PEER/Participate

PEER/Participate is a radical two-year pilot learning and participation scheme, which addresses issues of community cohesion and civic participation within the local environment of Hoxton. With experimentation and creative learning at its core, the programme targets specific groups in the local community and works with participants to draw out individual potential, improve self-confidence and develop self-expression through creative practice.

PEER/Participate is supported by Paul Hamlyn Foundation.

St. Monica's rc Primary school & BRIDGE ACADEMy 2010/2011

In the autumn term of 2010 we began working with St. Monica's Primary School and Bridge Academy secondary. Artists Maria Amidu and Louisa Martin worked with the schools producing artworks which extended the young people’s understanding of contemporary art and celebrated their local area. The project culminated in the Showcase exhibition In and Out of Site in July 2011. Read more here.

St. Monica's rc Primary school 2011/2012

Maria Amidu is working with pupils, teachers, parents and carers at St. Monica's Primary School on a creative thinking project to explore the key components of the primary school literacy curriculum – speaking, listening, reading and writing. Over the coming months Maria will develop ideas in collaboration with the school looking at how and why we communicate, and produce a final artwork with participants for the PEER/Participate showcase exhibition at the gallery in summer 2012. More>

BRIDGE ACADEMy 2011/2012

Drawing inspiration from John Smith's exhibition, students from Bridge Academy have been working on the idea of personal identity and storytelling. More information to follow soon.

HACKNEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

We have begun working with Hackney Community College, which is sited just across the road from PEER and has over 3200 students. Workshops are tailored to the visiting groups and activities focus and branch out from the work on show in PEER's current exhibition. The first workshop took place in September 2011 and was led by artist Sam Porritt who discussed his work with a group of BTEC Art & Design students and gave a practical demonstration in drawing with ink. More>

The Sharp End

The Sharp End is a resource centre for people over 50 living in Hackney which offers a wide range of service and activities to promote the health and well-being of older people. PEER/Participate is working with the Arts group to make work and create discussion around the current exhibition. More>

Members of The Sharp End Arts group participating in a drawing workshop with artist Rachel Lowe.

BTEC Art & Design students from Hackney Community College make drawings inspired by the work in Sam Porritt's exhibition 'Heads & Faces'

For more information about PEER/Participate please contact us at participate@peeruk.org or on 020 7739 8080