Juneau Projects working with IYP

We spent an evening in a friendly and informal mood talking about the Black Country Voyages project, Juneau Projects’ art works and sharing our ideas.

We started by introducing ourselves to each other and talked about our interests and passions.

In return, artists Ben and Phil explained all about themselves to the young people; their personal histories and the ideas behind some of their past projects and art works.

Afterwards, the young people talked about what they thought about it all and as a group they discussed working together on a new project.

Kate explained the new Black Country Voyages project and got feedback from the group.

The session encouraged the group to speak, to listen and to create their own ideas with each other.

Furthermore, there was the will to involve young people in the design of the project and here the adults were open to listen their ideas and needs. I think that they have felt their importance inside the project and that they are quite more aware and responsible about their work.

Giulia Sassi