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A PDF of training material from our Cork Youth Arts Hub day 'Inclusion & Youth Arts' on April 26th

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Journeying toward inclusion power point Youth Arts Hub Cork

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This resource is essential for anyone working with young people and invites organisations to examine how they engage with youth from a variety of backgrounds. Access All Areas can be used with NYCI’s video series “Let’s Act on Inclusion“.

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This resource is essential for anyone working with young people and invites organisations to examine how they engage with youth from a variety of backgrounds.

Use Access All Areas to assess the level of access you are providing to all young people, especially those from minority ethnic communities, young Travellers, lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender young people, young people with a disability, early school leavers, young people involved in the juvenile justice system, young parents and young people with mental health issues.

Although I thought that I knew quite a bit about working with ethnically diverse groups, your resource has given me so much support, in fact I am finding it absolutely invaluable. It is the most comprehensive, helpful, useful, genuine and practical resource that I have found and I have read many. The links are fantastic and also comprehensive. I am going to recommend this to EVERYONE! Sarah - Youth and Community Work student, UCC

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Access All Areas - National Youth Council of Ireland

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This resource is essential for anyone working with young people and invites organisations to examine how they engage with youth from a variety of backgrounds.

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The toolkit is broken up into 8 easy-to-follow steps, to help you identify how good inclusive practice is evident and measurable in your organisation’s youth work, while also referencing it directly to the NQSF Core Principles and Standards and to the Outcomes in the National Youth Strategy.

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8 Steps to Inclusive Youth Work - National Youth Council of Ireland

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Transforming Hate in Youth Work Settings

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Transforming Hate in Youth Work Settings

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This educational tool and practice manual outlines an innovative new approach on how to transform hate in youth work settings. Focused on the youth worker, and their practice, it looks at self-awareness, taking a needs based approach, and building connections with young people though empathic listening.

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TRANSFORMING HATE IN YOUTH WORK SETTINGS - Manual and Activity Resource

This educational tool and practice manual outlines an innovative new approach on how to transform hate in youth work settings. Focused on the youth worker, and their practice, it looks at self-awareness, taking a needs based approach, and building connections with young people though empathic listening.

We start from the conviction that hate and discrimination will not be changed by taking a punitive approach, and that being able to connect, and stay connected with young people who cause hurt is an important part of making real and lasting change.

Accompanying the manual is its companion, Beyond Hate , which is an activity resource that youth workers can use with young people to explore and transform hate in youth work settings.

This work was developed during a 2 year transnational project funded by Erasmus+ and DCYA's under the LGBTI+ National Strategy capacity grants.

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Transforming Hate in Youth Work Settings - National Youth Council of Ireland

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TRANSFORMING HATE IN YOUTH WORK SETTINGS - Manual and Activity Resource This educational tool and practice manual outlines an innovative new approach on how to transform hate in youth work settings. Focused on the youth worker, and their practice, it looks at self-awareness, taking a needs based approach, and building connections with young people though empathic listening.

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E-Learning Course: Introduction to Transformative and Compassionate Practice in Youth Work

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E-Learning Course: Introduction to Transformative and Compassionate Practice in Youth Work

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Introduction to Transformative and Compassionate Practice in Youth Work E-Learning Course - National Youth Council of Ireland

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The Equality and Intercultural Programme in the National Youth Council of Ireland supports the youth work sector to develop responsive, equal, and inclusive youth work practice. This e-learning introduces youth workers and volunteers to a way of working with young people who cause harm or hate throu…

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E-Learning Course: Social Justice as a Core Principle

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E-Learning Course: Social Justice as a Core Principle

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An e-learning on Introducing social justice as a core principle of inclusive youth work

The Equality and Intercultural Programme in the National Youth Council of Ireland supports the youth work sector to develop responsive, equal, and inclusive youth work practice.

This e-learning introduces youth workers and volunteers to key aspects of social justice and explains how it is a core principle of inclusive youth work.

Click the "Enrol Online" button below to enrol for this course. Once you complete the checkout process you'll receive details on how to access the course.

An inclusive youth setting means all young people feel a sense of belonging, knowing that they matter for who they are, and they are invited to engage on their own terms. To create an inclusive and responsive environment for young people, we must frame our practice within the values of social justice. The objectives of this e-learning are to:

Increase understanding of social justice and its role in youth work

Deepen youth workers and youth leaders awareness of systems of oppression and the impact on minority and marginalised identity groups

Support youth organisations to create inclusive youth settings where social justice and anti-oppressive practice is core

Youth workers

Youth leaders and volunteers working in a youth organisation

This is a dedicated eLearning to support those working in the youth work sector in Ireland.

