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Circle Of
Circle Of is a new organisation founded by Clayton resident, Yasmin Clarke. Circle Of aims to give young people the opportunity to work creatively to explore race, culture, heritage and identity.
Circle Of recently ran an Arts Council funded project, The Kaleidoscope Project, for 5-16 year olds in East Manchester. As part of a 14 week project, young people of diverse ethnic heritage in Clayton have taken part in workshops that pair discussions of race and identity with multimedia art and materials.
Throughout this project, participants shared parts of their culture and language, asked questions of the wider world they exist in and have been able to consider the importance of community, identity and belonging.
Within the sessions they’ve explored a different range of materials each week ranging from Lego and PlayDoh to paint and origami, in ways that support their sessions and make them more interactive and fun.
The Kaleidoscope Project was created first and foremost to give young people a safe space to have collaborative discussions on themselves and others, but also to enable organisations to understand how the arts, education & social impact sectors can better support some of the underrepresented parts of our local communities. The project culminates in the young people creating an artistic reflection of their self-identity in a form of their choice i.e. a poem, a piece of prose, a drawing, a sculpture, a mosaic etc.
The Kaleidoscope Project was exhibited in Beswick library for a month at the end of 2022.
Step up for Circle Of
Support with funding, volunteer support to run sessions, support with social media, a local place for the group to meet, a creative mind to join the Board of Trustees.
