PLEASE WAIT IN THE FOYER
Multi - disciplinary workshops for young care experienced people aged 18-25
Lead facilitators:
Gemma Whiteley
Sam Ward
Isabelle Kirkham
Company Four will deliver 9, 4 hour weekly workshops for a group of care experienced young people to explore, develop & create artistic work of different art forms they are currently lacking any or sufficient access to. The final week will be lead as a “production week” where the participants will be paid a wage, and supported by Company Four & its key facilitators to deliver their work to an audience in their chosen form; be it a performance, exhibition or sharing, or a combination of these.
Partner organisation Contact will work alongside Company Four to ensure there is a legacy of access to the arts for this group to further develop artistic or technical skills they wish to continue advancing beyond PWITF.
PWITF will accommodate 2 streams of research & development:
- 1. Exploring how Company Four’s socially engaged methodology for exploring multi-disciplinary art allows for marginalised groups to explore and/ or express their experiences - shared or otherwise - in an arts space without any “push” or “requirement” to talk.
- 2. Will focus on how arts spaces can benefit from working collaboratively with people from different backgrounds, ie. academics & non-arts practitioners as peers & co-creators and not just beneficiaries. Thus levelling the hierarchy in arts spaces and creation.
Multi - disciplinary workshops for young care experienced people aged 18-25
Lead facilitators:
Gemma Whiteley
Sam Ward
Isabelle Kirkham
Company Four will deliver 9, 4 hour weekly workshops for a group of care experienced young people to explore, develop & create artistic work of different art forms they are currently lacking any or sufficient access to. The final week will be lead as a “production week” where the participants will be paid a wage, and supported by Company Four & its key facilitators to deliver their work to an audience in their chosen form; be it a performance, exhibition or sharing, or a combination of these.
Partner organisation Contact will work alongside Company Four to ensure there is a legacy of access to the arts for this group to further develop artistic or technical skills they wish to continue advancing beyond PWITF.
PWITF will accommodate 2 streams of research & development:
- 1. Exploring how Company Four’s socially engaged methodology for exploring multi-disciplinary art allows for marginalised groups to explore and/ or express their experiences - shared or otherwise - in an arts space without any “push” or “requirement” to talk.
- 2. Will focus on how arts spaces can benefit from working collaboratively with people from different backgrounds, ie. academics & non-arts practitioners as peers & co-creators and not just beneficiaries. Thus levelling the hierarchy in arts spaces and creation.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN PLEASE WAIT IN THE FOYER
If you are interested in signing up for Please Wait In The Foyer or would like some more information please email companyfourmcr@gmail.com and Gemma or Sam will respond shortly
If you are interested in signing up for Please Wait In The Foyer or would like some more information please email companyfourmcr@gmail.com and Gemma or Sam will respond shortly