PRESS RELEASE ISSUED 11^TH MAY 2009

The Jobstown Youth Arts Project

presents

My Place, Our Space

An exhibition of visual art created by local young people.

It explores their community under the themes of People, Place, Past and Present.

When: 12^th -23^rd May

Where: RUARED Gallery, Tallaght.

All Welcome

Opening 7pm 12 May 2009 at RUA RED.

The Jobstown Youth Arts project is essentially Art for the community, about the community, by the community. It has been running since January 09 and apart from the artist in residence is facilitated on a voluntary basis. It involves 6 local youth groups with ages ranging from 8-18years with 4 of the groups undertaking a 2hr workshop once a week and the other 2 each doing an intensive 4 day programme during the school holidays. In total approx 50 young people were directly involved in the creative learning processes leading to the finished art work.

The idea behind the project was to explore the theme of Jobstown under the topics of past, present, people and place. Each topic was matched with a particular art style such as pop art, cubism, abstract, dadaism/graffiti. These in turn were created through a variety of mediums and techniques, i.e. mosaic, collage, print and stained glass. The young people had the opportunity to decide which mix of the three elements of the theme they wanted to work with, to allow for their input right from the beginning of the project. The participants have been guided by the artistic facilitator, Annette Woolley, but all decisions and creations have been youth led.

For more information see below:-

The Jobstown Youth Arts project is generously funded by

The Arts Council, The National Youth Council of Ireland, South Dublin County Council,

An Pobail, Foroige and the Department of Justice.

It is supported by

RUA RED, A Big Nose Productions, South Dublin COCO Art Department and Dublin Stained Glass

ENDS