Shooting Young Offenders
by Kirsteen Ashton
6th November - 11th December 2010
Private View, Wednesday 10th November 2010, 6pm - 8pm.
All welcome. Please RSVP to: [email protected].
Kirsteen Ashton is a social documentary photographer who is fascinated by people and aims to capture sensitive images of individuals whose stories need telling. She spent five weeks with a group of thirteen 14-18 year old young offenders attending a Summer Arts College in Batley. They were exposed to different art forms and taken on cultural day trips. She witnessed the power of the creative process to engage them and to help them realise that they have potential.
In her images, she captures their personal journeys from hostility, through vulnerability, to achievement. Their story is told through her photography, their artwork, and a short film that they created about the dangers of M-CAT. The film is called ‘A Different Window,’ the concept being that if they are helped to see the world differently, they might react to it differently. Collectively, this work questions the approach of the justice system; tougher sentencing for kids as a deterrent, or greater investment in them so that they can be shown an alternative path?
Power to the Paintbrush/Voice of the Lens
Workshop session with Sue Ellis of Serendipity Art and Kirsteen Ashton
Saturday 20th November 10am–12pm
An exploration of the power and life-changing opportunities that are brought about through engaging with the creative process and the power of photography to challenge misconceptions.
Serendipity Art run workshops to empower people through the use of the arts, including the young offenders project that Kirsteen worked on to produce the exhibition 'Shooting Young Offenders.' Sue and Kirsteen will both be talking about their experiences of working with young people, plus there will be some hands on art activity and plenty of time for questions and discussion.
Still spaces available so no need to book.
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