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Artist needed for £4,000 commission working with young people on the Isle of Wight

Date Created: 8th Feb 2023

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Creatives on the Isle of Wight have until Monday 20th February to apply for a commission of up to £4000 to work with young people to transform Ryde. The project, aimed primarily at 12-14-year-olds, will be supported by Network Ryde and aims to empower young people to make a difference to their town through creativity, and have their voices heard.

The young people themselves will choose the artist they work with at a ‘Dragons’ Den’ event on Monday 27th February.

The project will be launched with a public art activity day for young people on Tuesday 14th February, based at Monkton Arts, where they will use creativity to explore some of the unused and forgotten spaces in Ryde and think about how they would like to transform one or more of these spaces.

During March and April they will work with their chosen artist to create a place-changing artwork that encourages young people to get outside, engage with the IW Biosphere and get more physically active.

The Ryde project will be the fourth exciting, place-changing commission to be launched on the Isle of Wight as part of Artswork’s Supporting Young Minds investment programme.

The Sandown and Lake Youth Forum, supported by Community Action Isle of Wight and working with filmmaker Bruce Webb, has created a film about the challenges and benefits of living in the Bay area as a young person, while the Newport Youth Forum, based at Independent Arts, is busy creating an art trail around Newport, working with artist Laura Hathaway. Meanwhile, young people in Ventnor will be choosing a creative to help them transform an empty shop into a creative space at a Dragons’ Den event on Thursday 2nd February.

Programme Manager Peta Rainford, from Independent Arts, said:

“We are so excited that we have been able to extend the Supporting Young Minds programme to Ryde and give young people the opportunity to engage with their community and the work that is already being done to identify the unused and unwelcoming spaces in the town, which many young people find threatening and alienating.”

Creatives interested in the commission can download the call-out from Independent Arts website here: https://independentarts.org.uk/artist-needed-for-4000-place-changing-commission-working-with-young-people-in-ryde/  Deadline for applications is midday on Monday 20th February 2023.

This project is part of Artswork’s Supporting Young Minds investment programme – five linked projects taking place across the South East that aims to model best practice in the use of creativity to improve the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people, particularly in disadvantaged communities.

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