In refuge
Make
Working with Birmingham & Solihull Women’s Aid, Make offered new creative and social experiences for women living in refuge, aged 16 and up.
Exploring different art and craft forms, women worked with new and familiar materials, tools and techniques, exploring textiles, ceramics, journaling, collage, painting and drawing. They made artworks and practical items for themselves, for their living spaces, and for other people.
Sessions at BSWAs specialist young women’s refuge offered time and space to try new creative activities together or alone. Developing their artistic skills and ideas, the young women made their own decisions, explored what mattered to them, and what made them feel good.
Make artists: Carolyn Morton, Modern Clay & Sarah Taylor Silverwood.
“The art journaling session was therapeutic. It allowed me to get things out and not be stuck in my own head.”
“It’s been peaceful to do the tile. It’s been an escapism from all my worries and troubles. This is the first time I’ve done this and it has been a nice thing to do. It makes me forget my problems and focus on other fun things to do.”
“We worked as a group and it gave us a chance to get to know each other and what makes us tick.”
Feedback from young women supported by Birmingham & Solihull Women’s Aid
Make was generously supported by Arts Council England’s National Lottery Project Grants. It was produced by Katy Sadler with Feminists Work For Change.
