Community

We believe that connecting through creativity has a hugely positive influence on our social fabric and brings and holds communities together.

We deliver workshop experiences using textiles as a creative platform for invention and as a tool to explore issues & unlock hidden potential. We run collaborative arts projects and create stunning pieces of artwork with groups of people implementing a wide variety of practical techniques to help people express themselves creatively using art to explore a theme or tell a story. We are witness to the powerful transformationaleffects creative collaboration can have on a group dynamic and how the longevity of the beautiful result can continue to inspire and invigorate an environment.

WE COLLABORATE WITH:

  • Museums
  • Children’s Centres
  • Galleries
  • School’s – outreach programmes
  • Community Venues
“Sarah Pimenta has worked on Ovalhouse’s inclusion programmes for over 6 years. Sarah has worked with diverse groups in a variety of education and community settings, working as a lead artist and associate artist alongside other arts professionals on projects. Her experience and sensitivity of working with marginalised and ‘at risk’ groups is second to none. Sarah has worked successfully with young people excluded from mainstream education settings, young offenders, children with complex and profound disabilities, children who are looked after and children who are unaccompanied minors. Sarah is skilled at designing and pitching activities and projects at exactly the right level and ensures an exciting, high quality artistic experience and meaningful outcomes for all the young people she works with.”

 

EMILY DOHERTY
EARLY YEARS TEACHER, PREVIOUSLY HEAD OF INCLUSION AT OVALHOUSE
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