Access & Education Past Projects

Seeds of Change
Maria Thereza Alves
April – November 2007

Maria Thereza Alves distributed soil, seed and plant samples from possible ballast dumping sites around Bristol harbourside. Looked after by a diverse group of people including Malcolm X Elders, First Born Creatives, LAFTA (Looked After Fostered and Transracially Adopted) and the British Conservation Trust Volunteers, these 100 or so samples were nurtured and grown throughout the summer and finally exhibited as part of Port City, a season of work and events exploring trade and migration.

A Guide To Arnolfini
Frances Bossom and Rattlecat
July 2007

Working with 12 young people, artist Frances Bossom and designers Rattlecat have developed a new guide to Arnolfini. The young people took part during their work experience week at various schools in and around Bristol. The guide contains information about the building, its history, facts and figures and is aimed at first time visitors. It is available free in the building from September.

This Way Up
Travelling Light Youth Theatre

August 2007

Travelling Light Youth Theatre, based in Barton Hill, Bristol, work in different locations each summer to produce new performances inspired by different sites. Previously they have worked in a cave, woods and a ship. This year 25 young people, a director, a designer and a choreographer spent five days creating site specific performances inspired by Lucy Mackenzie, Eileen Quinlan and Cheyney Thompson’s exhibitions and the building. Two presentations of the results happened in the building at the end of the project.

Supported by Community at Heart.

Media Lab
Kim Noble and Stuart Silver

Mar 2007

12 young people from Bristol schools worked with artists Kim Noble and Stuart Silver to explore the Pale Carnage exhibition and what goes on at Arnolfini. Introducing the group to new ways of using a wide range of media, a huge amount of work was produced. To present their work, the group led a public exhibition tour, opened up their temporary studio for inspection and showed their films in the dark studio.

Supported by Creative Partnerships

The Great Art Quest
Lady Lucy and Nina Wylie

Oct – Nov 2006

Introducing new schools, as well as developing existing relationships, this project ran during Albert Oehlen’s exhibition, I will always champion bad painting. Supporting each school to bring X classes of Year 5 and 6 children to the exhibition, discuss the art and ideas and make a series of drawings in response. Inspired by Oehlen’s punk attitudes, the drawings were developed as t shirt designs, drawing, painting, printing and sewing onto the sponsor’s official t shirts. 100s of t shirts, accompanied by a soundtrack of children’s conversations about Oehlen’s work were displayed in the Light Studio as part of Mash Up.

Schools taking part were Glenfrome Primary, Hillcrest Primary, Headley Park Primary and Teyfant Primary.

Supported by The Prince of Wales Foundation, Arts and Kids.

Other past projects

• Thought Is A Signal (Mark Titchner and Education Unlimited)
• Dan Shipsides' Elastic Frontiers
• Supertoys on Electric December