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About This Project

We have been working and playing in the neighbourhood of Westwood as one of our chosen communities.

You may have heard of our infamous ‘WestWoof’ gathering? Or maybe even our Westwood’s Got Talent event? This have been just some of the goings-on in the last year as we got co-creative in the neighbourhood.

But what’s to come? Well, there will be more, but for now here’s a little update:  Our team at PP are currently chatting with Westwood students mainly through Breakfast Clubs to find out what young people might be interested in when it comes to creativity and arts. This programme will develop through 2023-24. Watch this space for more info soon.

The last round of events for ‘Westwood Encounters’ was all about having fun and being playful whilst connecting with the outdoor spaces.  Local residents from Westwood came together to choose a brilliant team of artists & creatives who then brought some feel-good, fun, and tasty activities between May and July 2023.

There were loads of interesting activities from an ‘After school Paint Sessions’, ‘Fathers Day Scavenger Hunt’ and a ‘Community Party’. We met so many amazing local folk, made some wonderful memories and got to try something  different!

Here’s some pics for you to feast on from these previous events:

 

After School Paint Sesh

 This one was for bored teens on their walk home from school. Nikki and Keith created an after school paint sesh with a twist, featuring giant paper aeroplane making and massive painting/doodling. 

A young person in painting overalls and a wask standing in a starfish position with arms out. You can see theyre smiling behind the mask. They have people around them spraypainting on the floor. An older person on their right holding them, and a yellow mural behind them.
A group of people / young people stood under the underpass / tunnel. The paint sesh is on a large tarpaulin on the floor and the mural is behind them. They are all main looking down at the tarpaulin where they are painting.
A child with a dark green jumper on stood outside, their arms are up in the air holding up art pieces they have created in the art sesh.
Birds eye view looking down as a young person is kneeling on the floor - looking down working on part of a flat plane as part of the art sesh in Westwood.

Father’s Day Scavenger Hunt

This one was for the dads and families to complete together! They went hunting around the streets of Westwood to find clues and puzzle pieces that created a special momento to take home.

Fathers Day Scavenger Hunt. a group of families, dads and kids grouped around a table (outside in Westwood), making the sculptures from all the clues.
A close up of a special design by artist Sam Roddan. Its a design of an aeroplane shape thats in the palm of a hand at the Fathers Day Scavenger Hunt. This is used as one of the pieces to the final sculpture.
A young boy with glasses on and light hair, outside holding up his sculpture that is made from many different pieces and clues from the scavenger hunt.
A close up of a pebble that has been painted on as part of the Fathers Day Scavenger Hunt. The pebble says 'Happy' as well as many other patterns and colours on it.

Community Party!

We had the BEST day.  Together we enjoyed a picnic at the park, a giant cake sculpture (co-created by the community), a cake parade, a kid’s talent show, games, design your own baseball cap, healthy snack zone, rock painting, community poem and more. What a buzz! 

A group of people and families around a table outside decorating and spraypainting caps as part of the Westwood community event.
A close up of a white baseball cap with the name Jaris spraypainted on it.
Outside in the Westwood Park, theres a large tent with a group of children gathered around a man with a mic as part of the games and talent show.
Outside in the Westwood centre. A group of people including lots of children, gathered around a giant cake with many tiers and community decorations. This is part of a cake parade and community party.
From left to right, Keith, Nikki, Sam, Laura, and Ryan are stood on a footpath in Westwood, looking at the neighbourhood map.

This photo is of our Westwood Encounters artists having a wander about the estate. From left to right we have: Keith Hopewell, Nikki Goldup, Sam Roddan, Laura Collins, and Ryan Bailey.

Keith and Nikki ran our after-school pop up painting sesh and giant paper aeroplane making.

Sam created the scavenger hunt and cake masterpiece.

Laura and Ryan are creatives from the area who are just starting out in their careers. They worked together on a poetry film all about happiness, using pebble painting. You can see the film and poem by clicking on the link below.

Click here to see the Westwood Community Poem