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

Elaine Hutchingsehutchings@wea.org.uk

0161 277 5409