East Summer School 2020

Programme

• Art of Horticulture

  Partner: LLDC & Idverde
  Category: Informative
  Industry: Landscaping, Geography, Sustainability, Design
  Age: 15  – 17

  An interactive park tour taking in some of the key areas of the park with the focus on the CLIMATE EMERGENCY and what Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is doing to help support climate mitigation measures through its design, planting and management. You will learn about the plant selection, sustainability and biodiversity.
  
  This would be delivered through a webinar walk and talk through South Park by Head Gardner Gerry Kelsey talking about Horticulture on the parks and North Park walk and talk with Dr Catherine Norris (Senior Ecologist in charge of QEOP BAP) and David Everett (London Volunteer Manager at QEOP) talking about the important Ecology and Biodiversity of the site.
  

• BBC Music Living Room Sessions

  Partner: BBC

  Category: Informative

  Industry: Music

  Age: 12 – 17 

   

  Join the BBC for an exclusive series of inspiring webinars with creative industry professionals. Each session will feature a guest speaker who will give insight into their career, how to break into the industry and their own creative process – followed by a Q&A at the end. 

   

  Creating Your Own Sound 

  Guest Speaker: Nao

  Nao is a singer-songwriter and record producer from East London. Her sound has been described as soul combined with electronic music, funk and R&B. Join her for a chat where she talks about how she creates music, finding your own sound and answers your questions about making it in the music industry.  

  She has Mercury, Grammy and Brit award nominated and has written songs with artist such as Stormzy.  

  Breaking Into radio 

  Guest Speaker: Swarzy Macaly

  
  

  Swarzy Macaly is a radio presenter at KISS FM, the official young voice of BBC Sounds and a speaker on BBC Radio 5. As well as media, Swarzy is passionate about social justice, community, diversity and inclusion. Join Swarzy as she shares her advice on breaking into the media and making a career in Radio.

   

• Become a PM Superhero!

  Partner: Art Clubbers
  Category: Interactive
  Industry: Careers  
  Age: 15 – 17

  We wish we could turn you all into prime ministers but instead we’ll be turning you in to a master project manager! Having the mindset of a project manager will allow you to take on any situation within any role. 

   

  In this session, we will explore the 5 phases of project management, the triple constraints and what tools you should equip yourself with. Having developed your new superpowers, you’ll be able to transfer all your skills to any role you take on!

   

  Supported by Foundation for FutureLondon & City of London. 

  
  

• Creating Creative Companies

  Partner: Art Clubbers
  Category: Interactive
  Industry: Careers  
  Age: 15 – 17

  We see arts organisations popping up left right and centre, but have you wondered how and why? 

   

  During this workshop, we'll get an understanding of why these organisations are created, how they have come into existence and how YOU can launch your own creative business one day.

   

  Supported by Foundation for FutureLondon & City of London.

   

   

• CV 101s

  Partner: Art Clubbers
  Category: Interactive
  Industry: Careers  
  Age: 12 – 17

  Your CV is a tool to show off your best self and, most importantly, get you that interview! As well as making sure it's eye-catching and well-written, it needs to be relevant to the role and make it as easy as possible for the person reading it to put you in the "yes" pile.

   

  In this workshop we'll use knowledge from the employers side and practical tips for each section of your CV to show you off in the best way.

   

  Supported by Foundation for FutureLondon & City of London.

• Dance and Filmmaking

  Partner: Jess and Morgs / Studio Wayne McGregor
  Category: Intensive 
  Industry: Dance, Film 
  Age: 15 – 17
  

   

  Ready to create and star in a short dance film?

   

  Dance meets film during this five day residency where you will get the chance to create your own movement material, learn new filming techniques and capture your own choreography. This intensive week will be led by experienced and innovative dance film makers Jess and Morgs. 

   

• Decoding Job Specs & Application Writing

  Partner: Art Clubbers 
  Category: Interactive
  Industry: Careers  
  Age: 15 – 17

  Job descriptions hold the key to writing a perfect application - if you know what you are looking for! You’ll need to show off your skills and use examples to prove you are the right person for the role, even if you feel like you haven’t had lots of ‘professional’ experience yet. 

