Two artists will receive a £15,000 award each with a full package of support from Photoworks and Jerwood Arts to create new work over a 12-month period.
Two artists will receive a £15,000 award each with a full package of support from Photoworks and Jerwood Arts to create new work over a 12-month period.
Ricardo Reveron Blanco, learning & engagement co-ordinator at Photoworks, talks to Jaq Bayles about the Archiving Your Life project by Brighton-based LGBTQ+ youth group Queer History Now, and part of the Photoworks Festival running until October 25.
Photoworks Festival – Propositions for Alternative Narratives – to take place across Sussex from Thursday, September 24 till Sunday, October 25, with a collaborative project between Queer Heritage South and Photoworks displayed for the first time.
13-25 year olds in Brighton & Hove have been examining how issues faced today by young people identifying as LGBTQ+ compare with those faced by young LGBTQ+ people over the past 40 years in the city.
Photoworks, an organisation dedicated to enabling participation in photography and produce the Brighton Photo Biennial is leading on Into the Outside – a learning project with local young people, re-examining their city’s rich LGBTQ+ past and creating a new archive of queer youth experiences.
Photoworks, the organisation who produce the Brighton Photo Biennial, has been awarded a £47k grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to lead Into the Outside – a learning project with local young people, re-examining their city’s rich LGBTQ past and creating a new archive of queer youth experiences.
