Boseda Olawoye
Creative Engagement Manager
We are here! - whats your story?
ChalleNGe Nottingham
2020-21
Managing a film project about the experiences of young people's (aged 12 to 24) life in lock down. Working with filmmaker Ben Harriott we will capture the voices of young people online or in person. Everyone who takes part will be invited to a public screening of “What’s your story” projected outside in Nottingham.
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Bright ideas Nottingham, Legacy Makers.
Spring/Summer 2021
Co-producing an interactive schools resource with The Legacy Makers about the UK’s cotton industry’s involvement in the transatlantic slave trade. The Legacy Makers are a community-led history group who have been, visiting and encouraging tourists attractions and heritage sites to acknowledge their links to slavery.
Film still "Blood Sugar" Newstead Abbey Nottinghamshire, by The Legacy Makers.
NJM Make It Yours workshop
NJM Make It Yours workshop
National Justice Museum
Spring/Summer 2021
Co-producing a printed zine created by Browtowe Women’s Project and Heya Nottingham (empowering Arab women), through a series of interactive conversations. Together we will explore the power of creativity within us all. The zine will include participants creative responses to artwork made by people in the criminal justice system as featured in the "Power" exhibition. Working in collaboration with Chiara Dellerba.
Nottingham 2020
Nottingham 2020
Nottingham 2020
Nottingham 2020
City Arts Nottingham
2020-21
Chairing a series of conversations with a steering group of black and PoC creatives, discussing their experiences of racism in the arts and the barriers and opportunities they have faced. Read my blog post Black Lives Matter - Action not Words about these discussions. This resulted in the development of CATALYST - a new support programme for artists of colour, that I am currently evaluating.
Photo by John Cameron
“I know we can make it”
October 2020
Designing four creative cards with activities for people at home to share their experiences of 2020. Who are the people and places doing great things in your community? Has anything changed since the BLM protests? Where’s your favourite green space? What have you learnt about yourself during lock down?
#MakeItYours workshop in an envelope
St Ann's Stories
January - March 2020
Producing a community-led newspaper that celebrates St Ann's Nottingham. Current and past residents donated images, poems and memories of the area. Creative writing drop in sessions took place at St Ann’s Valley Centre Library and The Afro Caribbean National Artistic Centre (ACNA) led by writer and poet Panya Banjoko. Read a copy here.