Interpreting Portraiture Collections
Young People
- Invite young people to create some of the exhibits
In after-school workshops, pupils made photographic images of themselves in the style of pop stars from the 1950s to today, which were then included in the Pop Stars exhibition in Sunderland.
© Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens
- Invite young people in beforehand to create interpretation for their own age-group
Sixth-form local students created a Hello!-style magazine about a remarkable eighteenth-century woman, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, which was available for visitors to the exhibition at the Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu: An Extraordinary 18th Century Woman. 10 March - 02 June 2007
© Carl Rose
- Listen to their advice on making the gallery space more welcoming to that age group.
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