THE COVID AGE
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