Do you enjoy being creative? Want to explore your borough in a different way? We have a fantastic opportunity for you to rediscover your community through art and nature!
Join us for the 2021 summer project on the theme ‘Bird’s Eye View’.
Over a period of three weeks you will be invited to:
- Work as a team with other young people led by community artist Annie Birch
- Go on guided ‘wild tours’ in Newham including a sensory ‘forest bathing’ walk and treasure hunt!
- Learn about art, illustration and storytelling linked to landscapes and nature
- Explore photography within a natural and urban landscape
- Learn new artistic skills and ways of expressing yourself, and work together in small groups
- Research, read and write
- Celebrate your work and the community as part of a mini-festival
No experience needed – just interest and passion!
This amazing opportunity only has a few places so needs commitment to the following. To take part you MUST be available:
- RESEARCH: Tues 27th July: 6pm- 7pm and in own time
- WORKSHOPS: Mon 2nd, Tues 3rd, Weds 4th, Thursday 5th , Mon 9th of August: 10am – 1pm
- FINAL EVENT: Tues 10th August: 10am – 5pm
The summer project will take place at locations across Newham: Forest Gate library, Emmanuel Church East Ham, The Magpie Project, and Forest Lane Park. A full schedule and instructions will be sent to you when you sign up.
What else do you need to know?
- Places are first come first served. You must commit to the whole project if you sign up
- You must live in Newham and be aged 10-18
- We will cover any expenses for travel, and mobile phone data up to £10 if required but you will need to provide receipts
- You need to be enrolled to take part: enrol by contacting admin@rosettaarts.org who will ask you to fill in a form and get parental consent.
- You must give consent to be filmed to take part in this project as it involves creating a video
Take a look at how it went last year in this video of the 2020 Summer Project
This project is part of I Design My Future which is funded by the Mayor of London’s Young Londoners fund giving positive life choices to young people.
