allowed to take the lead. Groups involved include Livewire, Young Curators, and Integration Support Services, with support from The Gibberd Gallery and Harlow Playhouse.’
We started with a challenge around building load-bearing structures with limited materials.
And then moved on to some work with resistant materials and tools.
The project will continue over half term, finishing with an event in The Harvey Centre on Saturday 23rd February 2019. Look out for pop-up performances involving drama, humour, sculpture and dance. The project will be exploring issues of conflict between minorities/majorities- who has the power and how does this shape our stories?