The exhibition of her video and paintings runs from 22 October to 3 December 2011 at Oriel Q, Queens Hall Gallery, High Street, Narberth, Pembrokeshire, SA67 7AS

You can view the documentary here.

The Hawthorn Project’s animated film ‘Staying Safe’ has been shortlisted for two major national awards.

CYP Now Awards

This year marks the sixth Children & Young People Now Awards.  The awards were created to share and celebrate best practice for all those who work to improve the lives of children, young people and families.  ’Saying Safe’ is nominated for the the rather apt category ‘The Stay Safe Award’.  The screening will take place on Thursday 17 November in Hammersmith, West London.  Link to CYP Now website here.

Oska Bright Film Festival

Oska Bright run the world’s first film festival run by, and for, people with a learning disability.

Screening will take place at Brighton Dome’s Corn Exchange, Church Street, Brighton from 22nd – 24th November .

Oska Bright Film Festival screenings will also be shown as part of The Outsiders Festival in Adelaide, Australia. The Outsiders Festival will happen at the same time as the Oska Bright Film Festival.  Link to Oska Bright Film Festival here.

Stay safe with the amazing and wonderfully talented young people from The Hawthorn Project – Action for Children.

This clay-animation film was created and produced by young people with learning difficulties.  They worked on every aspect of the process and even produced their own music and soundscape.  The young people wanted to produce an educational ‘Public Information Film’ which will help children to be aware of dangers and keep them safe.

The film premiered on 12th May 2011 to an highly impressed audience of parents, teachers, social workers, local authority officers, health professionals and various representatives of the voluntary sector.

You can view the film here or … Cymraeg.

Throughout the production the young people were invited to pick up a Mini DV camera whenever they felt like it. This little film gives you a good insight into how the young people from The Hawthorn Project produced the ‘Staying Safe’ film. You can view the making of here.

ImageINate  is a sound and animation project involving young people living in and around Pembroke.  They worked with a visual artist, musician, filmmaker and animator to explore their sense of identity, their place within their community, and their dreams and aspirations.

Over 70 young people aged 11-19 have attended a series of workshops in the Tanyard Youth project, Monkton Priory Learning Unit, Pembroke school as well as an open day at the Foundry House.  The two films, Part 1 & 2,  showcase their wonderful and unique work.  The film will be premiered during the Pembroke Festival on July 3rd at the launch of an exhibition of photographs celebtrating the project.

The project is being run by Pembroke 21C and is part of Reach the Heights funded by the European Social Fund through the Arts Council of Wales.

ImageINate Pembroke 2010

ImageINate  is a sound and animation project involving young people living in and around Pembroke.  They worked with a visual artist, musician, filmmaker and animator to explore their sense of identity, their place within their community, and their dreams and aspirations.

Over 70 young people aged 11-19 have attended a series of workshops in the Tanyard Youth project, Monkton Priory Learning Unit, Pembroke school as well as an open day at the Foundry House.  The two films, Part 1 & 2,  showcase their wonderful and unique work.  The film will be premiered during the Pembroke Festival on July 3rd at the launch of an exhibition of photographs celebtrating the project.

The project is being run by Pembroke 21C and is part of Reach the Heights funded by the European Social Fund through the Arts Council of Wales.

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In September 2010 they will start production on their main project working with Joelle, Sharron Harris, Pip Lewis and as ever supported by Action for Children’s Charlotte Phillips.

Oriel y Parc Gallery & Visitor’s Centre in St David’s was the location for a programme of school and community workshops inspired by the 150 carved stone corbels of mythical beasts, wild animals and human heads that adorn the Bishop’s Palace in St David’s.

The fantastically creative duo, Pip and Guy, from spacetocreate.org.uk inspired these young people to craft the spectacular masks you see here. The Curious Ostrich presents this little film to showcase the wonderful work of all who took part.

Organised by the Arts Council of Wales and Cadw as part of their Cauldrons & Furnaces project and funded by the Legacy Trust, the project is part of the Cultural Olympiad programme.

Contrary to popular belief, ostriches do not bury their heads in the sand but the metaphor still persists and it seems some find it still useful. All ostriches are curious but Adamo seemed fascinated, perhaps even mesmerised by the small gaggle of strange human animals before him.  I liked this about him.  I also imagined how he got that slightly ‘bashed up’ face … clearly not by burying his head in the sand.  

Our passion for community arts and media is fuelled by the increasing accessibility of multimedia technology that facilitates a community’s ability to produce media rather than just merely consume.   Media education, at all levels, provides vital tools that allow individuals to greater understand and critique the world in which we live.  

Adamo is not afraid to look.  I hope he does not mind being our logo. I forgot to ask him when I met him!