OSSP Project Details & Art Exhibition

Twelve workshops were held in late 2010 working with a number of arts and photography facilitators using a range of photography and visual arts methods.

Media Release sent out 28th March 2011    Click here to read>
"Youth get creative on safety - free exhibition"

Media Release sent out 17th March 2011      Click here to read>
"One in two young people feel unsafe in public places"

The Art Exhibition :
Young people get creative on safety
The creative expressions of the project were launched on Friday 8th April
during National Youth Week and ran as a free exhibition to the public.

The Hon. Ms Robyn McSweeney, Minister for Youth officially opened the
well attended exhibition at Central TAFE Art Gallery acknowledging the wonderful creativity of all the workshop participants.

Project Update
To date, the project has partnered with a range of organisations including Aranmore Catholic College; Hills Community Support Group; the YMCA Mobile Bus Service in Langford, Beeliar and Northbridge; Passages Resource centre; Inspire Foundation; WA Substance Users Association; Camera Recycle Project, and Freedom Centre to engage with many diverse groups of young people. 

The City of Cockburn also hosted a number of arts programs and these group sessions reached a range of young people including Aboriginal youth and some youth involved in the Justice system. 

A “Book of Art” has been developed and will be launched at Cockburn Youth Centre on the 30th June.

The Final Report of this project will be posted on the website after the 30th July 2011.  
 

Project Details
Project findings will inform both government and non-government agencies as well as community groups who work across community safety related sectors to influence future policies, program development and service delivery for young people. The project aimed to engage with young people (12-25 years old) from a range of socially diverse backgrounds including different age groups, gender and sexuality groups, employed and unemployed, students, cultural and linguistically diverse groups, Indigenous populations, homeless young people and young people with disabilities.

Our Space, Safe Place runs from April 2010-June 2011 and features five core project components:

(i)       a steering committee of young people, to help plan core project strategies and events;

(ii)     workshops for young people to learn new skills from professional artists, photographers and writers;

(iii)   an arts exhibition, to display young people's art in the community;

(iv)   the development of a sustainable resource for community safety stakeholders; and

(v)     presentations of project findings, by young people, to community safety workers. Public spaces may include, but are not limited to: parks, nature reserves, shopping centres, entertainment and night venues including licenced premises, recreational facilities, roads, public transport vehicles and terminals, schools and workplaces.

For more information, please contact Mary Ashe at ICCWA on mashe@iccwa.org.au or 9420 7212.

The project is supported by Lotterywest, the Department for Communities’ Office for Youth and Healthway.