Highlighted Projects for 2007
FADING BOUNDARIES 1/2/3 - An ongoing art and literacy project exploring cultural identity & diversity in Tower Hamlets
Funded by Big Lottery
Fading Boundaries continues in 2008…..
Sarah continues to run a range of exploratory visual workshops including print alongside writers and poets including writer Heather Imani & Breise Uk. In Swanlea Secondary school she worked with groups of gifted & talented & with EMAG students. These students went on to assist artists in a series of workshops in Stuart Headlam, Canon Barnet and Kobinazrul primary schools. Visual outcomes include an outdoor story telling space, banners, books & bags.
WWW - WEMBLEY WELCOMES THE WORLD
Funded by London borough of Brent
WWW - WEMBLEY WELCOMES THE WORLD
Street banners on lampposts illustrating young peoples perceptions of their local area and to celebrate the opening of the new Wembley stadium.
Preston Park secondary school year 10 pupils with Ayesha, Margareta and Anna.
Banners have also been displayed at Brent annual ‘Respect ‘ festival.
KINGS CROSS CONNECTED
Funded by Create KX Arrivals Programme
KINGS CROSS CONNECTED
Designs reflecting the changing face of Kings Cross and to celebrate the opening of the new Eurostar Terminal at St Pancras International station in November 2007.
Margareta, Dan and Sarah P worked with South Camden Community School and with Gaston Malia who is a graphic designer working locally.
An exhibition of the designs was held at the One KX Centre in Bloomsbury and 3 PVC banners 10 metres wide were produced for site decoration for the ‘Estimated Time of Arrival’ performance as part of the Arrivals programme of events.
PROJECTS WITH SOMALI COMMUNITIES
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Sheeko Harir (Eyes from Ears)
Funded by Creative Partnerships London East and South
PROJECTS WITH SOMALI COMMUNITIES
Sarah has been working with Somali groups to explore identity, cultural heritage and language in a variety of projects which include:
SHEEKO HARIR (EYES FROM EARS)
Sarah & Dan worked in Norwood Secondary School in the borough of Lewisham to raise the profile of the Somali community at the school, to extend the provision for EAL in mainstream education and to establish parent-school communication & involvement. Banners were designed from the pupils work and these hang from the school building.
SOMALI STORIES Sarah also collaborated with Oval House Theatre on ‘A visual expression of Somali Culture’. She worked with twenty-four Somali school pupils from Lambeth to make seven screen printed panels that represent the young people's perceptions of Somalia. The work became an exhibition that values Somali culture and promotes its positive contribution to today’s diverse social climate.It was initially in in Oval House Theatre and then toured to participating schools and other venues in Lambeth.
EMERGING IDENTITIES
Funded by Big Lottery Fund Awards for All
EMERGING IDENTITIES
A pilot art and literacy project exploring the changing nature of cultural identity in the borough of Brent.
Ayesha and Joe ran print workshops alongside spoken word artists Mohammed Yahya, Abdul Rahman, Rakin Fetuga and Pamela Neil and produced personalised t-shirts, banners, poetry and prose.
In John Kelly secondary school they worked with a group of yr 12 pupils and with the ‘Brent Project' for recently arrived pupils.
In partnership with the AN-Nisa society in Wembley they ran workshops with a fathers and sons group and also with a group of young people.
EARLY YEARS PROJECTS
Starting School
Funded by Creative Partnerships South and East
EARLY YEARS PROJECTS
STARTING SCHOOL
Working alongside ‘Age exchange’ –Sarah P and Anna workshop sessions with new parents and with early years pupils to make banners and cushions.
ICT
Dan and Anna ran a photoshop workshop as part of an open day at Chelsea Open Air Nursery.
Previous Features
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Maths and Art project at QPCS / Out of the Box
Endless Cycle Project / Belonging Project / Consequences game
Cloth of Gold in Colombia 2003 and 2006 - 'Ciudad y Ciudadanía' - Cities and Citizenship / Fading Boundaries
London Transport Museum / City of London Festival Project 2006/ City of London Festival Procession 2006
BBC 21st Century Classroom / Debden Park School / Caribbean Currents website / Islington City Learning Centre - Easter Photoshop workshop 2006
Bodmin Digital Banners / Cloth of Gold Colombia / Caribbean Currents / Gravity Project
City Perceptions / Cloth of Gold Colombia workshops / Caribbean Currents / Sense Stories