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

Describe the principles of Social Justice and their relevance to youth work

Recognise the systems that oppress young people and their communities

Reflect on how youth work fits within a social justice framework

WHAT DOES IT INVOLVE?

This course has audio throughout

It is interactive and presents opportunities to test your understanding.

It will take approximately 45 mins to complete.

It has downloadable resources that will support your continued engagement with the content.

You can return to it again and again to build your knowledge and increase your confidence in talking about social justice.

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Inclusive Youth Work - Social Justice as a Core Principle E-Learning Course - National Youth Council of Ireland

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The Equality and Intercultural Programme in the National Youth Council of Ireland supports the youth work sector to develop responsive, equal, and inclusive youth work practice.This e-learning introduces youth workers and volunteers to key aspects of social justice and explains how it is a core prin…

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On Sept 22nd, we welcomed Tom Dowling, Outreach Coordinator from the Young Irish Film Makers to Cork for a day-long workshop to develop basic, practical and creative skills in film making when working with young people in youth work settings. This workshop explored a range of skills required to deliver a film making programme such as digital video shooting, storyboarding, effects, approaches, all while maintaining a youth work centred approach.

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Young Irish Film Makers St. Joseph's Studios Waterford Road Kilkenny R95 D8HT

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Tom's Powerpoint: Filmmaking in Youth Work Settings

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Tom's Powerpoint: Filmmaking in Youth Work Settings

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Filmmaking in a Youth Work Setting Workshop Presentation

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Film Making in Youth Work Setting Cheat Sheet

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Film Making in Youth Work Setting Cheat Sheet

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Ever wanted to try filmmaking with your youth group but didn't know where to start? This online resource from Garry McHugh, Director of the Young Irish Film Makers, will help you facilitate an introductory workshop in filmmaking and support the young people you work with on the creative path to making their first short film.

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We shared this Powerpoint on Thursday Sept 22nd - it explores opportunities with national youth arts groups like the Young Irish Film Makers and local Cork links too.

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Cork Film Centre - Centre for Creative Video and Youth Filmmaking in Cork and Beyond.

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The Cork Young Filmmakers project is a series of one-day, two-day and week-long filmmaking workshops for young people in youth groups and schools throughout County Cork. It is facilitated by Cork Film Centre, with the support of Cork County Council Arts Office and SECAD (South & East Cork Area Development). More than 30 films are made annually by participants during Cork Young Filmmakers workshops. Cork Young Filmmakers has provided film making opportunities to young people since 2006.
Cork Film Centre operate a strict child protection policy. All trainers are Garda Vetted. C hild Protection Policy available HERE
Contact Information: Mary Mc Grath (co-ordinator), E-mail: corkyoungfilmmakers@gmail.com

This Easter, join us for a two-day filmmaking course to learn the essential skills of visual storytelling. Get hands-on filmmaking experience which will help you develop practical knowledge and skills. Explore your own creativity and interests in a supportive and dynamic environment. Gain invaluable experience working with experienced professional filmmakers and equipment

CLICK HERE for more information

Cork Young Filmmakers will host a series of 5 exciting week-long workshops for Cork County residents aged 14 - 18 during summer 2022. The workshops, provided by Experienced Professional Filmmakers, will be centred in Midleton (June 27 - July 1), Mallow (July 4 - 8), Macroom (July 11 - 15), Cobh (July 18 - 22), and Bandon (July 25 - 29).

CLICK HERE for more information

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Cork Young Filmmakers - Cork Film Centre

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The Cork Young Filmmakers project is a series of one-day, two-day and week-long filmmaking workshops for young people in youth groups and schools throughout County Cork. It is facilitated by Cork Film Centre, with the support of Cork County Council Arts Office and SECAD (South & East Cork Area Development).

