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Arts Awards- Summer 14

Our hub days of summer 2014 saw an exciting addition of an arts project in partnership with OYAP and supported by Oxfordshire County Council and Artswork.

At first, the young people attending the hub were unsure about whether they would enjoy the project; however, the first artist Suzy Prior had everyone hooked with her 'Miniature Worlds' workshop!

Young people created, lit and photographed these amazing miniature scenes.

The scenes had been set... the group continued with their superhero theme and began creating their own characters and comic strips with OYAP artist Amie.

Which included getting in to character with their own handcrafted masks!

The 3rd session saw artist Charlie Henry lead a super storytelling workshop

Resulting in our very own super hero story, supporting the young people's literacy skills and building confidence through drama. Here's Jack recording the finished story!

This project also supported our young people to access local arts institutions, some for the first time, including this exciting trip to the Story Museum, Oxford.

Furthermore, it gave young people the opportunity to achieve a Discover Arts Award.

Inspired by their trip, the group learnt how to develop their characters through drawing and creative writing with artist Lizzie McBain. Here's Charlie's villain!

Lizzie got us up and moving to consider how characters would move and act.

The next creative session saw Jason Goodall facilitate a fun photography workshop where young people transformed in to their superhero characters with costume and props.

Jason showed us his ingenious technique to put our characters in situ- here's India flying!

Can you guess which TV star Keiron chose?

After 5 'super' sessions the group learnt yet abother skill, celebrating their incredible work with Suzy Prior and light photography. This sensory session was particularly engaging for our group and was an exciting workshop young people of all needs and abilities could fully engage in.

The project resulted in 25 young people participating in a wide range of creative sessions, with 10 achieving their Discover Arts Award. 16 support workers gained an understanding of this process, while 6 arts practitioners gained valuable experience of working with young people with learning disabilities.

Feedback from young people included "Art makes me happy", "Thank you for working with us", while artists stated that they would like to provide more creative sessions for people with learning disabilities.

It's hard to exaggerate the effect this experience has had on me. I really do look at the world differently now.

John- volunteer

Yellow Submarine Charity

12 hours ago

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