Touch the Sky (2009)
Working with schools, families and groups from Sighthill, Touch the Sky engaged participants in exploring and sharing experiences of their neighbourhood through visual arts, photography and creative writing.
Activities included:
Creating a series of art objects using sculpture, painting, origami and printing. These objects were then gifted to the local community in exchange for a material object or an idea/ wish, at a market event in November.
Working with photographer Kenny Bean participants created images of the area using macro photography, pinhole photography and 'binhole' photography (using wheelie bins!)
Different generations from Sighthill worked together with a creative writer Brian Whittingham to explore and share Sighthill and its stories through the eyes and mouths of older and younger residents.
The project culminated with an art exhibition of the work created and the launch of ‘Sighthill Stories’ a publication of stories, poems, wishes and images celebrating the area.
Check out the publication by clicking here: Sighthill Stories |
