Street art at Wokingham Youth Centre
Ten youngsters from Winnersh got their creative hats on during the Easter holidays and spent time learning about street art at Wokingham Youth Centre.
The group, aged between 11 and 15 years, learnt about the difference between graffiti and street art, the legalities of using spray cans, safety concerns and how to design and produce their own pieces of art. Wokingham youth centre’s tennis courts are regularly used for such workshops.
The course was run Wokingham Borough Council’s youth worker Mike Bennett and 17-year-old Callum Kirkland, a local street-artist from Kreative Design, a company of young people working to set up DJ and music workshops for other teens. The project aimed to provide an opportunity for young people to express their creativity and learn new skills.
Wokingham-based Callum said: “It’s important that young people are made aware of the differences between graffiti and street art. Graffiti is illegal and is vandalism. It makes the area look trashy. It gives street art and people who use spray cans as an artistic medium a bad name and we aim to show young people at the workshop the difference between the two.”
Mike Bennett, youth worker said: “It was an excellent week and the workshop was a great success. The group have worked really, really hard and the tennis courts look great.”
The group, aged between 11 and 15 years, learnt about the difference between graffiti and street art, the legalities of using spray cans, safety concerns and how to design and produce their own pieces of art. Wokingham youth centre’s tennis courts are regularly used for such workshops.
The course was run Wokingham Borough Council’s youth worker Mike Bennett and 17-year-old Callum Kirkland, a local street-artist from Kreative Design, a company of young people working to set up DJ and music workshops for other teens. The project aimed to provide an opportunity for young people to express their creativity and learn new skills.
Wokingham-based Callum said: “It’s important that young people are made aware of the differences between graffiti and street art. Graffiti is illegal and is vandalism. It makes the area look trashy. It gives street art and people who use spray cans as an artistic medium a bad name and we aim to show young people at the workshop the difference between the two.”
Mike Bennett, youth worker said: “It was an excellent week and the workshop was a great success. The group have worked really, really hard and the tennis courts look great.”
Wokingham Borough Council
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