Wednesday February 22, 2012

our work

current projects

a message to the world
‘A Message to the World’ is an Olympic-themed project which explores the seven Olympic and Paralympic values by focusing on issues that young Londoners feel passionately about through a variety of art forms. The project challenges young people to create personal messages about what matters to them ahead of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games... Read More
adobe youth voices
Eastside's - Adobe Youth Voices project - links young people in London with their peers in the United States, Canada and India through the media of film, photography and spoken word. Our focus is on developing the skills of young people, building on their interests, celebrating what is positive, showcasing their talents and sharing their creativity with young people across the world... Read More
gallery explorations
Gallery Explorations is a project that was first run in partnership with leading financial firm UBS, who asked if Eastside could develop a project that would provide three of their world-wide operations divisions with some unique and exciting team building exercises, that would also add value to their community programme. Read More
graphic truths
Graphic Truths is a collaborative, cross art-form project exploring graphic novels, comic books and illustrated writing. The project involves professional artists, illustrators, poets and writers, working in partnership with young people (aged 11 - 25). Graphic Truths aims to broaden the experiences of young people who are drawn to comics and the Japanese Manga style of illustration by introducing them to other artistic influences. Read More
poetry slam
National Poetry Day (NPD) held annually in October, is an opportunity for people all over the UK to take part in a celebration of great poetry. Each year, Eastside mark the occasion with our annual Poetry Slam, which is held in a major West End theatre and brings together up to 1000 primary school children from a number of local schools. Slam poetry is the competitive art of performance poetry and combines original writing with presentation skills and public speaking. The poems written by young people are judged and points are awarded for content, originality and performance. Read More