peripheral vision funded by the skills funding agency
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Peripheral VisionFunded by the Skills Funding Agency
Welcome!
Housekeeping
FireToiletsSmoking
Schedule:13:50 presentation14:00 films &
documentaries14:30 prize
nominations14:45 mingle: Big
Brother chair15:00 Little Miss
Sunshine
Peripheral VisionPeripheral Vision is a project aimed at everyone, especially those on the edge of society. Through the innovative use of new digital media and visits to cultural venues in Greater Manchester and beyond, learners have had the opportunity to take part in film, art, creative writing, photography, and textiles courses within their communities.
We said: 100 adult learners
183
We said 50% new to WEA
18%
56%
26%
Have you studied with WEA be-fore
Yes No Not Answered
Gender
62%
38%
Gender
Female Male
Age range
10%
19%
61%
10%
Age Range
Under 19 19-24 25-49 50-75 Over 75
Disability
Yes42%
No58%
Do you have a disability
Cultural Venues: 57 visits
Whitworth Art Gallery People’s History Museum Yorkshire Sculpture Park Manchester Art Gallery Royal Exchange Theatre Library TheatreCornerhouse Mad Lab The Hepworth Wakefield Museum of Science and
Industry The John Rylands University
Library Lyme Park
Bury Met Hat Works Quarry Bank Mill and
Styal Estate Imperial War Museum
North Jodrell Bank Tate Liverpool Irwell Sculpture Trail Manchester Big wheel The Lowry
Whitworth Art Gallery
The Apprentice
Choose an art workBe creative: with
colours; designs; images emerging, fading, disappearing, changing
Liaise with the app designers
The end result: an interactive iPad app for people with dementia
Other Whitworth Courses
Photography & textiles
iPad art drawingiPad one minute
film-makingSock creaturesCurators’ tours
People’s History Museum
A Class Act:ClassRaceGenderFeminism
Power Print workshops
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
In the FrameWild ThingsGet into ShapeShape your
LandscapeSilver Social: Out &
About
What lessons have I learnt?
Choose the project title with care!The initial project idea may change in
unexpected ways.Both people, and courses, need structure and
direction.Organising the transport was, at times, hellish.On-line data collection is random and
unpredictable.Tutors and Learners need lessons in Word
Press.
The best bits:
Small class sizeMeeting some of the
learnersThe excellent
workshops at the cultural venues
Enthusiasm of the WEA tutors
Community partners’ engagement and support
Thank you
Matt Manning and Michelle WickedThe WEA tutorsThe volunteers: David Dennehy, Hannah & RichardThe film-makers: Rachael Field, Michael Barnes-
Wynters, Matt Kowalczuk, Ben Mottershead, John Grey, Colin Warhurst & Phil McDuff
Amanda Croome, Dawn Haworth, Ed Watts & Jamie Moloney
Richard Weltman (magazine design)Cultural venues (workshop artists)Community partners
But most of all, thank you to…
…all of the Peripheral Vision learners:
Your enthusiasm has been infectious!Your commitment has been great!Your creativity has been inspirational!
You are a credit to yourselves, your family and friends, your communities and WEA.
Thank you
