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Young people at St Katharine’s Centre in
As part of YES’s programmes which run in St Katharine’s and Howdenhall Centres in Edinburgh, young people each created a piece of artwork with a pink theme (for breast cancer) and then set up and ran the exhibition.
They welcomed visitors with pink lemonade and snacks and chatted about their inspiration and how they created their pieces. Head of Education at the Centres, Andy Marjoribanks, welcomed everyone and explained the reasons for the exhibition.
Visitors included the former teacher’s grandparents and son, representatives from children’s services, staff from St Katharine’s and from YES.
A set of 9 postcards featuring each piece of art could be purchased and donations could also be made. Some of the young people had pledged to sell their artwork to friends and family and some were sold to visitors attending on the day. For the most successful piece of artwork, judged by Della Martin from Young Enterprise
Every young person involved had specific reasons for making their piece of artwork and, as Della said, “they had all thought about what they were going to create”. All were unique so choosing a winner was not easy but the eventual winner was Dale with his painting “Positively Pink” – of an aeroplane pulling a banner to “get the message across that we have to raise money for cancer research”.
Photos of each piece of artwork with the inspiration behind them can be seen further down (click "Read more" to see!). Everyone who participated received a giant Easter egg. At the end of the exhibition, visitors were treated to a short dance display in the gym hall by two of the girls from the Centre! St Katharine’s and Howdenhall (Edinburgh Secure Services) provide 12 secure beds and one reception suite on 2 nearby sites. Built as separate centres, respectively in 1994 and 2003, St Katharine's and Howdenhall each include a secure unit and linked close support provision. They are now integrated as one service on two sites with a common management structure and shared education and other services.YES has worked within both Units over the past 3 and a half years running the “Stairway 2 Success” Programme to build business awareness in the young people and also their soft skills. St Katharine’s and Howdenhall work with YES across a number of enterprise activities to cover many areas of the curriculum. Students from both the Residential and Secure units work together. This includes after hours support from YES trainer Caroline Logan from 5-7pm to get young people of both primary and secondary age together. THE ARTWORK Here are the pieces of artwork from the exhibition with the artists' own thoughts on how and why they created their pieces! "Bear in Bikini" by Thomas “My clay bear represents the people who do the moonwalk every year.”
"DUCKIES" by Emma-Louise
“I was inspired to do ducks because I was looking on the internet searching for something pink when I saw the ducks.”
"JOURNEYS IN PINK" by Keir
“My work is a collage showing travel around the world, representing the journey cancer sufferers follow.”
"Going Somewhere" by Danny “I chose to do an arrow because it represents cancer charities. I made it in modroc because it has texture and also because it looks solid”.
"PINK TULIPS" by Nicola
"My watercolour painting is of a vase of tulips. I chose to paint this because I like looking at flowers and they make me feel happy."
"POLO IN PINK" by Emma-Louise
"I was inspired by the free spirits of horses running through fields. This makes me think of the spirits of people who have died of cancer and it makes me think that people are now free of pain".
"POSITIVELY PINK" by Dale (winner – gets put onto canvas)
"I chose this image showing a plane pulling a banner, because I had to get the message across that we have to raise money for cancer research."
"REFLECTIONS IN PINK" by Robert
"It has got a pink vase and it represents a perfectly pink day. Also the flowers represent happiness".
"THE THINK PINK TILE" by David
"A clay tile showing a pink ribbon for cancer awareness."
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