This summer, Edinburgh Museums and Galleries once again worked in partnership with Edinburgh University Collections, Historic Environment Scotland and SCRAN to facilitate an enriching, creative holiday programme for a group of young people. This year, 7-10 year olds supported by Edinburgh Young Carers took part in the varied Capital Culture programme.
For the first session, participants visited University of Edinburgh’s Main Library to learn all about street photography and take some eye-catching images of their own. The next workshop involved a trip to St. Cecilia’s Hall where the young people created their very own musical instruments. A visit to Edinburgh Castle encouraged the group to create their own fantastic collage artworks and for their final session, the Edinburgh Young Carers visited the City Art Centre to look at our exhibition Will Maclean: Points of Departure. Inspired by Maclean’s sculptural work, the group then made their own clay models.
The programme provided the opportunity for participants to visit a range of inspiring cultural venues in their city, learn new skills, develop confidence, express themselves creatively, and most importantly have fun!
The Capital Culture programme culminated in a showcase event at the City Art Centre where the young people were able to show the brilliant variety of work that they had created to invited guests.