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First Cut! Youth Film Festival | 4th - 9th March 2024 - Youghal, Co.Cork

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First Cut! Youth Film Festival | 4th - 9th March 2024 - Youghal, Co.Cork

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Talking about useful links, Cork artists working in the area of youth film and funding opportunities, participants mentioned:

Capacity Building Support Scheme - Arts Council

NYCI's Artist and Youth Work Residency Grant Scheme

Create's Artist in the Community Scheme

If you're a voluntary youth club registered with Cork ETB, then you could look at the Local Youth Club Grant Scheme or occasional Equipment Grants for youth clubs

Visual Artists Ireland's useful monthly bulletin - it was mentioned that there was links for useful workshops & apps for editing

Inshot was mentioned as a handy app for a mobile phone

People mentioned working with Cork artists like Belinda Walsh, Julie Forrester & Aoife McGrath

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Guerrilluinns at Uillinn, West Cork Arts Centre

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Guerrilluinns at Uillinn, West Cork Arts Centre

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Justine Foster and Sylwia Migdal from Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre joined us to talk about youth arts projects and the Guerrilluinns. Click on the image to watch the powerpoint and hear from the young people directly.
Website: Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre
Justine Foster, Programme Manager: justine@westcorkartscentre.com
Sylvia Migdal: projects@westcorkartscentre.com

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Guerrilluinns- Uillinn West Cork Arts Centrce

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VR, Sculpture & 3-D Printing in Charleville!

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VR, Sculpture & 3-D Printing in Charleville!

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Eben Barnard from Foroige in Charleville (and other Cork locations!) shared some amazing work created with young people through VR, sculpture and 3-D Printing!
Email: eben.barnard@foroige.ie
If you're in VR on the oculus platform ebenSTAFFforoige is his handle there!

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Click on the image above to watch two videos from the STAR Programme (Supporting Travellers and Roma) sharing the work of the Romani Crew and the Traveller Crew!
Listen to the Romani Crew share their experiences of life in Cork in this rap: Stream The Romani Crew (Kabin Studio - June 2021)
STAR Project Cork: STAR pilot Cork | Facebook

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Bernadette Tuite, Programme Coordinator from the Chapel Hill School of Art told us all about this new initiative in Macroom. Click on the image to see her presentation.
Website: Chapel Hill School of Art - Macroom, Co. Cork
Bernadette Tuite:

chapelhillschoolofart@gmail.com

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Jessica Bonenfant joined us from Greywood Arts in Killeagh to speak about their youth group and their Space Fest activities with young people. Click on the image to go to the Greywood Arts website page for their youth group.
Jessica Bonenfant, Artistic Director: create@ greywoodarts.org
Space Fest: Space Fest | greywood arts

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Sept 13 - Nov 15, Tuesdays 5pm - 7pm

The autumn session will have 9 sessions that cover 2 projects.

The first project will be with mixed-media artist Maryse Lennon, a secondary school art teacher taking a career break to work with Greywood Arts to explore other aspects of the art world

The second project will be in collaboration with the National Space Centre and will culminate in an exhibition there in November.

Dates:
September 13, 20, 27

October 4, 11, 18, 25

Nov 1 - Midterm break, no session

Nov 8

Nov 15 - @ National Space Centre Midleton to install exhibition TBC
Nov 18-20: Exhibition at National Space Centre open to visitors Membership on a sliding scale.
We are experimenting with a "pay what you can" sliding scale this session as we are committed to keeping youth group accessible.

We have received some funding toward the costs of paying teaching artists, and much of the time put in is voluntary/in-kind, but we do rely on the dues to cover materials and the core costs of running the group.
Scale: €54 (€6/session) - €108 (€12/session) Dues payable in full at first session please. We are committed to making youth group accessible and inclusive, so please contact us to discuss any additional supports your young person might need. REGISTER NOW Please email us at create@greywoodarts.org with any questions.

Youth Zine Making Project at Greywood Arts
Further information can be found here.
This summer we hosted a three part zine making project for secondary school aged students.

This Spring we hosted a filmmaking and costuming project for secondary school age students.

Participants will collaboratively created a film which was screened for Cruinniú na nÓg - Ireland's day of free creativity for children and young people.

This project is supported by Cork County Council.

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Youth Group Autumn 2022 Sept 13 - Nov 15, Tuesdays 5pm - 7pm The autumn session will have 9 sessions that cover 2 projects. The first project will be with mixed-media artist Maryse Lennon, a secondary school art teacher taking a career break to work with Greywood Arts to explore other aspects of the art...

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Fiona Quinn from the Cork LCYP introduced us to Erasmus + and European Solidarity Corps Opportunities that could help you fund exciting youth arts projects. Click on the image to download the pdf.

