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ALL ABOUT ME, ALL ABOUT US
Description
Children and young people's development are at the heart of this
programme of work. It embraces our short and long term arts
development work, the role of the artist and the development of
strong key relationships with a variety of youth organisations;
these are identified as voluntary youth clubs, homework clubs /
after school projects and community youth projects.
Current projects
Dolphin House Homework Club, Rialto - Music Programme
A short introduction to music programme in April 2005 provided the
genesis of what has become the Dolphin House Music Club. Children
aged between six and twelve years of age come together at regular
intervals to play and occasionally perform a broad range of
percussive and musical instruments facilitated by musicians Elaine
Agnew and Klaus Vormehr.
The children's most recent achievement is to participate in weekly
guitar lessons facilitated by musician Dara O'Brian. Guitars for
this programme have been kindly sponsored by the IRMA Trust,.
St. Michael's Family Resource Centre's After Schools Programme, Inchicore - Photography Project
Since the summer of 2005 and working with photographer Darragh
Shanahan children aged between five and twelve years of age have
been exploring and responding to their immediate locality through
the medium of photography. An exhibition of this work will take
place in May 2006.
Fatima Homework Club, Rialto
The collaboration with this homework club is just beginning as we
explore a pilot music programme with five and six year olds
facilitated by a broad range of guest musicians.
In addition to this a pilot arts programme is being designed in
collaboration with the Fatima Homework club and the Canal
Communities regional Youth Service which will focus upon supporting
the children who are about to make the transition from primary to
secondary school.
Youth Clubs:
A broad range of arts programmes for children and young people are
taking place in the following youth clubs during 2006. Kidz Klub
Inchicore, Bulfin Youth Club Inchicore, Bluebell Youth Action Group,
Ferrini Youth Club Rialto, Fatima Youth Club Rialto and St. Josephs
Youth Club Inchicore
Community Youth Projects
For the next two years Common Ground is committed to long term arts
development in collaboration with with Bluebell Youth Project,
Rialto Youth Project and St Michael's Youth Project, these youth
projects are community based and work with young people considered
'most at risk'.
Rialto Youth Project - our collaboration with Rialto Youth Project
and visual artist Fiona Whelan began in January 2005. To date the
young people and Fiona Whelan have created two large scale public
murals sited at Fatima Luas stop and on the gable end of Dolphin
House Youth Centre in Dolphin House Flats complex. They plan to
create individual projects in 2006 and to celebrate their
collaboration during 2006 both locally, nationally and
internationally.
St Michael's Youth Project - the visual artist Terry Blake started
working in November 2005 with a group of young people aged 13 -
17yrs. Terry is currently working with the young people on a
mock-u-mentary drama film. Both the group and Terry plan to begin
another film process in Autumn 2006 based on what they may identify
as current and relevant issues for them and their lives.
Bluebell Youth Project - In March 2006 Terry began to work with
Bluebell Youth Project. He is working with a mixed group of young
people aged 13-17yrs. This is very much the early days of the
project. Its current aim is to familiarise both staff and young
people to what its like to work with an artist and to explore the
endless possibilities of the arts with the youth project.
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