ABOUT UNCHARTED
Uncharted is an ambitious island wide youth engagement program run by An Lanntair and funded by Creative Scotland’s Time to Shine – Scotland’s first National Youth Arts Strategy”. Uncharted will engage young people from primary school age upwards in a program of arts projects commissions, curatorial opportunities in rural and remote locations around the Isle of Lewis and Harris. Uncharted is broken down onto several componant parts each with different focus but all with youth engagement at its heart.
ART LABS
Art Labs are art spaces set up in four geographically remote locations across the Isles of Lewis and Harris, these are Uig, Ness, Harris, and Brager. The Labs are be located at community venues in key specified locations and are equipped with materials and equipment allowing them to provide access to a wide range of art forms. Young people have access to all traditional art materials as well as state of the art digital imaging hardware and software including Go Pro cameras, video cameras, scanners and printers.
Local freelance artists have been employed through the project to oversee the weekly group meetings in each area and provide support and training. This is a wonderful opportunity for young people throughout Lewis and Harris to gain access to creative learning, develop new skills and exhibit their work. The project aims to empower young people through creativity and learning and provide an opportunity for young people in the Western Isles to have a real say in arts delivery and provision.
The Art Labs locations are:
Uig Community Center
Bragar Old School
Sporsnis
Tarbert Community Center
MAPPING THE ARTERIES
Mapping the Arteries is a project with several elemants in its own right, ti has three elements.
SCHOOL RUN
School run is an exciting creative mapping project that is working with four primary schools across Lewis and Harris. Young people from participating schools have been encouraged to explore their environment between home and school. The young people benefit from regular creative sessions with local artists who aid them in developing their ideas. The young people have been exploring a wide range of media including photography, video, audio recording, storytelling and poetry.
COMMISSIONS
Two visual arts and two creative writing commissions will be given to artists and writers who are to produce work based around bus routes across the island. They will also be mentoring young people to produce their own artwork in response to the commission.
CONCRETE GALLERIES
Work produced from the commission by the artists, writers and young people will be installed temporarily in the islands iconic concrete bus shelters.