To find out more, visit the Leargas website at : Explore Youth Opportunities - Leargas

Sign up for the Leargas newsletter here

Check for events and training here

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European Funding Presentation - Fiona Quinn

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Siobhan Clancy, Assistant Arts Officer - Community Arts, Cork City Council shared information about the Cork City Council Arts and Culture Strategy 2022-2026 and updated us on funding opportunities! Click on the image to see her presentation.
Website: Cork City Arts Office
Siobhan Clancy: Siobhan_clancy@corkcity.ie

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Tell us what you would like the Cork Youth Arts Hub to offer in 2023!

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Tell us what you would like the Cork Youth Arts Hub to offer in 2023!

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Please click on the image and complete this short survey to let us know what kind of events you would like the Cork Youth Arts Hub to offer in 2023! Contact rhona@nyci.ie if you have any questions!

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Hi there! We are planning the Cork Youth Arts Hub events for 2023 and are keen to hear your ideas for hub activities so we can include your interests and training needs.

We would be grateful if you can take a few minutes to complete this survey....

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Cork Youth Arts Hub: 2023 Programme Consultation

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Hi there! We are planning the Cork Youth Arts Hub events for 2023 and are keen to hear your ideas for hub activities so we can include your interests and training needs. We would be grateful if you can take a few minutes to complete this survey....

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Cork County Arts Office's Arts Grant Scheme 2023 is now open and has a deadline of January 10th. Full details can be found here: Cork County Council launches 2023 Arts Grant Scheme | Cork County Council (corkcoco.ie)
Ian McDonagh, Arts Officer: ian.mcdonagh@corkcoco.ie

Ceara Hurley attended the session and as a new ETB tutor, wanted to share her contact details with everyone: ceara.hurley@corketb.ie . She's a singer, singing teacher and is passionate about personal development, mindfulness and meditation
Rachel Dunne Lambe has just started as Youth Participation Officer at the Irish Association of Youth Orchestras (IAYO) which is based in Cork. You can reach her at rachel@iayo.ie

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Cork County Council launches 2023 Arts Grant Scheme

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Cork County Council has announced details of its 2023 funding opportunities for the county’s arts sector. Cork County Council’s Arts Service is inviting applications for funding for arts projects, activities and events under a range of grant schemes.

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We welcomed you to the Cork Youth Arts Hub's first event of 2023!

During the Spring into Youth Arts session, we:

Explored youth arts together through creative activities and discussions

Took part in youth arts speed dating to find out about all the great youth groups/projects and artists/practitioners in the room

Heard about the new Cork LCYP youth arts grant - artists/youth arts practitioners can apply for €500 to fund a short project with a partner youth group or project - and considered partners /artists who we could apply with!

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We 'walked the space' and met lots of interesting people, swapped objects and chatted about what youth arts meant to us!

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With the aid of pens, paper and stickers, we explored the following:

What is youth arts?

What is the role of the youth worker in youth arts?

What is the role of the artist in youth arts?

What are the benefits of participation in youth arts for young people?

Click on the above and below images to view/download posters that capture each conversation...

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What is the role of the youth worker in youth arts?

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What is the role of the youth worker in youth arts?

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What is the role of the artist in youth arts?

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What is the role of the artist in youth arts?

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What are the benefits of participation in youth arts for young people?

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What are the benefits of participation in youth arts for young people?

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We explored our own relationship with youth arts by choosing one word and an image that captures our feelings and making a badge! Click here to see a reel of your gorgeous badges!
Lots of you were interested in the badge making, you can get your own badge press and lots of accessories here at The Badge Lads in Tipperary: The Badge Lads
We used the 58mm kit.

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We took out chairs and got chatting! Fiona kept us on track with her sharp time-keeping!
We swapped contacts, found out about each others' work and considered ways we could link together!

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The CORK LCYP is delighted to invite applications for their Youth Arts Bursary. Twenty bursaries worth €500 each will be awarded throughout Cork City and County. Click on the image to download bursary scheme information!

To apply:   Please complete and submit the short online application form: https://forms.office.com/e/kCwM0z76FK

Deadline: Rolling deadline until all 20 grants allocated

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Artist and Youth Work Residency Grant Scheme

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Artist and Youth Work Residency Grant Scheme

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Many of you were asking about the Artist and Youth Work Residency Grant Scheme which is managed by NYCI. Click on the image above for the grant webpage with all the information and links you'll need!
Deadline is Friday, Mar 31st at 12pm

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Artist and Youth Work Residency Scheme - National Youth Council of Ireland

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Do you have a good idea for a youth arts project in your youth group but require the funding to work with an artist? The 2021 Artist and Youth Work Residency Grant Scheme is now open for applications! Apply now for the Youth Arts Explorer Grant €1500 or Youth Arts Full Grant €5000.

