Feeling Safe - Feeling Great

Little Ilford

2007-03-12T21:38:00.000Z

'The day went so quickly because I was having fun.’
‘Today was a long day, but I didn’t notice because I was busy learning new skills’
‘I enjoyed using Photoshop to experiment with ideas’
‘We got together and discussed, but we still got to do what we wanted.’
‘It’s the best piece of artwork I’ve done’

Eastlea

2007-03-01T10:00:00.002Z

‘I thought that today was good because…we had fun experimenting with Photoshop and developing our ideas’
‘We used lots of different techniques in a very relaxing environment’

St Bonaventure

2007-03-01T10:00:00.001Z

‘I learned to take risks in order to develop creativity. In the future I am going to make more decisions instead of sticking to one idea’
‘I think that this project made me feel more able to stand up for myself as a young person’
‘I thought it was fun and we got to express ourselves in the way WE wanted’

St Angela's

2007-02-23T00:26:00.000Z

‘We got to express our own ideas about real life issues’
‘Today gave people a chance to express themselves about stereotyping about youth. Using Photoshop today has encouraged me to use it again in the future. ’

Sarah Bonnell

2007-02-09T16:46:00.001Z

‘This project has really improved my ICT skills on Photoshop. I’ve also discovered my own talents when working on the project. I also liked working independently’
‘I think my work was really interesting and unusual’

Kingsford School

2007-02-08T12:54:00.000Z

‘My work puts across a positive message to the youth of Newham. We have been given a chance to voice our opinions in a creative way.’
‘I’ve made a successful piece of work that will speak out to the public’
‘It was fun working together.’
‘I discussed serious issues. I enjoyed having the time to develop my ideas’

Forest Gate School

2007-02-08T12:53:00.000Z

‘It was a very enjoyable day as we learnt new skills and made new friends.’
‘In my future artwork I would like to design a piece of art which sends a message’
‘In my future artwork I would like to use more of my opinions and ideas about a subject in my artwork…I would like to do more art work in groups.’

Plashet School

2007-01-31T09:09:00.000Z

‘I liked how from a simple picture we created a message for young people’
‘I’d like to do more things on the computer to do with art’
‘I was surprised because usually I don’t work independently and today I did’

Rokeby School

2007-01-31T08:49:00.000Z

‘I thought the project was brilliant and I’d recommend it to others’
‘I made a poster that makes people think whether young people are good or bad’
‘I would like to work with screen printing and Photoshop in the future’

Stratford School Day 3

2007-01-25T11:05:00.000Z

‘It was fun! It was a challenging experience! I developed my ideas! I learnt new skills!
‘This project helped me get a message across to people through art’
‘I would like to do use more ICT skills in my future artwork’

Final Images.

Stratford School - The Process Day 2

2007-01-24T22:22:00.000Z

Students reviewed day one activity and presented their design ideas.
Group evaluation of ideas for final piece - in pairs they discussed sketches.
Individual student presentations of ideas to group.
Group feedback on each piece of work. Discuss visual elements (line, tone, colour, shape, form, pattern, space and texture, composition -symmetric, asymmetric, and radial) and what the work communicates.
Each key point onto one A4 sheet of paper for reference.

OBJECTIVES SET FOR DAY 2

To evaluate ideas for final piece.
To define 4 distinct Newham locations.
To, in 4 groups, create an image bank of 4 distinct Newham locations.
To create one screenprints of each distinct Newham location.

BRAINSTORM
Group brainstorm about key areas of Newham.
Buildings: terraced housing, tower blocks, religious.
Leisure: Green St, Queens, Stratford, West Ham, Beckton.
Open spaces: West Ham Park, Central Park, Docks / Lea Valley.
Transport: maps, road signs, train/ tube / bus stations.

VISUAL RESEARCH
Visual research for background screenprint stencil. Recap objective.
Split into 4 groups of 4.
Internet search for large images about one key area of Newham.
Copy and paste into folder on shared area.

Stratford School - The Process Day1

2007-01-24T21:56:00.000Z

Students revisited some of the ideas discussed in December 2006 and were given a number of objectives for the day.

To identify stereotypes about young people.
To identify the sources of those views.
To identify people’s hopes, aspirations and true identity.
To analyse images communicating views about young people.
To develop technical skills.

A wide raging discussion followed with key points recorded on to A4 sheets to be used later to develop slogans/statements to be incorporated in to the images.
The rest of the day involved the students in a series of skills workshops - notes from discussion used to develop ideas for final pieces.

SCREEN PRINTING
Monoprint background
Cut out stencil
Print

PHOTOSHOP
Create new page. Name, final 1. A3. CMYK.
Find video stills/photos in shared area.
Use select tool to crop. Use move tool to drag to new page. Resize?
Try filters on images – eg emboss. Duplicate images?
Add text. Manipulate opacity, edges, resizing letters, Discuss font styles, uses and meanings.

VIDEO
Brainstorm scenarios from discussion
Discuss gesture and meaning
Video role play
Demo importing to i-movie and selecting still frames.
Discuss selections.

Stratford School

2007-01-24T21:47:00.000Z

Feeling Safe, Feeling Great

2007-01-24T21:30:00.000Z

Students from secondary schools in Newham are involved in the 'Feeling Safe, Feeling Great' project that takes place at Forest Gate CLC throughout January and February 2007.
The public's perception of young people is that they can be threatening, lazy, unruly, have no interests and 'am I bovered'. The work from this project attempts to dispel this myth and articulates their hopes, aspirations and their true identity. The work stems from questions developed by the Student SACRE and will be exhibited publicly throughout Newham.

2007-01-05T14:59:00.000Z

2007-01-05T13:39:00.000Z

Feeling Safe / discussion with students December 2006

‘What makes you feel safe?’

Watching TV
Staying at home
Being at school or in the Library
Knowing you have supportive friends and family
Love from parents or friends
Having a mobile phone
Being in a group
Protection from someone like a teacher
Teachers enforcing rules

Unsafe

I feel unsafe alone in a public space & feel threatened next to a policeman with a gun.

Philosophical questions

Why don’t people listen to the rules of safety? (1)
How can you tell when people are going to behave safely (0)
Why are some things in life unsafe? (2)
What makes you feel safe? (0)
What makes you feel unsafe?(0)
Why do people commit crimes? (1)
When or where do people feel most safe? (1)
What do you do when you want to feel safe? (2)
Why do your family care about you? (1)
Why are some people targeted & others aren’t? (3)
Why do you find it difficult to communicate with violent people?

‘Why are some people targeted & others aren’t?

‘Lots of people in Newham find difficulty understanding why crime happens in their area”

“There is always a reason why people target other people! I don’t think its ever going to end.”

“Everyone makes fun of everybody in some sort of way”

School Rivalry

People can be targeted because they go to a particular school

Appearance/identity

You can be targeted because of what you look like, your appearance, your identity, religion, how you speak, your accent, where you come from.

You can be targeted if you have nice clothing or have been brought up in a different environment

“They call you boffin and things like that”

“You can be targeted because your name sounds funny”

Peer pressure

“Its not about who you are but what you have”

“If you don’t have the latest ……..you’re not cool!”

You can be targeted because of something your friend has done

You can be targeted because of association or revenge.

“People create excuses so you fight with them”

People can be targeted for fun; bullies turn a small incident into a big issue so that they can show of in front of friends.

“They call you names if you don’t react” It’s intimidating.

Jealousy

“ If you are seen to do lots in school & keep getting good marks and are cleverer than other people you get called ‘teachers pet’ and things like that”

“Because you are stronger than them”

Bullying

“They pick on part of your personality that weak”

People are targeted because other people think they are a soft option

Bullying comes from people who are having problems and they want attention

“It’s getting involved with the wrong sort of people”

“They like to take out their problems on other people” jealousy

“Why shouldn’t they suffer I suffered”

Some people who target others might be bullied themselves at home; by a stepfather or mothers boyfriend.

Psychological effects of bullying

There is no solution to bullying except seeing a psychiatrist or ‘shrink’

“Its not just physical bullying it can be psychological the bullies say things like ‘don’t run and tell the teacher’ it makes you feel like you’ve got nowhere to turn to, people then notice differences in that person”

“You end up hating yourself because of everyone hating you”

“You can develop anger problems because you boil it up inside”
“Advice would be don’t boil it up because you then create more problems”

“Young people who are bullied could grow up and bully their own children”

This cycle can be avoided

Where do you go to feel better?
How do you feel better?

Negative responses: Self-harm, do drugs, withdraw, go to sleep

Positive: “talk to Frank!” “Call child line”

Play a game, do kick –boxing or exercise to let out aggression, stress ball, distract yourself by being with your family

“If you can’t beat them join them”

Not just in the school community

You can be targeted because you are old, because you live alone, the old target the young, the tormenters think they are superior.

“Old people make us stand up and give them our seats on the bus”

What message do you want to give people on your posters?

“Everyone is equal”

“You can be safe but you have to treat everyone the same”

Images of hope

People of different cultural identities all together smiling on a globe (Benetton ad circa 1980)

Slogans

“Think twice, one moment can change your life”

“Everyone can have good inside them”

“Stay out of the dark – come into the light”

Feeling Safe

2007-01-05T13:38:00.000Z

Feeling Safe is an exciting project for Year 9 Art and Design students in Newham. It is being run at Forest Gate City Learning Centre by art educators Sarah Pimenta, Kevin Mathieson and Julia Millette.
The project aims to develop awareness about the needs of different social groups. It will allow students to visually explore the issues of stereotypes and stereotyping. A selection of images created by each school involved will be turned into posters to be displayed across Newham in April 2007