ARRIVED! Using the arts and creative approaches event

As part of the series of events set to take place during Refugee Week, Soft Touch Arts will be holding an event on Thursday 18 June 2009 at The Guildhall, Guildhall Lane in the city from 12:30 to 4:30pm. The event, dubbed ‘ARRIVED’, focuses on using the arts and creative approaches with young refugees, asylum seekers and other new arrivals. Representatives from refugee community organisations, agencies and public services, including schools are all invited.

The aim of the day is to show the value of using the arts and creative processes with young people who have recently arrived in the city, whatever their background.  Along with participants from some of Soft Touch’s recent projects they will be looking at:

·      What you can you get out of using a creative approach
·      What barriers there are to doing this
·      How we can collectively make future opportunities

Delegates will have an opportunity to see a selection of work made by young people: Streetdreamz:The Movie; the installation A Special Place, the Arrived!; Centre Project Days and Shoot! Magazines; and a photo exhibition. There will also be some creative activities to get people’s ideas and input – and a chance to have a go on a graffiti wall and at an animation station.

The format of the day will be:

12:30 – 1:30            Lunch (vegetarian/vegan/halal selection) and view artwork
1:30 – 16:30            Film, activities and discussion

The event celebrates and showcases the work Soft Touch have been doing over the last two years through their Creative Skillshare programme, funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, and the Arrived! Project, funded by the Equalities and Human Rights Commission.

To book a place email Helen Pearson at [email protected]
Tel 0116 270 2706

State your name, organisation, email address or other contact details.Closing date is Friday 12 June 2009.

Soft Touch works with groups of under-represented people to enable them to express themselves using a range of arts based media. Their projects focus on confidence building, community development, community consultations, performance, graphics, multi-media, street performances, music and drama.

More information on other events during Refugee Week is available here