We had our first meeting last Saturday. A group of young people came along to find out more about getting involved in the new initiative, as well as to try some creative activities. First of all we each made badges using our snazzy badge maker. Then we roamed the museum with an assortment of props, some picture frames and cameras to take a series of ‘mask portraits’ with attitude:
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| Mask portrait with a Javanese dance mask and Chinese hat (photograph © Pitt Rivers Museum) |
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| Mask portrait with V for Vendetta mask (made famous in the Occupy protests) © Pitt Rivers Museum |
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| Mask portrait with Boba Fett mask (a Star Wars character) © Pitt Rivers Museum |
We used a 'green screen' app called Veescope Live. Using this we made films of ourselves exploring the museum in a whole new way. We also did some animating using the
Stop-Motion app for i-pads. It's a great, simple app
that lets you get creative and tell stories using objects. The young people
selected objects from the Education Handling Collection to create some mini
tales of the unexpected:
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| Making an animation using Javanese shadow puppets © Pitt Rivers Museum |
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| Watching the animations on the i-Pad © Pitt Rivers Museum |
It was great to meet the young people who came. They had a range of
interests and skills, from film-making and photography to drama and
script-writing. We are looking forward to the next meeting when we will start planning some creative projects and events for other young people.
We are keen to hear from other young
people who would like to join. You need to be aged 14-19 and want to get
involved with a group that meets once a month on a Saturday morning at the
museum to plan events, do creative projects and go behind the scenes at the
museum.
Please email me to let me know if you're interested: katherine.rose@prm.ox.ac.uk
and put the date of the next meeting in your calendar: Saturday 19 November
11am-1pm.
This new initiative for young people is part of the Pitt Rivers Museum Global Heritage project, funded by a Heritage Lottery Fund Young Roots grant.
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Katherine Rose
Education Officer : Secondary and FE
Pitt Rivers Museum
