The bus had been bought and refitted to provide a better mobile youth centre for the young people of Bicester. The project brief was to 'design an image for the outside, which would attract young people to get on the bus'.
Art workshops and graffiti demonstration.
The young people at the Forest Gate Youth Inclusion Program (YIP) learnt about graffiti fonts and alphabet lettering and the history of graffiti. Each then created a design on their own T-Shirts and participated in creating a mural which was displayed in the youth centre.
The task was to demonstrate to the pupils of IAMS the different techniques that can be used to create street art pieces and explore the different styles of painting.
We produced panels based on the theme of ‘sporting achievement’ that were installed in the school gym.
Some of these workshops included:
Customised clothing and painting workshops
A series of workshops at The Albermarle Youth Project in Harold Hill.This project was funded by: Havering Borough Council. We worked for 3 weeks with local young people producing hand painted customised T-Shirts and Denim, canvases and a mural painted on a goods container. All of this work was produced to celebrate Urban Vibes day.
This project was run in collaboration with The OYAP Trust, organisors of the RE:ACTION Youth Arts Festival, and artists from Art Workshops UK. The young people involved produced a series of large painted canvas boards, which were used as backdrops for the Re:Action Youth Arts Festival.
