Young people explored oral history traditions and beliefs: focusing on a Native American tribe who believed humans had originally emerged from shells. Their fascination with this idea developed into a large scale installation exhibited at Salford Museum and Art Gallery, during Black History Month. The group created and recorded their own stories: heard as a [...]
Charlotte Newson was commissioned to work with 5 primary schools for the Partington Summer Festival. They explored the logo for Partington Regeneration programme as the starting point because the children were familiar with it from local advertisements, hoardings and newsletters. Their designs explored ideas around housing, accessibility, sports and environment. The final colourful and bold [...]
Celebrating the local community, Charlotte Newson was commissioned to work with family groups to design a unique portrait that would enhance their environment and mark the Millennium. Through a series of workshops they developed the idea of a permanent Mosaic, for an external wall in the community, portraying young people from local families: to reflect [...]
Commission: to develop children’s drawings into a cartoonesque mural for their recreation area. Engaging the families and children in the process and creating a lively bold design for positive impact on their quality of life. Scale 20ft x 7ft 6.09 m x 2.13m
Sure Start commissioned Charlotte Newson to create a mural for the interior of Cornerstone, in Salford: to encourage use of the building, animating its interior with colour and child friendly images. Cornerstone housed the regeneration team and a variety of services to the community. The mural consisted of five panels with differing themes and friendly, [...]
Charlotte Newson was commissioned to develop photographic workshops with older LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender) people leading up to Pride 04. Age Concern’s aim was to develop images for media and profiling purposes, to contribute towards a new image for the Charity through positive striking images. Charlotte Newson focused on hands because of their unique [...]