Arts AdminArts AdminMem Morrison led the Artsadmin Summer Project for three years from 2007 to 2009, working with themes and ideas generated from the newly redeveloped Toynbee Studios, which opened in April 2007.
Three groups of young people created three separate performances; The Courtroom (2007), From the Top (2008) and Private View (2009).
Each group developed and devised a new piece of work starting with a range of stimuli including personal histories of people living and working in the buildings visible from the Steve Whitson Studio (the top floor of Toynbee Studios), the history of the Court Room (one of the first juvenile courts in the UK) and the concept of theatre space in the 1930s auditorium.
Many of the participants now continue working with Artsadmin as part of the youth board or youth advisory network developing and delivering projects and events for other young and emerging artists.
Brave artistic and personal development.
I feel extremely lucky to have been part of the summer school. It stands out as one of the most remarkable things I have ever done. I have never been asked to work so hard at being myself.
I have experienced, touched, felt, tasted, seen, slept and lived entirely new ways of working.
Participating in the summer school was an entirely positive experience for me, and I feel it has opened many doors for me to explore within my own work.
A lot of the ideas and exercises we were taught on the summer school I now use in my course. It has really helped my focus and contributed to my way of working.
I have never been so proud of anything I have ever done before.
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