July 2011 | If Not You, Who Else?
This five-month, non-residential Lab is a new venture for PAL, both in form and in focus. It is a structured collaboration between artists, young people (aged 17-30) and their chosen communities. The aim is to make great art which builds community awareness and participation and to help young people find a lasting confidence in their individual capacity to change their own lives and make a difference.
It is designed to encourage and facilitate community engagement and to equip the young people with the skills, knowledge, self-assurance and access to funding streams to undertake their own projects which will have a meaningful community benefit. Our project will also build their employability and career management skills to equip them to find further work, study or volunteering.
The initial three-day non-residential Lab was held at the Siobhan Davies Studios in July 2011. The work continues over seven further day-long Labs through to November 2011.
Lab co-directors
Cathy Bereznicki
Juan Toledo
Participants
Diana Agunbiade-Kolawole - sociologist/photographer
Chrys Allen - fine artist
Alia Alzougbi - performance artist
Ashley Bennett - student
Greta Eacott - student/musician
Stanley Epics - student/musician
Laura Ghany - student/curator
Sian Goldby - student/dance
Libby Guthrie - student/musician
Marc Mathison - writer
Munira Mohammed - writer
Clarissa Pabi - student/poet
Kareem Parkins Brown - student/writer/actor
Kathy Pimlott - PAL General Manager
Kieron Rennie - student/poet/actor
Franklyn Rodgers - photographer
Carolyn Roy - performance artist
Jacob Sam-La Rose - poet
Rudi Schmidt - musician/producer
Kimberley Smith - student
Sandra Townsend - scientist
Byron Wallen - musician
Indigo Williams - writer/performance artist
Funded by
EC Youth in Action
NSET
PAL
