THIRTY-ONE
Thank you for joining us this weekend for what we hope will be a thought provoking event full of creativity, dialogue and debate, with some silliness thrown in for good measure.
We want to welcome you warmly into our space which you will find on the third floor of number 249 West George Street in Glasgow.
Our space has been designed by the young people at Articulate to be a trauma informed,
neuro affirming, safe space where everyone is welcome. We have gender neutral toilets, quiet rooms and tonnes of fidget toys.
This weekend we have a three floor takeover planned with Scrap Antics leading loose parts play sessions for all ages on the second floor and the main programme on the third.
'For Girls Who' will also hold a space for neurodivergent girls on Saturday morning on the fourth floor.
Fringe events throughout the programme will provide opportunities to learn new skills, engage in dialogue and debate, and for younger children to express their opinions on the arts through supported creative play-based activities.
An introduction to the event from Kathryn Welch can be found here.
Throughout the weekend we will be asking you to reflect on your experience and leave comments as they occur to you. If you scroll to the bottom of the event schedule you will see a comment box for you to record your thoughts.
A map of the space and the event programme is below:
Saturday
11am
Grassroots Activism and Social Change
Kathryn Welch, Arts professional and activist
The introductory speech from Kathryn Welch, former programme manager of the Culture Collective run by Creative Scotland, will introduce universal themes of grassroots, creative activism and the potential for social impact the comes from this type of activity.
11.20am
Dear Artists - Language of Care Manifesto
Ezra Berrnico, Articulate’s Emerging Artist in Residence
'Care is an experience, but not one that totally defines us.'
This immersive and thought-provoking workshop will explore the language and sensitivities needed in this work and will set the tone of how we should navigate our time together from a lived experience perspective.
12.25pm
Journey to 31
Jessica Gillies, Articulate’s Artivism Project Assistant
This workshop, led by Articulate’s Jessica Gillies will help us to visualise a route to success, using the experience and expertise in the room, we will map a route to 31. Train and bus tickets will feature as we will plot the stops and what we need to take with us on the way to realising a positive destination.
13.30 pm
Lunch
Lunch will be served on the fourth floor with a selection of pizza's, pasta, salad, sides, and drinks available
14.15 pm
The Art of Lived Experience, Fractured Faces
Saffron Hill and Eve Woods, Lived Experience leaders of Children of a Revolution
Saffron and Eve are from Children of the Revolution and will join us to introduce her programme, The Art of Lived Experience, and will deliver a workshop from the programme. The focus will be on exploring the success of celebrities who have told of broken childhoods, gone through the care system and used these experiences to transcend barriers, How can their successes motivate our own? Together we will use colour theory and relate it to emotions, use stencilling to create meaningful quotations, consider what is negative in experiences and focus on the creation of positives from the trickier times in life.
15.45 pm
Words of Care
Craig Houston, Creative Writer
Craig is a creative writer with experience delivering creative programmes for with young people who face adversity including care and justice experience. He will perform a number of his poems and deliver a workshop on Sunday.
15.55 pm
Pelters Fae Belters
Peter Masambuku, Musician and Rapper
Peter aka Paque will lead a songwriting workshop to generate lyrics that support our campaign for Article 31.
16.55 pm
Wrap up
Rosie Reid and Steven Grainger will provide a summary of the day and look forward to Sundays programme
Sunday
As well as the programme of workshops we will be joined all day by Recent care experienced graduates of The House of Seisay Hair Academy will be on hand to assess your hair needs as well as hold discussions about the nuances in experiences of care across urban, rural and island contexts. These chats will be recorded, coiffed and published as the first edition of our assembly podcast called 31.
11am
Reflections from Day 1
Rosie Reid and Steven Grainger will summarise day one, the themes that came out and their thoughts going in to day 2 of the programme.
11.20am
The Fabric of Democracy
Laura Frood, Articulate's Producer
This workshop is designed to combine art, civic engagement and storytelling and explores how textiles have been used historically to push political agendas as propaganda. Participation encourages everyone to express their thoughts, experiences and visions of a future where Article 31 … on a simple, single handkerchief. These designs will form part of the campaign material to influence policy and ensure children and young people in care have access to the arts, creativity and culture as is their right.
12.20 pm
Digital Life Stories
Vera Tingwen and Jason Gillan, Articulate's Digital Assistants
Introducing Articulate’s app The Vault - a safe space for keeping and curating positive life stories, this practical exploration of the new app and other existing life stories technology will and explore positive ways to create a digital memory box, a treasure trove, a store for details and documents and a repository for creative life story expression and outputs.
13.30 pm
Lunch
Lunch will be served on the fourth floor with a selection of pizza's, pasta, salad, sides, and drinks available
14.15 pm
Children of a Revolution
Saffron Hill and Eve Woods, Lived Experience leaders of Children of a Revolution
Saffron and Eve will tell us of their experience of the arts and setting up Children of a Revolution in order to help people with lived experienced express themselves and make sense of their experiences through art and creative expression.
14.30 pm
Words of Care
Craig Houston, Creative Writer
Craig will join us again, this time to lead a blackout poetry workshop encouraging participants to express their experiences through creative writing.
15.10 pm
Positive A(u)ction
Michael Archibald, Articulate Changemaker
This creative workshop will help determine individual and collective available agency for Article 31 campaigning. We will explore existing individual skills and resources in the room as well as fostering a sense of creative collaboration within the wider assembly. Positive actions will be auctioned off to the most ambitious, passionate and influential bidder!
16.30 pm
Wrap up
Rosie Reid and Steven Grainger will provide a summary of the day and look forward to Sundays programme