The Arts Excite Summer Programme 2014

September 1, 2014

During the summer of 2014 The Arts Excite delivered its first summer programme of workshops for young people in Slough.

With help from creative practitioners Nikkita Da Silva, Lucy Shaljain and Robyn Thwaites we are able to deliver workshops in Photography, Dance and Drama.

Our approach to the summer programme was quite different in how we usually operate and organise our projects. Usually we would partner with a local community group or charity and base a project around that which would benefit the wider community. This time we just wanted to give young people the chance to get involved in our workshops simply for the fun of it.

Working over four days the young people involved, devised an original piece of drama, created two digital photography exhibitions, and invented a new dace routine from scratch.

The summer programme concluded with an end of programme showcase at the end of the week, which was well attended. Young people who took part in the project were all presented with attendance certificates and their Arts Award certificates are in the post.

The video beside this write up is a collection of images taken from the programme.

Enjoy!