Peripheral Vision Funded by the Skills Funding Agency

Welcome! Housekeeping Fire Toilets Smoking Schedule: 13:50 presentation 14:00 films & documentaries 14:30 prize nominations 14:45 mingle: Big Brother chair 15:00 Little Miss Sunshine

Peripheral Vision Peripheral 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

Gender

Age range

Disability

Cultural Venues: 57 visits Whitworth Art Gallery People’s History Museum Yorkshire Sculpture Park Manchester Art Gallery Royal Exchange Theatre Library Theatre Cornerhouse 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 work Be 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 drawing iPad one minute film-making Sock creatures Curators’ tours

People’s History Museum A Class Act: Class Race Gender Feminism Power Print workshops

Yorkshire Sculpture Park In the Frame Wild Things Get into Shape Shape your Landscape Silver 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 size Meeting some of the learners The excellent workshops at the cultural venues Enthusiasm of the WEA tutors Community partners’ engagement and support

Thank you Matt Manning and Michelle Wicked The WEA tutors The volunteers: David Dennehy, Hannah & Richard The 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 Hutchings