supporting young people into Creative Careers
supporting young people into Creative Careers
Ongoing – May, September, December At Creative Catalyst we encourage our young creatives to think of ways they can create products to sell and exhibit at the Makers Markets and Open Studios here at Perth Creative Exchange. Their products are also for sale in our online shop. (link to shop) The young people are also […]
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Commissioned by Perth Museum & Art Gallery Our young people were commissioned to create their own artwork in response to the idea of contemporary protest. Their work was shown alongside the PMAG social history exhibit of Pullars of Perth – an industrial dyeworks 1824 onwards. How do young people make their voices heard? How do
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Commissioned by Gender Equality Perth With the aim of exploring how women feel about safety in their lives and on the streets of Perth, Helen O’Brien and Anna Kelso delivered four workshops with different groups of local women. We invited the participants to discuss feelings of safety and visually depict their experience using the medium
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With funding from the Gannochy Trust’s ‘Living Communities’ fund, Moncreiffe Primary commissioned Creative Catalyst to co-create with their pupils a refurbished playground mural. The planning and delivery was supported by our work placement student from Perth UHI – Fiona Smith who is studying BA(Hons) Art and Contemporary Practices. The pupils of Moncreiffe Primary were tasked
Moncreiffe Primary School Mural April – June 2022 Read More »
Ongoing, Saturday mornings and school holidays We love supporting children to explore their creativity through our regular Art Clubs and Holiday Workshops. Back to all Projects
The Digital Design Market organised by Perthshire Creates offered us a great opportunity to focus on a creative project while in lockdown. It also gave us a deadline to get our website and online shop up and running! Thank you to everyone who has helped and supported us to get ready for this event from
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We took part in Perthshire Open Studios this year as part of WASPS Perth Creative Exchange group. This was an amazing opportunity to showcase and validate the work our young people have created, and so many people gave us great feedback, and bought stuff – which was a bonus! Being in building surrounded by inspiring
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Our Summer of Play workshops were funded by the Scottish Government via Youthlink Scotland and Creative Scotland. We offered opportunities for young people to enjoy themselves, have fun, and transition back into new activities post Covid. We worked with more than 90 young people, and delivered 16 different art workshops and creative activities. Back to
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Children and family art workshops were run as a way to invite the local community of children, families and schools into the newly opened Creative Exchange. We offered a wide variety of workshops with artists and makers to showcase what workshops and activities could be offered. This project was funded by the Perth & Kinross
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We worked with Zero Waste Perth to design and make upcycled and repurposed items to sell at the Re:Design Market in November 2019 (co-created by Perthshire Creates and Zero Waste Perth and held at Perth Bike Station). This all happened while waiting to move into our studio, so we ran the project from the Zero