Art For Change
Art For Change is part of the globally awarded Design For Change (DFC) movement, enabling children and youth to take action on issues affecting them. The DFC movement founded by Kiran Bir Sethi at the Riverside School in India, now present in + 70 countries is a winner of numerous education accolades. Design For Change Northern Ireland was launched in 2022.
Art For Change 2024
The Art For Change (AFC) summer programme at Queen’s welcomed 40 youth (12 - 18 years) from immigrant, asylum seeking, refugee and vulnerable backgrounds to explore arts-based wellbeing strategies and lead group social action projects addressing mental health issues. It is led by Juanita Rea, Visiting Scholar at the School of Arts, English and Languages, founder of eduSOIL and Director of Design For Change NI, South Africa and Sudan. Since 2011 eduSOIL has supported 16,000 people in 12 countries and is delivering AFC in partnership with Design For Change Global and with support from Arts Council Northern Ireland and Queen's University Belfast School of Arts, English and Languages (AEL), Performance Without Barriers research group and the Civic Engagement and Social Responsibility Directorate.
Youth were supported by Juanita Rea with artivists Nandi Jola, Rwanda Shaw; Mayte Segura; Pradnya Joshi, Takura Donald Makoni, Chip Bailey and Phil d'Alton along with AEL Professor Franziska Schroeder (founder of Performance without Barriers) Broadcast Student, Katie Grew and volunteers Alexis Ekweume (Diverse Youth NI) and Salwa Asharabi (Anaka Collective).
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Art For Change 2023
During the summer of 2023 eduSOIL offered 'Art For Change' an Arts Council Northern Ireland (ACNI) funded programme for 25 youth. Art For Change was part of the globally awarded Design For Change (DFC) movement, enabling children and youth to take action on issues affecting them. The DFC movement founded by Kiran Bir Sethi at the Riverside School in India, now present in + 70 countries is a winner of numerous education accolades. Design For Change Northern Ireland was launched in 2022.
The youth were supported by multidisciplinary artist, Juanita Rea and the following artists: Singer-songwriter Siobhan Brown; Musicians, Facilitators Paul Kane and Cameron Gibson; Musician, Producer Phil D'Alton; Singer, Facilitator Kelly Smiley; Poet, Writer, Facilitator Nandi Jola; Spoken Word Artist, Frank Rafferty; Performing Artist Mary McGurk and Visual Artists Stephanie Arnold; Halima Aden, and Ayah Aljunaid.