The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’S) Art Project:
The Youth Arts Group in the Cobh Youth Services (CYS) have been working to raise awareness on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG's) using Art as a tool to get the message across. The young people working on the project are aged between 12 and 17 years. This project was funded by the Cork County Council Arts Grant Scheme.
The Art group have been meeting every Tuesday night since middle of September, exploring the SDG’s and using art methodologies as an accessible way to explore the meaning of the SDG's and devising a creative way of getting the message out there on how to address specific problems (act
local, think global).
Both artist and youth worker initially lead the process to build the energy and enthusiasm around the project through both youth and art development methodologies. Creating opportunities whereby young people can express their views throughout all stages of the project. The most significant opportunity for young people to express their voice will be through the artistic process. their voice is the creative vein of the project including the type of art form they choose.
The young people chose using public spaces, such as electricity boxes on the busiest streets, with messages (creative/artistic) for the public to view and open up the discussion and actions. This art project will link into the Cobh Sustainable Community Plan and Cobh Tidy Towns.
The skills the young people learned and developed throughout this project:
- Team work
- Communication
- Process of a project
- Problem solving
- Creativity
- Stencil making
- Drawing
- Painting
- Design
For more detailed information on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s), click on link below
https://sdgs.un.org/goals