Make Your Mark | Week One

  • What do they want?

  • Messy making/ messy play for adults

  • Messy making/ messy play for everyone from all cultures

  • Lots to do but not for all

  • How do we better connect with those who ‘don’t do art’?

  • Funding- Conscious funding streams that enable development rather than a final product

  • What is the connection between messy making, creativity and community?

  • Welcoming people into the arts /continuing to welcome people into the arts

  • Mental health - helping those with needs and mental health problems through giving motivation, encouraging them and, helping them feel accepted & helping them express their thoughts and feelings in art

  • Art as a tool for conversation, connection and feeling.

With each session, I ask a series of questions which I open up to all participants. In our first session, I began with ‘As an artist, how do I facilitate community?’ Here are a few of the responses, suggestions, prompts and questions left by community members.