THE COVID AGE

During the Covid-19 pandemic we all had stories to tell

so we partnered with Newcastle University, Newcastle City Council’s Public Health and Arts Development teams, and countless community groups to preserve them. This mixed-medium project pulling together research, public services, storytelling and the arts was huge in scale and ambition. The cross-sector, collaborative process is now a blueprint for all of Beam’s project development.

OUTPUTS

4 Short films; collaboratively scripted with communities and individuals with lived experience

Photography Series with Audio Accounts; care homes, schools and colleges, food banks, vaccine roll out

Community art work; painting collections by care home residents, people seeking sanctuary, and school children

Screening and Exhibition; Newcastle University and various community settings

Website; online platform for hosting films, showcasing artwork, archive, and signposting to services and research