Hedz - Aerosol art workshop. Photographer: Jack Gibbs
Creative arts and design organisation, Hedz hosted an educational creative arts workshop day on Monday 21st March, at Zellig; Birmingham’s newest creative hub for arts and culture.
The event brought together schools and children from across the Midlands to participate in workshops teaching creative drawing, aerosol art, oil painting and DJing hosted by three times world champion, DJ Switch. The event featured tutorials from Hedz founders Miles Hesketh and Stuart Styles and inspiring demonstrations from the regions most creative individuals including; Popbang Colour artist, Ian Cook who has become famous for his remote control car artwork which was recently shown on ITV’s Daybreak and voiceover artist Marc Silk, known as the voice of Scooby Doo, Johnny Bravo and US Bob the Builder to name but a few.
Over the past ten years, Hedz have become leaders of youth engagement workshops for art and creation in education across Central England. They work with schools and colleges, helping to educate young people through the creative outlets of art and music. Not only have Hedz founders created a diverse range of inspirational workshops that engage young people in artistic development, but they also illustrate the importance of community values and team-work.
Hedz - Aerosol art workshop. Photographer: Jack Gibbs
The workshops held at the creative open day encouraged children to work together, allowing them to expand on their social skills, whilst giving them the opportunity to gain new abilities in areas that they would not necessarily be exposed to in a traditional classroom setting. The event received local support from Costco who provided food for the school children and staff that attended, along with Zellig who provided creative space for the workshops to take place. Specialist Crafts, the UK’s biggest supplier to education, sponsored the event providing all the art supplies used on the day.
The creative day also allowed schools to gain access to industry professionals who understand the benefits of working with young people to improve their prospects within education and employment.
When asked about their thoughts on the event, Miles and Stuart said “We were very excited to be able to extend our current service, thus engaging various groups of young people who may not have previously interacted, and uniting them in a common creative cause.”
For more information on how your school can take part in future Hedz creative workshop events please visit their website: http://www.hedz.ltd.uk and contact 0845 838 7358.
Hedz - Popbang colour workshop. Photographer: Jack Gibbs
Ian Cook from Popbang colour talking to school children about remote control car artwork. Hedz - Popbang colour workshop. Photographer: Jack Gibbs
