Thought I had to post tonight as I've just come from a really productive Portland Rocks Session. We are launching our social enterprise art strand at the moment and James Kimber ( art leader), Laura (trainee) and myself sat around with young people discussing their ideas:
Tonight they were trying out ideas in tapestry using off cuts of material and we discussed our first event. They will be producing pieces of art work out of recycled items and putting on a sale combined with live music and refreshments provided by the tuck shops crew who are also artistic and musical
I went through all the paper work for their tuck shop and how to evidence it for gold SEQ. They have really taken ownership, are starting to understand what sells, how to manage stock and beginning to get a grip on the ethical consideration as of what they are doing. They have made a small profit already. We discussed the SWOT analysis and they discussed the limited audience to whom they sell, just people attending the weekly workshops though some did help with refreshments at our concert with the mini Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra on Saturday.
We have set a provisional date of mid July for a combined art and music event where we will also provide refreshments. This gives us us time to generate art to sell, decide on which refreshments to provide , decide the venue, rehearse the live music. We will also be offering any local artists the chance to take tables for a small fee at our event to promote their work and raise money to support our CIC.
We currently have artist Podi Lawrence coming to our workshops to sketch the musicians as they work a great experience for our young people.
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