During July I worked on an AimHigher Creative Arts Summer School alongside a group of GSCE pupils from across the West Midlands. The summer school aimed to allow students who may not have considered higher education in the first instance to reconsider, and see what university life is really like, and how accessable it can be.
I had the opportunity to work alongside a great group of students, fellow summer school squad leaders, and members of staff from Newman University College.
During the course of the week, the students worked collaboratively to work towards a piece of art based on the idea of rag trees. We asked the students the question, 'What's important?' and from this, they responded by creating a variety of tags for people to write on. During the final day of summer school, we all performed the piece by exhibiting it in the main Newman campus grounds for passers by to explore and interact with. We constantly reflected on the proceeses involved with the work: designing, photographing, constructing, installing, and documenting. The work was completely led by the students!
Overall a brilliant and inspiring week!
Pictures courtesy of Hannah and Sarah :]
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