Exhibition
ARTIST ROOMS Jenny Holzer
14 Jun 2024 – 29 Sep 2024
Attenborough Arts Centre
Leicester, United Kingdom
For Young People aged 16-25
In response to Attenborough Art Centre’s latest exhibition, ARTIST ROOM Jenny Holzer, young people aged 16–25 are invited to create and curate their own work to be showcased in the Salmon Gallery as part of Next Gen. Creatives.
Next Gen. Creatives invites young people aged 16-25 to shape Attenborough Arts Centre artistic programme, empowering them to become the next generation of artists, curators, performers and creative professionals. The name, chosen by the participants, is inspired by the slogan: ‘we are the next generation dreamers’.
By joining Next Gen. Creatives, young people in Leicester have the opportunity to network with professional artists and practitioners, gain valuable life skills and learn about the various employment pathways open to them in the arts and creative sector.
In recent years, the group has delivered their own workshops, curated their own exhibitions, met internationally renowned artists and taken part in artist-led workshops.
These sessions take place from July – September, working with contemporary artist Orla Toland and poet John Berkavitch. Participants are invited to explore text and language as art:
The final outcomes will be curated in the Salmon Gallery as a takeover. These sessions are free to all, they just have to register their interest to join Next Gen. Creatives through email.
Dates include:
5:30pm – 7:30pm, all at Attenborough Arts Centre.
To book please email arts-learning@leicester.ac.uk stating which dates you can make. Please feel free to attend all or some – the more the better.
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