Project Introduction

Over the course of 4 studio workshops, a number of University Undergraduates will lead a wide range of activities, encouraging a small group of Year 8 pupils to explore the notion of personal and communal identity. The project will conclude with the production of a site specific installation- combining a number of exciting visual techniques that would have been practiced throughout these sessions. Lead by Irene Mensah

About the Blog:

The blog will be used by the Undergraduates to document the project as and when it develops and progresses. To their benefit, the blog has the ability to cater for the varying mediums/media collected throughout the project-including text, photography, audio and video. They will be able to access the blog at any time in order to share their own reflective thoughts and responses to the project. It may even become the hub or site for any session-structure planning, that may take place in-between the sessions.

Hopefully, we may end up a substantial document containing information, reflection and analysis from many different participants (including the Project Leader, Undergraduate Facilitators, Year 8 pupils/teachers and also web-links to various contextual resources).

For the UoB students running and participating in the blog, it will encourage them to reflect meticulously upon the term ‘community artist’; what this role might actually entail and how it might influence the rest of their studies and career aspirations.

John Everest
Undergraduate