Victoria Park Community Art Project: Group A Session one

Thursday 6 May 2010

Group A Session one - 5/5/10

Much bigger turn out today, which was great. We had a good mix of age groups, both under 25's and over 50's. The group worked well together. We had a few students back from Chilton Trinity Technology College and Margaret came again, this time bringing her friend, also called Margaret.

These people were able to help and guide the new people a bit, but also add to their ideas, ready for the next session with them in a fortnight. We began again by drawing and photographing in the garden of the community centre. We were looking at things very close up, observing textures and patterns.

After recording our findings we began to collage our ideas together. A lot of people had not done this before, or if they had, it hadn't been for a long time.

We stopped for a bit of lovely fruit cake , a cuppa, and a natter, then continued on with our art work... looking even more closely. This will help us for next time when we are going to start playing with paint and begin to create designs for the wall panels.

Next session is Friday morning, where we will be doing something very similar just with a different group of people. hoping to have a good mix again. Do get in touch if you are interested in coming along. Again we are looking for over 50's or under 25's.

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The Project's Aims

Through the medium of visual arts we will deliver intergenerational workshops with users of the Victoria Park Community Centre to develop ideas, then create and install permanent art installations for the Café. These will add colour and character to the space, encourage a sense of ownership in the local community and help cut down the current level of sound reverberation. We will also develop a series of creative skills sharing workshops, to encourage people to share a wide range of creative making skills. Supported by a professional artist, it is hoped these will develop into ongoing workshop activities at the centre once the initial workshop programme is completed. It is hoped the project may be a way to start new activities and encourage greater use of the public spaces.

The Company of Voices

SAW has gained funding to develop this project through a new Somerset-wide intergenerational programme called ‘The Company of Voices’ .

The Company of Voices is a cross-sector partnership which will promote cohesion in communities so that older and younger people can improve the extent that they value and respect one another, feel safe and secure in their community, are able to speak about their issues and views, have opportunities to come together to make a difference in their community, enjoy healthy, active and fulfilling lives.