We are offering short taster sessions in retouching old photos on your PC, digital collage and getting to know you digital camera. As well as Publisher, Powerpoint, Black & White Darkroom and Photoshop Elements.

Go to course page and find out more

Thursday 23rd October 2008 1-9pm
Presentations: 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Are you a community worker or a member of a Southampton-based community group or charity?

Would you like to use creative community arts projects to develop your work?

Would you like to gain digital photography skills?

You may know the work of The Media Workshop, or it may have been some time since you were last involved (we’ve been going for 30 years!).

You may have been on one of our courses, or been a member of our Open Access making use of our digital and traditional photography facilities. But you may not know about our project work, or even heard of us at all!

The Media Workshop offers a broad range of creative services with many free and low cost points of access. We also undertake small to large scale fee-based projects.

With this in mind, The Media Workshop is having an Open Day on Thursday 23rd October 2008. There are two opportunities to see a presentation of what we have to offer 4 p.m. and 7 p.m, and how we work with the Southampton voluntary sector. Afterwards you can talk with Workshop staff and members over tea and biscuits.

We look forward to welcoming you to The Media Workshop.

See also Kingsland Subway Project and Weston Towers Project

]]> http://www.mpmw.co.uk/projects/kingsland-stmarys-subway-murals/feed/ http://www.mpmw.co.uk/youth-projects/bbc-blast-bus http://www.mpmw.co.uk/youth-projects/bbc-blast-bus#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:28:40 +0000 Martin Youth Projects http://www.mpmw.co.uk/uncategorized/bbc-blast-bus Once again The Media Workshop will be running digital photography workshops on the BBC Blast bus in Hoglands Park, Southampton on 31st July and the 1st August.

The BBC Blast Truck offers young people an opportunity to explore a variety of free workshops, surgeries and showcase events whatever their ability.

The truck houses a mobile learning studio, complete with a television studio, VT/audio editing area, digital workshop area and a separate performance space to help users create their ideas.

Industry professionals and local facilitators are on hand to offer expert advice and support.

Details go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/blast/ontour/

Open Access will restart on Thursday 11th September 2008 1-9pm.

Have a good break see you all in September.

The deadline for responses is 31/07/2008 the draw for the free 3 panel display will take place on 16/08/2008 and the winner will be contacted shortly after.

So what are you waiting for! Fill in our Southampton Voluntary Sector Questionnaire today.

SORRY deadline for the prize draw has now gone.

Counting Them In is for schools - and pre-schools and colleges - which have isolated bilingual learners. It offers guidance to staff on appropriate principles and strategies so they can develop and implement consistent good practice and give all their pupils equal access to educational opportunities and success in life.

Building on some of the work created through the Weston Shorescapes project, we designed a series of murals for five of the Tower Blocks in International Way, Weston, Southampton. We incorporated work from children and other residents to produce images which brighten the foyer area of each block.

We designed a series of large scale murals for the tower blocks. Work done with local schools and residents was used to create a montage of images which brightened up the foyer area of each block. The digital artwork was printed onto tiles and was given a graffiti proof treatment to ensure that the murals have a long life. This project was delivered for Southampton City Council Housing. The aim was to improve the local environment and install pieces of public art, lead by the local community, that is relevant to the heritage of the area.

We enjoy working on large scale projects like the murals because it gives us a chance to work with communities to create a lasting piece of artwork which can improve the environment in which people live. We can help with everything from consultations and running workshops to develop the artwork, through to the logistics of getting work printed and, in this case, finding a tiler who was willing to take on a large scale mural! The feedback we have had from those living in the Weston Towers is that the murals brighten up an otherwise dull space, they reflect and document the memories of the residents old and new, and they are something interesting to look at whilst waiting for the lifts! Not only that but the residents feel some ownership over them as they were involved during the creation process.