YDM Reconnect Spring 2022

A series of creative arts and digital workshops for young people aged 11-16 to help them to reconnect with their hobbies, education and community after the effects of the pandemic. Young people worked with local artists to turn an architects model of The Horsebridge Arts Centre and surrounding buildings into a new interactive art piece.

 

The work from all the sessions was part of an interactive exhibition in the centre on Saturday 19 March and Sunday 20 March 2022.

CALENDAR

12 February

10am - 12pm
WHITSTABLE MONSTERS details
1 - 2pm
MINI MODELS details

17 February

10am - 11.30am
PHOTO WALK TEXTURES AND COLLAGE details
12.30 - 2pm
SCENE SETTING details
3 - 5pm
PROJECTION MAPPING details

18 February

10am - 11.30am
PHOTO COLLAGE details
12.30 - 2pm
SCENE SETTING details
3 - 4.30pm
DESIGNING WHITSTABLE details

26 February

10am - 12pm
SENSORY PAINTINGS details
1 - 2.30pm
ZINE MAKERS details

11 March

4.30 - 6.30pm
STOP MOTION ANIMATION details

12 March

10am - 12pm
SENSORY PAINTINGS details

18 March

4.30 - 6.30pm
EXHIBITION SET-UP WORKSHOP details

19 and 20 March

all day
MINI EXHIBITION details

Whitstable monsters

with Chevonne Lane

Young people will create their own monster trading cards inspired by trading card games and apps like Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Ho and Harry Potter Wizards Unite.

Saturday 12 February
10am - 12pm

Mini models

with Nicola Priest

Imagining the future of what The Horsebridge area could look like. Young people will learn how to use 3D pens to create their own mini 3D models including, buildings, objects and people that will be added to the large architects model.

Saturday 12 February 1 - 2pm

Photo walk textures and collage

with Emily Parris

Capture textures and colours from around Whitstable through the medium of photography and learn about photo collage.

Thursday 17 February
10-11.30am

Photo collage

with Emily Parris

Capture textures and colours from around Whitstable through the medium of photography and learn about photo collage.

Friday 18 February 10-11.30am

Scene setting

with Griff Rising

Young people will take inspiration from the local area to create a piece of Music that helps to set the scene and ambience of the architects model.

Thursday 17 February 12.30-2pm

Friday 18 February 12.30-2pm

Projection mapping

with Hannah Whittaker

Young People will learn the basic elements of Projection Mapping including equipment setup and the scientific principles of light. Before using these skills to get creative and add decorative elements of the model of the Horsebridge development in Whitstable.

Thursday 17 February 3-5pm

Special Exhibition Drop in Workshop Saturday 19th of March 1pm-3pm

Designing Whitstable

with Camille Serisier

Young people will create hand drawings, digital drawings and collages to decorate Whitstables unique buildings. These images will then become new printed art works as well as being added to the architects model.

Friday 18 February 3-4.30pm

Zine makers

with Becky Vincer

Young people will work together to create a zine (a self-published magazine) celebrating their favourite things in Whitstable. Food. Places. Games. People. Anything else!

Saturday 26 February 1 - 2.30pm

Stop motion animation

with Becky Vincer

In this 2 hour workshop young people will co-create short films using stop motion animation techniques. Young people will learn how to plan a storyboard and use an app to capture and edit animation sequences.

Friday 11 March 4.30-6.30pm

Sensory paintings

with Tomris Ozaktanlar

Young people will collect sound and visuals from the surrounding environment that they feel connected to. From this the group will create sensory responses as either a painting or a drawing.

Saturday 26 February 10am-12pm

Saturday 12 March 10am-12pm

Exhibition set up workshop

 

Young people that have taken part in the projects workshops are invited to set up a mini exhibition in the center's studio room. Young people will learn basic creative curation and project planning skills. Lead by the Horsebridge centre's youth facilitator Nicola.

Friday 18 March 4.30-6.30pm

Mini Exhibition

 

Come along and view the work made by young people over the course of the Young Digital Makers Reconnect programme including an interactive model of The Horsebridge development.

Saturday 19 March
to Sunday 20 March