Coin Street have been funded by Illuminated River Foundation’s Community Fund to develop and deliver art workshops for young people aged 9+ for the local community. At Waterloo Festival, we are thrilled to have been offering a weekly platform from which to showcase and share the work more widely!
Eleanor Watson wrote to us about the last session: "For our last week, we combined everything we have covered in one long concertina book! Colours of the fauves from session 1, mark-making magic of Van Gogh from session 2, layering drawings and dynamic picture-making in session 3, the birds eye view and abstraction from Peter Lanyon in Session 4, and narrative and story telling from session 5!"
The young people on board this project are:
Aisha, 12
Hanan,13
Hannah, 15
Hector, 12
Henry, 12
Iman, 13
Jaemii-Lee, 10
Jeylan, 12
Miriam, 12
Mona, 10
Rahshae, 11
Samuel, 12
Samuela, 10
Sue Kiera, 12
Jeylan's
Miriam's
Iman's
Rahshae's
You can also follow Coin Street’s Youth and Community Team’s Art and Wellbeing Instagram account on @artatcoinstreet for updates on all things art-related in the Coin Street community.
You can read more about the Illuminated River project here. Illuminated River is an ambitious, new public art commission that is transforming the capital at night, lighting up to 14 bridges on the River Thames. Once complete, it will be the longest public art project in the world. The Illuminated River Community Fund supports local groups in delivering publicly accessible activities that engage with the first phase of Illuminated River (London, Cannon St, Southwark and Millennium Bridges) and encourage more people to enjoy the Thames, its bridges and riverside surroundings at night.
