Designer Catherine Makin has been working with Hybrid young people on up-cycling clothing and customisation. “Being able to create your own identity helps with boosting confidence and also helps developing skills that can be used any time, on all kinds of garments. It also helps to create new looks on a budget.”
Tim Ellis has gone back to his recording roots with an all analogue performance using reel to reel tape recorders. Digital Native Kyle Munro started his career at Hybrid under the Future Jobs scheme and is now undertaking an apprenticeship under Ellis, learning about the history of recording technology and using professional tape recorders creatively.
We have been working with UK band Jackdaw with Crowbar on a cultural exchange with fellow musicians from Treviso, near Venice in northern Italy. The project started in Brussels in 2011 – the group met members of Italian band Father Murphy when they shared the stage whilst on a tour with The Ex in Belgium
Cydney Busby is studying two days a week at Hybrid, undertaking a Silver Arts Award focusing on acoustic music. She is busy planning the next youth acoustic night based on the success of the last one in December 2011. Acoustic Youth Mkll will feature local young singer song writers, taking place on 18th May 2012,
This RSA animate – Changing Education Paradigms – was adapted from a talk given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert.