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Image & Identity
was a partnership project managed
by the Victoria and Albert Museum,
working with six participating
galleries. These were Birmingham
Museums & Art Gallery, the
Royal Pavilion Libraries & Museums,
Brighton, Manchester City Galleries,
Tyne and Wear Museums, Sheffield
Galleries and Museums Trust, Victoria
and Albert Museum and NCH - the
children’s charity who work
with some of the most vulnerable
young people in the country.
The project sought to engage
and inspire young people in responding
creatively to museum collections
through the visual arts. Working
alongside creative practitioners,
young people created their own
work in response to collections
through the themes of Image & Identity.
The
Image and Identity project now
continues under a new title; Design
Your Life. Please visit the Victoria
and Albert Museum website for
more information.
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Bollywood
(2003 – 2004)
Image
and identity began in 2003, with
an exhibition of Bollywood cinema
posters called Cinema India. The
project encouraged young people
to use museum collections to explore
their image and identity.
The workshops
in Birmingham were complemented
by the Cinema India exhibition
at Birmingham Museums & Art
Gallery which ran from March to
June 2004. |
“I
believe it is vital that events
should involve people from
all our diverse cultures
and communities”.
Race Equality
Minister, Paul Goggins 2006
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Gallery
33 (2004 – 2006)
For
this phase of the project BMAG
worked with Gallery 33, an anthropology
gallery exploring people’s
beliefs, values, customs and
art from around the world.
This gallery acted as a stimulus
for all of the workshops, were
young people were encouraged to
explore how other people define
their own image through artifacts
within the exhibition. |
“Overall
I really enjoyed myself and I would
love to do it again”.
Amina
15, 2006
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Art
inspired by Islam (2006 – 2007)
This year’s
project allowed young people to work
with artists from across the world,
who all take aspects of Islamic culture
as sources of inspiration for their
artwork. Giving young people first
hand experience of working with
art practioners on a personal level
from different cultures.
The Islamic theme allowed participants
to explore the art and design of
a specific culture, creating an
intercultural exchange and presenting
a positive view of Islam to young
people.
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“It was really
interesting meeting new artists… Mohsen
Kieany’s work inspired me
a lot".
Zaheer 12, George Dixon
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The
200th Anniversary of the Abolition
of the Slave Trade Act (2007 – 2008)
As part of
the project young people were given
a guided tour of the Equiano Exhibition
which was on at BMAG, exploring the
life of Oladauh Equiano. This exhibition
acted as a stimulus to inspire
their creativity, encouraging them
to explore artefacts through thinking
about citizenship, tolerance, morals
and values.
Young people went on to work with
professional artists to explore
the ideas of slavery through poetry,
visual art, mask making, music
and filmmaking.
Click
here to view a video produced
by the project.
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“I have learnt
lots about slavery. Equiano’s
life was very shocking – I
didn’t expect it to have been
that bad. Before I didn’t know
was slavery was about …I thank
god that I am never gonna be a slave”.
Mikey
12, Dudley Young Carers |
  
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