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en-vision

en-vision. A pioneering national programme to develop youth-friendly gallery practice. History of en-vision: why the project came together.

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  1. en-vision A pioneering national programme to develop youth-friendly gallery practice.

  2. History of en-vision: why the project came together • set up by engage in 2003 to respond to research highlighting young people’s lack of participation in the arts and to meet the demand from galleries’ for resources and training opportunities. • young people high on the national agenda – Every Child Matters Strategy, Children’s Trusts, Aiming High for Young People. • national focus on the need to find new and joined up strategies to engage with young people in positive, community and educational activity.

  3. en-vision set up to help visual arts venues to understand the changing political landscape, explore their own potential responses, and develop new expertise, practice and policy to implement long term strategy. • en-vision plays a unique national role championing and facilitating sector development at a national level. • en-vision developed partnerships with arts venues to deliver action research projects, training, seminars and dissemination of learning (through networking, peer support, seminars, website, publications). Study Gallery

  4. What en-vision involved • 24 demonstration projects in 24 art venues in six regions: Midlands, Manchester, Yorkshire, East, South East, South West. • Provision of national training and seminars for arts professionals, particularly project partners. • Development of envision website, resources and information sharing. • Support for capacity building and networking in the sector.

  5. Aims and Objectives of Action Research Projects Aim: to support art galleries to increase their capacity to provide youth friendly venues Metropole Art Gallery

  6. OBJECTIVE: to encourage new audiences to access visual art. • en-vision worked with 24 arts venues, attracted over 350 young people and 40 youth workers most of whom had no prior experience of visiting galleries. ArtsWay

  7. OBJECTIVE; to engage vulnerable and at risk young people aged 14-21 in creative opportunities, building confidence, motivation, aspirations, personal, social, vocational, and life skills and encouraging community participation • 21 young people were involved in delivering presentations/facilitating workshops at National and Regional seminars • 3 young participants achieved employment in galleries • 13 Young people volunteered at galleries • Over 20 young people are involved in steering groups at galleries • 1 young person was responsible for documentation at a national conference for arts professionals • 10 young people from SCVA group were one of two participatory projects at Documenta, Kassel, Germany. They gave a performance and ran a participatory project ProjectBase

  8. OBJECTIVE; to deliver a range of professional development activities, expertise and resources in each venue to engage sustainably and effectively with vulnerable and at risk young people. 24 partner venues took part in : • residential training seminars. • received support from regional co-ordinators • accessed case studies from en-vision website. • attended national and regional networking and training events. • received advice and training about Arts Council England Arts Award. NR5 into Outpost

  9. OBJECTIVE; to make long term links with strategic partnership organisations • engage has strengthened relationships with partner galleries, who have become more proactive in their engagement with regional and national opportunities provided by engage and other organisations. • en-vision has developed long term partnerships with youth organisations, notably ENYAN. (English National Youth Arts Network, a membership body designed to create connections throughout the diverse youth arts sector) • Galleries have developed new relationships with regional youth organisations. Scarborough Art Gallery

  10. OBJECTIVE; to create a legacy of good practice and resources to be widely disseminated to other organisations • Cluster group meetings, case studies on website, briefing days, training, seminars, publications. • Handbook on youth friendly gallery practice - share learning and experiences. • Area Group Resource - provide support and funding for area representatives to plan an envision dissemination event. ArtsWay

  11. OBJECTIVE; to challenge attitudes amongst the wider community to vulnerable, socially excluded young people • 145 days exhibitions of the work produced by young people • ‘it’s wonderful to see such interesting work by teenagers, you usually only hear about the bad stuff they do’ – visitor at ‘Young Vision’ Exhibition at Scarborough Art Gallery Scarborough Art Gallery

  12. OBJECTIVE; to provide artists with an opportunity for professional development in working with young people and galleries. • en-vision involved 69 artists from a range of backgrounds. • ProjectBase and Newlyn Art Gallery worked with International Artist Collective, Eloisa Cartonera • One artist involved in the project at Metropole was mentored by two more experienced artist facilitators and has since taken the lead on new projects. Metropole Gallery

  13. The legacy

  14. Research projects with partner venues • Galleries’ responded well to the challenges of working in new partnerships with young people, particularly: • fluctuations in attendance • time changes and delays • challenging behaviour of participants • managing expectations • Capacity varied enormously between galleries but each gallery was realistic in what it set out to achieve. • En-vision has generated a body of innovative and successful cased studies for supporting galleries to become more youth friendly.

  15. Training and seminars for arts professionals • en-vision provided 9 regional, national and international conferences and training events, attended by over 800 arts professionals • Regional cluster meetings provided ongoing peer support for over 30 professionals • Gallery educators improved their knowledge and skills, gaining more authority to deliver youth friendly practise within their organisations.

  16. Dissemination of learning • en-vision has a detailed strategy for dissemination of learning from the programme, in order to continue to support innovative practise in gallery education. • There is a strong interest in the new en-vision publications, due to be distributed in June 2008. NR5 into Outpost

  17. Capacity building and networking in the sector • en-vision supported galleries to network with each other in tailored and effective ways. • engage Area Reps and council members are reporting a demand for further support • galleries report that meeting and working together really helps them in tangible ways. • Area Groups are meeting and working together more proactively than ever before, benefitting from skills sharing and peer support.

  18. Thank you to: • Sainsbury Centre for Visual Art • Outpost Gallery • Kings Lynn Art Centre • Babylon Gallery • Fruitful Arts • Milton Keynes Gallery • Artsway • Fabrica • Metropole Gallery • Newlyn Art Gallery • Tate St Ives • Study Gallery • Manchester Art Gallery • Zion Arts • Cornerhouse • Angel Row Gallery • Nottingham Castle Museum • Qube • Ikon • Royal Pump Rooms • Ferens Art Gallery • Site Gallery • Scarborough Art Gallery • Thelma Hulbert Gallery • ProjectBase • Exchange gallery

  19. The Future • En-vision aims to develop a new programme focussed around work-based learning and volunteering for young people in arts venues. • This project will explore galleries potential to deliver Creative Apprenticeship schemes, Creative Media Diplomas and other accredited schemes.

  20. en-vision engage Rich Mix, 33-47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA T   +44 (0)20 7490 4690   www.en-vision.org.uk en-vision co-ordinator – Rachel Howfield Massey rachel@masseymail.co.uk/rachel@rachelhowfield.net

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