Category: Community Engagement

  • Creative Research

    Creative Research

    In collaboration with Seekers Create we worked with University of Portsmouth to creatively enable their research as part of a larger programme by the Natural Environment Research Council to make Environmental Science more accessible, diverse and inclusive.

    About the project

    This project seeks to address the lack of diversity, equity and inclusion in environmental science at university level.

    We enabled the co-creation of knowledge with the Portsmouth Bangladeshi community to enable the development of effective measures for improving equity, diversity and inclusivity (EDI) in environmental science, specifically within higher-education (HE).

    Through participatory and creative methods we co-create solutions through knowledge and approaches that support the participation of Bangladeshi heritage students in environmental science.

    Environmental Jam for Bangladeshi students

    The one day Environmental Jam took place in Portsmouth on Saturday 21 May 2022.

    The event was aimed at students of Bangladeshi heritage, aged 13–18, who are studying at schools and colleges in Portsmouth. Our research team will deliver talks at local schools to introduce the project.

    Our activities included an interactive environmentally themed walkshop that included a virtual scavenger hunt, quiz and a community mural.

    The then collaborative created and environmentally themed piece of art.

    Our collaboration enabled the researchers to conduct their focus groups in a creative way that greatly enhanced the engagement in the theme and the project.

    Co-creating the project

    We held a 2 hour interactive workshop that helped shape the content and theme of the Environmental Jam.

    We collaborated with the UoP team to ensure their content was driving the session and enabled a collective vision board as a vehicle for deeper conversations and an expressive form of feedback.

    We also created the artwork and posters for promotion of the project and created journals for the participnats to encourge them on a creative journey.

    You can find out full details of the project here

    Walkshop

    Walkshop 🙂

    Collective Art Piece

    Collective Art Piece

    Portsmouth Environmental Jam
  • Art In Sight Podcast

    Art In Sight Podcast

    Art in Sight is our Arts Council funded project to explore audio desciption in 15 galleries across the South Coast.

    Clarke Reynolds and I chat about art. We both grew up in Portsmouth and art has played big parts in each of their lives.

    Our conversations delve into the location and the art in a way that gives you a small experience of being there and the same time understand that art can be experienced, in depth, for those without sight.

    Clarke has been visually impaired since birth but despite that he graduated with an art degree and spent several years working as a model-maker.

    Last year we met when we visited My Dog Sighs’ INSIDE immersive installation in Portsmouth.

    By coincidece, as friends, we descibed the exhibit to each other and we found the process really deepened our experince of the art.

    Clarke said “Current audio provision for visually impaired artists gives a very short description of the work and removes the emotion from experiencing art. Steve and I approach the work like two art-loving friends discussing the content, techniques and personal impact we experience from the art.

    At the moment it is hard for sighted and non-sighted friends to experience art together. We are making podcasts that can be enjoyed equally by sighted and non-sighted people so they can share opinions on the works whilst they wander around the exhibition. Our approach has the added bonus of allowing people who can’t visit the exhibition to experience it by downloading the podcasts.”

    Underneath this, we just enjoy art in a very simple way, by observing it, discussing it and enjoying it.

    The podcasts are in bite-sized chunks with each series focussing on a gallery on the South Coast.

    You can listen here: https://anchor.fm/artinsight

    or Google Art in Sight Podcast to find on other major platforms

    We hope your enjoy x

    You can email me at Steve@project1-xt15xkpcd7.live-website.com if you are interested in Clarke and me recording a podcast at you gallery or museum.

    www.seeingwithoutseeing.com
    @the.blind.braille.artist
    @justgoodcompany

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    • Creative Research

    Creative Research

    September 4th, 2022|Community Engagement, Research|Comments Off on Creative Research

    In collaboration with Seekers Create we worked with University of Portsmouth to creatively enable their research as part of a larger programme by the Natural Environment Research Council to make Environmental Science more accessible, […]

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    • Clarke and Steve at Aspex Portsmouth

    Art In Sight Podcast

    September 3rd, 2022|Community Engagement, Podcast|Comments Off on Art In Sight Podcast

    Art in Sight is our Arts Council funded project to explore audio desciption in 15 galleries across the South Coast. Clarke Reynolds and I chat about art. We both grew up in Portsmouth and […]

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    • Take Care Of Your Mind

    Your mind really does affect your physical health

    December 6th, 2019|Mindset|Comments Off on Your mind really does affect your physical health

    Good morning, I saw this earlier today, which I think underlines exactly how important your mental health is. You can’t always control the bad stuff but you can make sure you put in the […]