full circle arts logo. Source: Young Artists

 

SYA is an intensive development service for young disabled people with a keen interest and commitment in pursuing arts training, education and a career in the arts.

Full Circle Arts offer up to six places a year to young people between the ages of 18 and 30, best suited to individuals who have demonstrated self management around their own learning journey and those who have shown a high level of commitment in arts activity, mentoring, project work, education or training.

The Service Aims to

  • Provide an intensive and supportive arts development opportunity
  • Provide a Platform for creative expression, skill sharing and critique
  • Encourage individual Professional Development Planning
  • Encourage ongoing development in creative expression, skill and critique
  • Introduce Silver Arts Award, encourage and support SYA's to achieve it
  • Identify individual arts development goals
  • Encourage individual action planning and self management
  • Raise awareness of arts opportunities in Manchester
  • Identify training opportunities
  • Provide training opportunities
  • Identify work experience opportunities
  • Increase competence and confidence of SYA's
  • Provide 2 projects opportunities that the SYA's will lead

The service offers

  • Service Briefing
  • Pre service assessment (Professional Development Planning)
  • Ongoing review and support
  • Intensive Mentoring
  • Training
  • Opportunity to gain work shadowing/experience
  • Project 1 - Source Young Artists Hubs (hubs will include, critique, skill sharing, training, project planning)
  • Project 2 - End of year Project ¡V designed and delivered by SYA's
  • Opportunity to gain silver arts award
  • Evaluation

Participants are required to

  • Commit to overall service (mentor meetings, hub sessions, PDP, project work, individual learning)
  • Keep a learning Journal
  • Attend Hub sessions
  • Lead Hub sessions
  • Record Information
  • Manage individual work load
  • Reflect and record learning experiences
  • Keep in contact with Project Coordinators and peers
  • Play an active role in the design and delivery of Project 2
  • Participate in evaluation

2009 Source: Young Artists

AIM

Helen, Paul, Peter, Damien and Janet committed to our Source: Young Artists scheme and spent 9 months focused on professional development, training, development workshops, the silver arts award and have practiced delivering creative workshops for other young people.

On Wednesday 12th and Friday 14th of August 09, the SYA's put their training into practice, running their own arts project, 'AIM - Arts in Motion Manchester' a creative project for students years 7, 8 and 9. This project covered photography, creative writing, drama and dance with a strong carnival theme throughout the 2 days. It was really successful with all the participants having a great time.

Update:

This years Source: Young Artist's project has now been completed with all the Young artists passing their Silver Arts Award. We'd like to say congratulations to Helen, Paul, Peter, Damien, and Janet and that it has been a joy working with you all.

If you'd like further information regarding Source: Young Artists please contact Vicki: vicki 'at' fullcirclearts.co.uk or 0161 872 0326