Displaying the Talents and Determination of Fifteen Young People

May 26th 2016

Displaying the Talents and Determination of Fifteen Young People

After 10 weeks of hard work, 15 young people from the Five Lamps Youthy are now proud to announce their silk paintings, which are hanging proudly on display in the glass windows of The Youthy.

The silk paintings show the talents and determination of 15 young people; aged between 11-18 who attend The Youthy’s Senior Club on a Monday and Thursday evening.

The young people worked alongside, Shirley Wells who is also known as ‘Funky Junk art.’ Shirley worked with the young people on a Monday evening over a 10 week period, to help them learn how to; research,draw, outline and paint.

At the beginning of the project the young people informed Shirley that they would like to create a display window in the Youthy which showcases the landmarks of the local area. However, they decided they wanted to show the landmarks which meant something to them and the ones they recognise and make them proud of the area such as; the Five Lamps, the river, football fields and the spit fire.

To create the display, all of the young people worked together to; input their ideas, research the background of the landscapes and then to draw and paint the display, which can now be seen by anyone who passes the Youthy on Thornaby Road.

Darren Iveson, Senior Youth Worker said;

“It has been a vision for three years but now we have finally got there, we are proud of the hard work from Shirley,and our young people who have been involved and also our staff who helped support this project. We now have silk paintings of landmarks from the Thornaby area that our young people have created and are proud of and can be seen for many years to come hanging in the window of the Youthy.”