About our projects
Our projects are aimed principally at those who do not have ready access to mainstream arts activities, whether for cultural, socio-economic or health reasons. We work in partership with ethnic minority cultural organisations, estate-based youth groups, schools, and with charities for the homeless, the elderly and people with mental health problems. At least half our work is with children and young people.
A typical project will last about ten weeks with regular sessions for planning and then external trips, taking photographs with a variety of equipment including pin-hole cameras, SLR and digital cameras, Polaroids and disposable cameras. All participants are encouraged to increase their skills in the technicalities of photography, and become more aware of their creativity and to value their work as art. The final body of work is usually exhibited in community venues, like Libraries, and at our premises in Chapel Street.
Current Projects
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Pinholes In The Parks As part of Portavilion run by UP projects, Photoworks Westminster is co-ordinating a series of workshops in Regent's Park this summer using pin-hole cameras made from coffee tins. Photoworks' artists Cristina Saez, Maisa del Frari and Sarah Ainslie are working with older people from Open Age and young people from Westminster Befriend a Family. An exhibition will be held in The Hub on a date tbc. |
Recent Projects
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Young Voices in the City In partnership with Westminster Befriend a Family, Photoworks tutor Cordelia Weedon has been working with a group of vulnerable young people since September 2007. In addition to a body of work exhibited at the SW1 gallery (26th - 28th March 2008), the participants have produced their own book and magazine. |
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| Chelsea Youth Anthony Luvera, working with the young people involved with the World's End Youth Club, has produced a body of work exploring notions of identity and portraiture. The work was exhibited at the Chelsea Theatre in October 2007. This project was funded by the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, The Arts Council and by Photoworks Westminster. |
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Westminster Anthony Luvera, working with residents of King George's Hostel, has produced an amazing body of work - Photographs and Assisted Self-Portraits - that reveal the hidden world of street life in Westminster. Photoworks Westminster, supported by Westminster City Council, Awards for All and The Arts Council, is privileged to witness through these images the world as seen through their eyes. The exhibition was at the Westminster Reference Library until 24th November 2007. |
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