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Youth art project takes flight from City Airport to Docklands Museum

Friday 24 February 2006

An exhibition of work-in-progress on a youth art project aimed at capturing the historic significance of the Royal Docks will soon go on show at the Museum in Docklands.

The Young Person’s Guide to the Royal Docks involves pupils from the Royal Docks Community School in Custom House, who have been busy producing audio-visual materials and artwork aimed at representing their locality as a heritage site for their own and future generations. Their ongoing work has recently been on show at London City Airport and will now be displayed at the Museum in Dockland’s Rum Store from 15-20 March 2006.

The project is being run by the cSPACE arts organisation, based at the University of East London (UEL), as part of a longer-term programme led by the London East Research Institute to investigate the Royal Docks as a site of cultural heritage and renewal within the development of the London Thames Gateway region.

A team of artists and multi-media designers are leading the project, accompanied by students on placement from UEL and Newham College of Further Education as part of the Cascade mentoring scheme. The pupils’ work will culminate next year in the production of an interactive DVD guide to the area and a website focusing on their audio-visual materials and artwork.

Loraine Leeson, Director of cSPACE, said: “This project is a wonderful opportunity for young people to explore the regeneration of the Docklands region from the basis of their own personal experience and cultural heritage.

“It’s also a great opportunity for older students to support the young artists while gaining professional experience and making their own creative input to the project as it progresses.”

The exhibition’s official opening event will be on Friday 17 March between 10.00am and 12.30pm. For further details, contact Loraine Leeson on 020 8223 7531 or l.leeson@uel.ac.uk

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For details and pictures contact Patrick Wilson: 020 8223 2061 or 07951 797 975

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The University of East London (UEL) is a global learning community with over 28,000 students from over 120 countries world-wide. Our vision is to achieve recognition, both nationally and internationally, as a successful and inclusive regional university proud of its diversity, committed to new modes of learning which focus on students and enhance their employability, and renowned for our contribution to social, cultural and economic development, especially through our research and scholarship. We have a strong track-record in widening participation and working with industry.

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