The co-creation of a Bearwood Art & Culture Manifesto with The Bearwood Young Person’s Design Company
As some of you might be aware, during the first lockdown in 2020 The Bearwood Young Person’s Design Company was born!
They have have gone from strength to strength:
They developed, made and sold hand-made sustainable textile products which can be found HERE.
They were commissioned to take part in the art and food festival “In The Mix” by Sandwell CEP
The latest project they have been working on in collaboration with The Bearwood Community Hub is the co-creation of a Bearwood Art & Culture Manifesto. Which will act as a blueprint for the work we do at the Hub!
Sometime in the near future the current cohort of the BYPDC will move onto new adventures and we will be recruiting for a new cohort. Keep your eyes peeled for how to get involved but for now we need you to help us finalise the manifesto!
How to get involved:
You can get involved in two ways. You may choose to do both or just one.
You can fill in the survey HERE to read a draft of the manifesto and give us feedback on what you like about it and what you think is missing. The survey will be open from 24th June until the 24th July.
If you are an artist or creatively inclined you can also fill in the survey and sign up to volunteer to help us finalise the ‘look’ of the manifesto. The BYPDC have a really clear vision of what they would like the manifesto to look like and you would be working collaboratively with them. The vision is to have a permanent online manifesto on the website, online assets to share on social media, stickers of the keywords that make up the manifesto, as well as a visual piece that can be produced as a large poster to display.
Why:
The Bearwood Community Hub CIC has three main pillars that inform and shape the work we do.
Art & Culture
Health & Wellbeing
Inclusive Economy
For us to be able to work within the first pillar we need to know what Bearwoodians need and want from an Art & Culture perspective. Co-creating a manifesto as a community will shape the work we do, the projects we deliver and the approach we take to do it.
Who:
As our values state - everyone!
We believe that everyone has something to offer, we value all opinions and we invite all of you to fill out the survey and help us finalise the “Bearwood Art & Culture Manifesto”!
Thank you to all our supporters and The Heart of England Community Foundation for enabling the BYPDC