A Voice To Tell Our Story

More than 300 children, 10 primary schools, 4 artists, 1 amazing project – A Voice To Tell Our Story

Working with researchers from the University of South Wales and artists from North Devon, this exciting 3 year project, funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation, aims to help the next generation in our communities to speak up, listen well, and have fun working together and learning through the arts.

The result? The creation of 12 original stories brought to life through the use of illustration, photography and film.

All really good stories have a beginning, a middle, and an end. The three videos below were made at each of those junctures and help to tell the story of the project…

At the start of 2020 we began delivering ‘A Voice To Tell Our Story’ with Key Stage 2 pupils from 10 primary schools in the ALUMNIS and TEAM Multi-Academy Trusts with each of the schools having been allocated 25 full days of working with professional artists in school.

This two phase project explored storytelling in four artforms aimed at developing learning through the arts and inspiring greater confidence in speech, language and communication.

The first phase of the project involved storyteller Lisa Schneidau introducing storytelling as an artform through the sharing of stories and artist Caroline Preston exploring how art can be used to help evolve the stories.

During the second phase the classroom was converted into a studio space and photographer Dave Green and filmmaker Matt Biggs set about supporting the children in bringing their stories to life through the use photography and film.

The result of the project was the creation of 12 original stories!