For the second time running we have been working with Affinity Sutton Housing Association to engage local kids from the estate to produce some positive street art boards for display on the hoardings of the redevelopment site!Here are some pics of the boards up. Please look in Broomleigh section of gallery for more images.

For the past 2 months local young people from Young Friends of Southwark Park and the Youth Inclusion Programme have given up their Saturday’s to work with Positive Arts in the snow and ice and occasionally the sun to produce this wonderful mural.

This project was funded by Community Space Challenge.

This site will be used by various community groups including Young Friends of Parks, Community Space Challenge, Y Volunteer and Bede House. The painted building is the park manager’s office.

The evening was a great success with lots of  young people with their parents/carers/workers attending to enjoy the artwork, food and film about the project. There are more pics of the artwork in the Croydon YOT section of the gallery!

We have just finished a 6 week art project with a group of young people who attend the Aquarius mental Health Unit at Springfield Hospital, London. They produced two boards based on the themes of recovery and youth culture for display in the hospital.

For the opening of the of the ‘Ur Choice’ Art exhibition at Battersea Arts Centre we had a private view where the participants and their parents, carers and other professionals were invited to celebrate their achievements. All the y/p were presented with Youth achievement certificates and their portfolios of work. The evening was a great success and enjoyed by all.

You are invited to a private view between 6-8pm on Friday 21st November, 2008 at Space C, Croydon Clocktower, Katherine Street, Croydon. CR9 1ET

No Offence 2 is an exhibition of Art by young people aged 12-17 who have attended the Healthy Living Project (HLP) at the Croydon YOT over the past 4 years.

Young people have explored what they find offensive in society and considered positive alternatives.

Additional works include Profiles with positive elements in young people s lives, victim awareness, the environment and a variety of community focused work.

No Offence 2 also includes Music from HLP with film and imagery from the Football, Boxing, Art and Music groups.

After the success of the first exhibition last year we have completed another 8-week art programme with Battersea crime prevention team, this time focussing on gun crime and gang culture!The work will be previewed and displayed for two weeks at the Battersea Arts Centre from Thursday 24th July!Please see flyer below!

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We have just finished a huge mural on both sides of the Abbey Road footbridge, Abbey Wood, Bexley. This was funded by the Green Chain Walk and organised in conjunction with Gallions Housing Association and Bexley Youth Service. We worked with a large group of young people from the local housing estate over the Easter holidays to create this mural dipicting the wildlife and nature seen in London’s green spaces. The mural was opened by the head of the Green chain walk and all the young people involved got certificates for their achievements!

There have been several press articles about this project please click on the links below:

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We have Just finished another mural with Bexley Youth Service. We painted the whole of the clubhouse at Westheath Recreation Ground, Abbey Wood with a large group of local young people. The project was another great success, transforming the vandalised and run down building into a bright and lively mural dipicting images of sports and nature!

We have just finished a large outside mural for Lessnessheath Primary School, Bexley. We worked with a group of local 12-16 yr old young people to produce this mural which was based on the ideas and designs of the pupils of Lessnessheath. The project was run in partnership with Bexley Youth Service and openned by the head teacher of the school. It was a very sucessful project with all involved showing great pride and ownership for their acheivements.

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