Creative Camp - North Yorkshire Virtual Schools
A programme of creative activities for looked-after young people in Scarborough. The programme aims were to build young people’s motivation to learn through experiencing the value of creativity, how it can be healing, and how it can provide a career trajectory – achieved through tangible learning activities. By taking part, 9 young people achieved Bronze Arts Award.
Here’s what we delivered over 5 days:
Day 1: Artform knowledge & understanding
Young people selected art forms that they would like to explore over the project. This was youth-led and we planned alongside the young people. These were: ‘Podcasting’ , ‘Digital Animation’ and ‘Stop Motion Animation’. They planned, tested and experimented with creating their own outcomes.
Day 2: Experience an Arts Event
We visited Scarborough Parcel Office Gallery where we had a tour from Clare of the gallery space and upstairs studios, including a talk about her work and life.
We also visited Taylors Restaurant for a ‘Platter-making workshop’, where we met Chelsea and discovered how cookery is one of the oldest artforms.
Day 3: Skill Share
Young people planned how they would show others’ how to create their chosen art form and pass along this knowledge. We had a workshop with Rebecca, an exhibition designer from Ships & Pigs where young people learnt about how to effectively share ideas.
Day 4: Arts Inspiration (On-Track Day at Askham Bryan College – Inspiring Choices)
Young people explored further education and careers in a VR studio, learning how science, art and technology come together as well as creating their own resin casts using preserved materials.
Day 5: Sharing Day
Young people planned how they would share their work in an interactive exhibition in the first half of the day, and then shared it with parents/carers in the second half of the day.
The impact of parent/carer sharing events:
Having a sharing event with Parent & carers to celebrate their work was a very important aspect of adults understanding their young persons achievement through the voice of the young person, rather than our team. The sharing event was led by the young people.
“Every night she has come home she hasn’t stopped talking about what she is doing. She’s been on the animation programme at home and wanting to show us what she is learning. When you tell us this is the same as a GCSE… she just doesn’t get on with school.. so its just…well it’s a relief to know that she can do it” – Parent at sharing event