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The Cork Youth Arts Hub invited you to the beautiful Chapel Hill Art School to work with artist Alison Glennie. We escaped for a day of creative and mindful experiences. We hoped this creative retreat would support your wellbeing and re-charge your batteries as well as inspiring some new ideas for creative practice with young people.
The notes below capture a flavour of some of our activities together!

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Chapel Hill School of Art - Macroom, Co. Cork

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Chapel Hill School of Art was founded in 2020 by Joe Neeson and John Mc Cormack. The school is based in the historic Mercy Convent on Chapel Hill in Macroom, Co. Cork, designed by Architect John Pyne Hurley in 1860.

The Art School endeavours to engage with the community by offering social improvement through Art education while successively contributing to meaningful culture, heritage and celebration of the visual Arts in the area.

We offer a range of Art programmes for all ages from fun have-a-go creative opportunities to the Master class experience.

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Chapel Hill School of Art - Macroom, Co. Cork

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Chapel Hill School of Art was founded in 2020 by Joe Neeson and John Mc Cormack. The school is based in the historic Mercy Convent on Chapel Hill in Macroom, Co. Cork, designed by Architect John Pyne Hurley in 1860.

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Find out more about Alison Glennie's work through her website or social media!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alisonglennieartist

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alison_glennie/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUt8E-2YHIJkhh2Tb476hdg

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Actor and multidisciplinary artist: performance artist, drama facilitator, director - West Cork

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We started off by exploring how we felt about our upcoming day together and introduced ourselves to the group...

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Worde Responses at start of Jun 15 workshop

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Relaxation, Breathwork and Vocal Warm-Ups

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Relaxation, Breathwork and Vocal Warm-Ups

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We unrolled the yoga mats and explored relaxation and breathwork. Alison led us through a series of activities to awaken our senses (beautiful lemon balm!) and to help us relax physically and mentally. We found our voice through vocal warm-ups and walked the space while humming and listening to the shared sounds we were creating. We sounded different when we re-introduced ourselves and our names in the circle after that experience.

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We explored the elements together - Water, Earth, Fire, Air.
Which elements did we identify with? We chose places in the room to represent each element. We moved through the space as our chosen element and then made our way to the assigned place. As a group, we discussed what the elements meant to us and what we associated with them.
In our element groups we planned short improvisations inspired by our chosen elements and shared them with the rest of the group. After each performance, we reflected on the improvisation that people had created.

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Embodied Practice - interacting with our environment

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Embodied Practice - interacting with our environment

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Alison led some activities after lunch to get us back into the space and our bodies.

We each selected a beautiful, smooth, white stone and were asked to find a location in the Chapel Hill garden that we connected with. As we held our stones, we were invited to reflect on our thoughts and our connection to that location in the garden. We retuned to the room and, in our circle, took turns sitting on a central chair and sharing our thoughts from the experience or simply sitting if we didn't want to verbalise our thoughts. We reflected on the experience, the emotions that had arisen for people and shared a cleansing activity to help us move on.

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High res, beach offerings, Alison Glennie, NYCI - Copy

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We created a story circle together, with each person contributing a few words or a phrase to progress a shared story.
We worked with our 'elements' groups again to create improvisations inspired by the story we had created. We shared our improvisations with each other and then reflected on what we had created and what we had seen in each other's work.

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We came back together in our circle and said our names again - how did they sound by the end of the day?
We reflected together on the experience of the day and did some closing activities to help us evaluate. We wrote a word to reflect how we were feeling at the end of the workshop and shared with each other something we were seeking for ourselves beyond this shared experience at Chapel Hill.

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Word responses at end of Jun 15 workshop

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In the morning session, we joined Rhona Dunnett from NYCI’s National Youth Arts Programme to explore evaluation in youth arts projects. Together we delved into the reasons we evaluate our work, the range of potential project outcomes for young people and the kind of evaluation tools/approaches we might use to investigate the outcomes of our youth arts projects.
After lunch, we got creative! We worked with artist Pavel Wroblewski to learn about how to use stop-motion animation to help capture and share important learning outcomes and experiences!

