Participate Co-Labs

Participate Contemporary Artspace

Art School

Art school participants created collaborative imaginary maps
The maps were innitially created by students drawing round each other’s bodies.
They added their own styles of patterning
A finished collaborative map in the Bronze Arts Award exhibition
Students were guided by PCA Artists to sketch portraits of each other from life.
They visited an exhibition in St. Chad’s Church by re:collect and made sketches…
sketched a film projected onto the church floor…
and talked to the re:collect artists that made the installations in St. Chads
They reviewed the Guest Curator exhibition at PCA
A Silver Arts Award student developed silk painting and graphic design skills.

Since 2018 Participate Contemporary Artspace (PCA) have offered 3 Summer Art School programmes to support young people interested in developing their artistic skills. Open to 11-19 year olds, the Art School’s gave participants the opportunity to express their creativity through Art & Design Workshops, alongside artists with wide-ranging skills and approaches to media. PCA gave these young people the opportunity to gain a Bronze or Silver Arts Award on completion of the full programme. This was later added to by a “Discover at Home” Award during the Covid 19 pandemic lockdowns.

PCA secured funding from Arts Council England and Shropshire Council to develop the Summer Art School and Arts Award programmes.

Discover at Home