‘Find Your Talent’ Project

Last modified on 2009-05-21 11:37:45 GMT. comments. Top.

In an exciting project funded by the ‘Find Your Talent’ initiative, The Media Workshop worked with young people from Romsey Youth Theatre and Forest Forge Theatre Company. The project explored the theme of youth fashion/culture past and present. The project involved a trip to the fashion exhibition ‘Dressed to Express’ in Alton and an opportunity to take part in a fashion photo-shoot, during which the young people dressed up in costumes from different decades. The photographs produced were used to design large scale banners using Photoshop, depicting the styles from these decades. The banners created the backdrop for a play, performed and devised by the youth theatre in collaboration with Forest Forge Theatre Company, which took the audience on a journey through youth culture from the fifties to the present day.

Find Your Talent is a Government initiative to give children and young people the chance to try out different cultural activities. The scheme being run in 10 pathfinder areas and offers every young person a sustained engagement of five hours a week of quality arts and culture both in and out of school, whatever their age and whatever their ability. For more information visit us at: www.findyourtalent.org

General Hospital Oncology Centre

Last modified on 2009-01-20 18:44:12 GMT. comments. Top.

The Media Workshop was asked to design and produce a number of art works for the new Oncology Centre at Southampton General Hospital. We were given the brief of creating work which would compliment several existing illuminated photographic panels currently located in the treatment rooms. The loose themes were pear blossom, silver birch and poplar trees. Taking these as a starting point we used a variety of media including screen printing, photography and digital imagery to create the final works. These are located in the corridors leading to the treatment rooms and in the waiting area.

What are they saying about us? - Helen Prophett

Last modified on 2009-03-11 09:00:13 GMT. comments. Top.

‘It has been a privilege to work with The Media Workshop and to see their enthusiasm for developing a better neighbourhood. The artistic gifts of people of all ages have made a significant contribution towards improving the environment and creating a community spirit. I look forward to working on future projects in the neighbourhoods we manage.’

Helen Prophett- Housing Manager,
Central Local Housing Office
Southampton City Council

Do you have a project idea?

Need our help? The Media Workshop works in partnership with groups of people of all ages and abilities on a wide variety of projects. All our projects are designed with the participants to meet their own particular needs and the products will be kept by the group to use for their own purpose. Examples of past project work are list in the Project Archive section

If you are interested in us carrying a project with you please fill in a project request form

The Workshop is 30 Years Old

2008 marks the 30th Anniversary of Judy Harrison starting a fellowship that lead to the beginnings of the Media Workshop find out more from our archive and Workshop history.

To mark this event we are producing two books with Judy as well as retrospective exhibition later in the year.

If you would like to share your memories of the Workshop WE NEED YOUR HELP.

Go to the Memories page and get involved.

An investigation into the Assessment of Visual Literacy

Last modified on 2008-09-11 20:24:28 GMT. comments. Top.

Outlined in this report are the method and process of the investigation itself, including the background project which led to the investigation, the framework and tasks created during the investigation and a summary of the difficulties and process taken to arrive at the finished series of tasks.
Vislit summary Report