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Click to download the powerpoint and access slides from the Creative Evaluation session!

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Click download a pdf of the Capturing Magic evaluation resource from the NYCI website.

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Capturing Magic: A Tool for Evaluating Outcomes in Youth Arts Projects - National Youth Council of Ireland

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This resource will help you measure the outcomes of your youth arts project. This set of scales is specially designed to provide a series of observable behaviours in a group of young people taking part in an arts project.

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Click on the Document above to download descriptions of the activities we took part in!

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This is a great organisation with really useful evaluation resources for the community and voluntary sector. We looked at some videos introducing outcomes and indicators at the end of this Outcomes Approach page. The ESS support guides you can download from this page are also very clear and useful! There's a lot of ideas and approaches that you can adapt across this website - so if you find yourself developing your evaluation practice over the coming years, I'd say return to these pages and explore!

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ESS has always promoted an outcomes approach when it comes to self-evaluation because outcomes are about the difference that your organisation makes.

But we also understand that the outcomes approach can sometimes be tricky! Over many years we've developed loads of resources and held events on various outcomes topics - from defining outcomes, to setting outcomes, and mapping outcomes - just to name a few.

On this page we signpost to some of our work to support you in using the outcomes approach to evaluation. We aim to keep updating this page.

Resources

Report

Understanding different outcomes - personal, organisational, strategic

Webinar

Blogs

Other resources on mapping various outcomes

Framework

For general support in setting outcomes

ESS Support Guides

'Evaluation Explained' videos

Case Studies

Tweet Wall of the 'Outcomes everywhere but which are mine?' peer-learning online event in May 2021

Blog
Mapping personal outcomes to project-level outcomes
Shona Wells, ESS Training Officer talks about how she helps third sector organisations see a way to use personal outcomes to show the difference their service makes.

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Outcomes Approach - Evaluation Support Scotland

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Here are links to some other useful resources in evaluation and project management in case you want to dive further into this world!

Project Management T-Kit (SALTO)

Educational Evaluation in Youth Work T-Kit (SALTO)

Easy Consultation Toolkit, Shared Care Scotland (attached)

Evaluation Support Scotland Resource Bank

What do you Think? Creative Youth Consultation and Participation Toolkit ENYAN (English National Youth Arts Network)

Blob Shop - Home of the Blob Tree Communication Tools. | blobshop You can also google blob tree for free alternative versions.

A Kit of Tools for Participative Research with Children, Young People and Adults (Evaluation Support Scotland)

Project Management T-Kit (SALTO)

Ideas in Action in Youth Work: In Theory (Centre for Effective Services)

NYCI’s Guide to Creating a Successful Youth Arts Residency

NYCI’s Guide to a Project Planning Framework

NYCI’s Guide to Drawing up an Artist’s Contract

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Stop Motion Animation Workshop with Pavel Wroblewski

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Stop Motion Animation Workshop with Pavel Wroblewski

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This workshop was inspired by artist Pavel Wroblewski’s recent work with CDYS in Fermoy (click on the image to watch a video of their work).
We used our image gallery to select a picture that captured a moment of learning for us as youth workers/artists working with young people. We worked in pairs to build our stop motion animation skills and make short films that shared our own learning experiences!

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Favourite Moments of 2022 at CDYS Fermoy

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Pavel is a visual artist living in West Cork who has experience working in youth work settings. You can contact him at: portraitgarden@gmail.com

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STOP MOTION ANIMATION: I want to hold your hand

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STOP MOTION ANIMATION: I want to hold your hand

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Our street art workshop was designed to support youth workers and artists to gain practical and creative skills in street arts techniques when working with young people. It was a practical, hands-on training that aimed to equip youth workers and artists with new skills and facilitation methods that support young people to use visual art for self-expression and advocacy.

We focused on building your creative toolkit in digital and socially engaged street arts, exploring techniques such as stencilling, spray painting and online tools.

Facilitators: Helen O'Keeffe & Molly Sterling

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Street art is an engaging way for young people to gain confidence and self-determination. Through creating effective visual pieces, they become more connected to themselves and issues that affect them and are supported to develop their own individual voice. The artwork itself then goes on to inspire the audience young and old to take action and see the artists in a positive light.

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Helen O'Keeffe: Helen spoke about the course the Creativity and Change course at MTU. Click on the image above for more info.