   

  Find out how to craft a powerful and persuasive cover letter or application which matches you perfectly with your next role.

   

  Supported by Foundation for FutureLondon & City of London. 

   

• Design a Creative Performance

  Partner: The Yard
  Category: Intensive 
  Industry: Community Arts, Performance Art
  Age: 12 – 17
  

   

  From Me, To You is a four-week programme which gives you the opportunity to get engage creatively whilst making a positive impact in your community. 
  
  At the start of the project you will receive a brief about a person who may be isolated in their community. Over the four weeks, you will work with others in a group towards creating a gift for that community member. This gift could take different forms, from a poem, to a piece of film, to a phone call performance. 
  

• Design a music venue/studio for BBC

  Partner: COYO (Class Of Your Own)

  Category: Intensive

  Industry: Engineering, architecture and design

  Age: 15 – 17

   

  Do you want a career in the built environment? Could you design a recording studio and performance venue fit for the BBC? 

    

  The BBC are closing their Maida Vale studios and will be building an iconic venue at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park as part of East Bank. We want you to immerse yourselves in the design process and design a studio and intimate performance venue for the BBC.   

   

  In this intensive 10-day course made up of webinars, videos, workshops and team work, you will be given a professional design brief to respond to. Working with industry leading built environment professionals in architecture and engineering, as a team you will design your very own music venue that you will present to a panel of judges.  On successful completion of the project, you will receive a moderated certificate of attendance and a ‘DEC Extend’ Award, along with an industry recognised reference.  

   

• Design with Nature Workshop

  Partner: Landscape Institute  
  Category: Interactive
  Industry: Architecture, Design, Horticulture, Creative Arts
  Age: 12 – 14 

  Interactive design workshop where you will get the chance to design you very own pocket park. 

   

  You will learn about the design process from a team of professional landscape architects, from coming up with an idea right through to it being built. We will then ask you to design your very own space, you will be sent a kit of parts that you can use to design your very own 3D park that you will then present back to a team of experts. 

• Design your own job

  Partner:  People Speak 
  Category: Informative
  Industry: Careers
  Age: 12 – 17

  What are the jobs of the future? No one can say for certain how technology, the economy and the world of work will evolve. It also depends on our own imagination and creativity. How do we want to shape the future and design our own lives? In this session we will facilitate and visualise this journey with experts from the field of work and the future.

  This will be a practical exploration of what you want future work to look like and the steps you need to take to get there.

  Supported by Foundation for Future London.

• London College of Fashion: A New Now

  Partner: London College of Fashion 
  Category: Interactive
  Industry: Art & Design, Social Sciences, Careers  
  Age: 12 – 14 & 15 – 17

  Two days of workshops, presentations and employer Q&A exploring the impact of fashion on the environment and how you, as the next generation to work in and consume fashion, will drive innovation and change. Generate new ideas for leading brands, research and discuss concepts for your fashion manifesto to shape the New Now for fashion. 
  Day one you will explore how the industry is addressing its position as the second most polluting industry (oil has the top spot), find out more about the sustainability credentials of leading brands, explore the brief, and an exciting opportunity for a panel discussion with an industry professional from east London. On day two, you will explore creative research techniques and investigate new ways of thinking to develop your manifesto concepts and create a placard to influence the New Now for fashion
  

   

• London College of Fashion: Insight into Fashion Textiles

  Partner: London College of Fashion
  Category: Interactive
  Industry: Art & Design
  Age: 15 – 17
  

   

  Two days of workshops and creative practice to explore the world of textiles, from crotchet to embroidery! Learn techniques and skills to get creative with textiles and discover more about colour, pattern and developing your ideas around textile design.

  As part of this interactive course you are encouraged to explore your own creativity and submit your work as you go for feedback and guidance! 
  
  
  

• Memories of Things Unseen

  Partner: British Council 
  Category: Interactive
  Industry: Creative Arts, Sounds 
  Age: 12 – 14

  At a time where we, are all distracted by visual and aural noise, this workshop will encourage you to take a moment and actively engage in the art of hearing. 

   

  The goal is to explore how you engage with sound, based on your own unique experiences and perspectives. We will share  sound files that consist of audio-recordings that capture a combination of textures of materials. 

