Forging links (2011)—Exhibition of young peoples photography, drawing and sculpture. Haden hill house museum, west midlands.
A community arts and heritage project with Multistory, The Home of Metal (festival) & Sandwell Museums Services, Forging Links connected the ideas and experiences of different groups of young people living in Sandwell, who actively participated in a series of creative heritage workshops and activities over twelve months.
The exhibition reflected the fascinating heritage and archives of Sandwell, and demonstrated the broad number of new activities and experiences, that participants engaged with throughout the project, including visits to heritage settings: blacksmiths’ workshops, Sandwell’s Community History & Archives Service and Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery.
The exhibition included audio interview recordings, abstract soundscapes, drawings, printmaking, oil paintings, photographs and films: all developed by participants in response to the archives and the interesting things they uncovered throughout the process. It revealed a side of Sandwell that young people rarely have the opportunity to explore and the exhibition is their experience co-curated by them for a public audience.
Made with the following Partners
The Art of Taking Part 