There are a wide range of creative workshops which enable young people to develop the knowledge, skills and understanding necessary for them to generate and develop ideas, think critically and solve problems; and create and produce works of art from written poems and stories to music videos and live performance. Workshops can be one on one for personal development or group orientated and geared towards essential teamwork skills.
About workshops:
DESCRIPTION
Workshops are educational seminars which emphasise interaction and exchange of information between a workshop facilitator (lead artist) and usually a small group of participants (up to 15 individuals), who are lead by the facilitator to engage each other, generate ideas and produce a creative piece of work. This is achieved by using intensive group discussion, creative exercises and dynamic improvisation in order to stimulate and explore aspects of a subject or creative medium. Throughout the workshop an emphasis can be placed on either problem solving, team work, writing skills, listening skills, presentation skills and/or communication skills.
4 reasons why workshops are great!
Synergy:
Workshops promote cooperation and adherence to a common goal among the participants because each participant has an opportunity to provide input and hear feedback as well as the input from other participants.
Promotion of creativity and innovation:
Active discussion enables participants to provide creative inputs and solutions to problems based on the previous contributions and suggestions of other participants. This results in the development of innovative ideas.
Increased learning:
Workshops enable participants to learn from each other, put ideas and theory into practice and develop and practice their skills in real time with the support and guidance of other participants.
Incremental development:
Workshops are flexible. They can be singular or a series of workshops which can be integrated to build upon each other so that outcomes can be more refined.
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS
Generally, workshops are based and delivered on the concept of spoken word poetry. During a workshop participants are challenged to learn through examples and hands-on participation to write and perform their own poems after being introduced to the basics of writing and performing through creative exercises and feedback. This is achieved by combining live performance, multi-media and personal instruction in the art of Spoken Word Poetry.
There are a variety of creative writing workshops. Participants can learn to write poetry, song lyrics, stories, scripts, speeches and audio description. Workshops can be tailor made to suit needs, experience and abilities. Participants can leave workshop with written pieces or leave a project with a complete work of art, be it a song, story, news paper, art display, etc.
Workshop types:
Workshops in which participants can learn the art of writing spoken word poetry to create their own unique poems. As a result participants will learn how to generate ideas, write poems and develop confidence and self-awareness whilst empowering their own inner voice.
Below is an example of a spoken word poem/rap that an 8 year old boy named Hasan wrote for a scene in a film project at his school.
Workshops in which participants can learn the art of song writing. In this dynamic workshop participants will learn various methods of how to generate ideas and write a song. As the workshop outcomes can be tailor made to suite, for example one might want to create a performance piece to be showcased within the school, there can be a range of outcomes and experiences gained from these projects such as promotional tools, event coordination, manual handling and technical support.
Below is an example of a song from a music workshop.
When I challenged a group of year 6 students from Wolverhampton to produce a music video about their school this is what they wrote and recorded as a result.
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Creative writing workshops in which participants will explore what makes a good story and learn how to generate, develop and write a story of their own. Participants can learn how to stimulate and utilise their imagination and increase the ability to communicate ideas effectively.
Below are some creative examples of descriptive storytelling using image as a stimulus.
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Dramatic writing workshop in which participants explore the basic writing skills needed to write a script and learn how to apply them to create their own unique drama. Participants can learn how to stimulate and utilise their imagination and increase the ability to communicate ideas effectively. Creative tasks will also require participants to utilise analytical skills, therefore creative thinking and attention to conceptual details will be emphasised in these workshops.
Entrepreneurial mindset and performance workshops:
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Workshop types:
COMMUNICATION
PRESENTATION
TEAM WORK
VISUALISATION
PRESENTATION
PITCHING
MARKETING STRATEGY
OUTABOX IDEAS GENERATION