She also talked about the Splattervan project with Claire Coughlan: Splattervan | Facebook See the Miro board for more images and info on Helen and Claire's work!

Molly Sterling: Molly spoke about her work as a youth arts facilitator, exploring music with young people in youth work settings as well as her experience of courses like Creativity and Change the Certificate in Youth Arts!

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Certificate in Creativity and Change | Munster Technological University - MTU

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Click on the image to open the Miro Board and zoom in to read!

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We did post-it portraits and introduced ourselves

Helen & Molly introduced themselves

We looked at Creativity & Change & Splattervan on the Miro board - check it out!

We talked about how/why Helen uses street art with young people

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Helen introduced the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

We looked at the gallery of Dixit Cards spread out on the ground and chose a card that represented (for us) a cause or issue we cared about. We wrote that issue down on a post-it.

We shared our image and issue with the group and placed our post-it on the SDG board - choosing an SDG that felt like a good match for us.

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Helen outlined a boat on the floor with masking tape. Water levels were rising. We had to get on the boat but there was space for only 1 issue/SDG on that boat to keep it afloat! We debated which issue/SDG was most important and most deserving of a place on the boat!

We chose Health and Wellbeing

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We moved outside! We were asked to choose a word or phrase that communicated health & wellbeing. Then we were asked to use out bodies to make a freeze frame or statue to show that word/phrase.

Helen helped us to adjust some of our statues so that they would make good stencils!

We went around the circle, looking at each statue and seeing if we could guess what the word / phrase was that inspired it! Helen took a photo of each statue!

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Spray Painting!

Helen & Molly took us through some basic tips for spraypainting. We chatted about spray paints, nozzles, surfaces (we were using corriboard), protecting ourselves when spraypainting and stencils

We all had a go spray painting! We played around with different colours, using stencils, spraying net curtains, writing words - to make a background inspired by our theme.

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Back inside to make some stencils...

We projected the photos of our statues onto white card (stuck to the wall with masking tape!)

We traced around our photo with a marker

We made some of the projections bigger - sticking a few pages of white card together with masking tape to make bigger stencils!

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We used craft knives / scissors and cutting mats to cut out our stencils!

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As a group we decided to use the stencils by spraying around our cut-out shape with black spray paint.

We placed the stencils on our wall using masking tape to help us arrange them and stick them down to get a sharp image when spray painting

We took turns spraying around our stencils with black!

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On a laptop, we worked together to edit our image on www.pixlr.com

We removed the background (Background Remover)

Then on Pixlr Editor, we went to adjustment, then pressed threshold. We adjusted it until we were happy with the black / white balance (Pixlr Editor - remember there's a limit to the number of saves you can do on the free version)

We added a coloured background to a second layer - to make the black/white clearer when we projected the image

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Helen introduced useful digital tools!

www.pixlr.com for editing images

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Rastorbator - a wall art generator useful for making paste-ups

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Wall art generator. Enlarges images to multiple pages, which you can then print and combine into huge posters.

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www.dafont.com For downloading useful fonts

Has a stencil section that you can use for street art- the stencil fonts have bridges, for making sure parts of the letters connect when making stencils

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We taped large white card sheets together to make 2 large sheets and stuck them up on the wall on top of each other with masking tape. We cut a triangle into the 2 sheets so that we could match them up perfectly again later on.

We projected our edited image onto the card.

On the first layer, we traced the outline of the image on the card.

On the second layer of card, we traced the outline of the image again but this time also traced the black from the threshold adjustment (the sections that get cut-out on the stencil). You can use different colours for black and white lines if it helps! Remember that the white parts within the image will need to remain linked together in the stencil so you might need to adjust and create bridges that don't get cut out!

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We took the 2 sheets of card down, got blades and cutting boards and then:

Cut out the first stencil of the overall image

Cut out the second stencil with the threshold shading by cutting out everything that had been black on the image. Make sure that white pieces are still connected to white pieces (you may have to leave a bridge)

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We sprayed the first layer of the stencil in white.

We sprayed the 2nd layer of the stencil in pink!

You could also add text to your wall! Using da.font.com, choose your stencil font, write your text, project it to the right size on the wall, draw around it on white card, cut it out to make a stencil and spray paint it where you want!

Or add some finer details using Posca pens!

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Amazing!

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Thanks to everyone for all their fab participation!

We finished off having a chat about how you could use street art with the young people in your setting.