   

  You will then be encouraged to focus and contemplate the sound for a few minutes and then translate what they heard into a drawing. 

• Own the Hustle

  Partner: Art Clubbers
  Category: Interactive
  Industry: Careers  
  Age: 12 – 17

  The story of a Creative is not far from an actor waiting tables. As artists, designers and makers we will continue to take on various roles at one time to fulfill our ambitions and reach our dreams. 

   

  During this workshop, we'll discuss what it means to become a multi-hyphenate and being prepared to own that we'll be juggling different opportunities to maintain a steady income and how to maintain a positive and healthy mindset to achieve our goals.

   

  Supported by Foundation for FutureLondon & City of London.

   

   

  
  

   

• Tech Industries Taster Sessions

  • Esports Taster Session 
  • Cyber Security Taster Session 
  • Computer Games Design Taster Session

  Partner: DIL (Digital Institute London) – Staffordshire University
  Category:  Interactive/Informative
  Industry: Careers, Digital Technology
  Age: 15 – 17

  You will gain insight into these exciting growth industries, through an interactive presentation from Staffordshire University London lecturers, who have a wealth of knowledge and experience in their sector. 
  
  You will be challenged to create a piece of media of your choice (poster, video, animation etc) to summarise your learning from the session. The best piece of content created will win a £20 Amazon Voucher.  

   

   

   

• The Art and Science of Face Filters

  Partner: UCL Institute of Making 
  Category: Interactive
  Industry: Arts & Design, Social Sciences, Digital Technology 
  Age: 15 – 17

  This online workshop by Yoke Collective will teach you how to make your very own face filters for Snapchat and Instagram!

   

  We will be using a free programme called Spark AR to make the custom face filter, and will be using the face paint etc. to ‘dazzle’ the camera so that it no longer recognises your face.

   

  You will also explore the facial recognition technologies that lie behind these beloved selfie camera effects. This very practical workshop will be followed by a discussion about identity, privacy, and the social impact of technology at a time when there is increased security and monitoring of the public.

   

   

   

   

   

• The Art of Communication

  Partner: Art Clubbers
  Category: Interactive
  Industry: Careers  
  Age: 12 – 17

  The internet has proven to be a massive ally in building connections, stalking your future colleagues and finding those individuals who are game changers in the creative world. But, how do maintain that professional persona to land our next paid venture?  

   

  We'll discuss the different ways to make the ideal candidate on and off screen. During this workshop, we will also explore how your peers of today are your future collaborators. We'll discuss ways in which we can stay connected and how these relationships can go on to create something truly awesome! 

   

  Supported by Foundation for FutureLondon & City of London.

   

   

   

• What you Saying?

  Partner: Badu Sports
  Category: Informative
  Industry: Discussion, Identities, Culture, History, Community  
  Age: 12 –17

  This is a platform for young people, led and run by young people. In What You Saying, you will be invited to express yourselves and your views with your peers. Ranging from current affairs, mental health, and all manner of identities, to bigger ideas to do with culture and history, What You Saying leaves few stones un-turned. 
   
  In these one-off, stand-alone sessions you will be encouraged to debate and discuss. Engage with mentoring and critical thinking. Meet some new people, socialise, and have fun.
   
  So… what you saying? What are you waiting for? Bring an open mind.
  

   

• YouMeUs TV Catalyst Session

  Partner: Catalyst in Communities
  Category: Interactive
  Industry: Careers, Digital Technologies 
  Age: 12 – 17

  In this interactive session, media and mindset coaches from the YouMeUs.TV team will invite you into the exciting world of original digital content creation. 
  Learn the skills required to be a successful digital entrepreneur. How to develop the right mindset. How to make money from your digital production skills. 
  Learn what it takes to be able create, curate and commercialise original digital content.  
  

• YouMeUs TV Momentum Session

  Partner: Catalyst in Communities
  Category: Interactive
  Industry: Careers, Digital Technology
  Age: 12– 17
  

   

  Follow up with the YouMeUs.TV team. Receive personalised feedback on your digital creations.
  Ask and answer questions in your new peer group of digital content creators. 
  Learn some advance tips, tools and techniques to help you navigate your new digital career.