
OUR PROJECTS
PAST PROJECTS

LOLLYPOP
February-April 2023
LOLLYPOP was an aspiration youth creative coaching programme, delivered at The Newlyn Exchange Gallery in Penzance, funded by Penzance Council. Local young people (aged 13-18) had the unique opportunity to collaborate and network with local artists during a series of mixed media workshops (see out Collaborators). They worked alongside our own 18+ creative youth practitioners. The aim of the project was to inspire young people to realise that they can work in the creative industries and potentially do this in Cornwall, learning directly from those that do so.
Parent Review
"Just wanted to say thank you so much to Become You CIC for all the hard work and your super energy, and the great workshops/sessions you created for 'Teen Creatives'.
My son really enjoyed it, seemed relaxed, full of enjoyment and positivity about all the sessions. We only recently look him out of school, and after having such a difficult time it was wonderful to see him so happy. We are so pleased he was able to access this, it has done wonders to his confidence, as well as being so inspiring."


Creative After School Drop-In
May-July 2023
The Creative After School Drop Ins were held at The Newlyn Exchange Gallery in The Engine Room. Every Wednesday during school term from 3-5pm. This was a space that young people had the choice to bring any creative work, or to just chill after school. Sessions were run by our brilliant Youth Creative Practitioners. Most sessions had a driven motive, we had collaborations from other CICs come and join in, and we had sessions run by our YCP Tiz and Ella.
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What did we get up to?
Second week we had Tiz run a music workshop, which entailed sampling different sounds around the room, putting into logic pro, and creating a quick 18 second song, which you can find on our instagram.​​​
Week four we had Make It Better CIC join us to create wonderful cyanotypes. A day of bashing in the sunshine and experimenting with different natural objects.
On week six, we had Ella run a photography session. We focused on how to blur photos with shutter speed, and played with light and created a narrative.
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Performance and Film Workshop
12th April 2023
This workshop was hosted at the Big Dance Company in Penzance. The shop was facilitated by our very own Creative Youth Practitioner (CYP) Kit and his colleague Clayton Travis, who are both currently studying Applied Theatre and Community Drama at the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts. We had talk administered by Denzil Monk, producer and founder of Bosena Films, and Martin Venning, Sound engineer and operations director for Golowan festival. The motive of this workshop was to show the kids that there is a career in film around Cornwall, and their performative skills will not go unnoticed.
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What did we get up to?

We did exercises that encourages collaboration and play in order to use acting and performance as a tool for personal expression and recreation. They practiced recreational theatre, helping young people to express themselves in a positive performative matter. The workshop was an introduction to exploring what acting is through play and basic character known as “archetypes”. The second part of the workshop, led by Clayton, focused on breaking down and analysing scrips. In the talk, we had out speakers deliver insight into the industry. Speaking what their jobs entail and how they got there.
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FUTURE PROJECTS

Collective Creative Drops
The collective drops are going to be a series of creative workshops that will be facilitated by artists working in Cornwall. Participants (aged 13-18) will engage in guest talks, studio visits, and hands-on practical experiences whilst being guided by our Creative Youth Practitioners. There will be an array of disciplines such as music production and soundscaping, performance elements and fine art which will be accessible, inclusive and encourage development of creativity and identity. Will be a collective of 10 sessions, taking place on weekends during school holidays.
Youth Voice for Golowan
This is will be a creative cluster made up of local youth, 13-25 years, who are from Penzance and the surrounding areas. We are collaborating with Golowan to help inform relevant youth content to reflect the social and cultural, needs and wants of the young people who live in Penzance.


Creative Hub
We are creating a hip, Penzance-based aspirational, creative youth hub which will be used as our base and for youth drop-ins, cultural and heritage events, groups and wellbeing activities. Here we will continue to facilitate creative projects for 13-25 year olds, which reflect our core values of Identity, Creativity, Aspiration and Skills. The hub will serve as a focus point for youth who wish to become part of the creative industry in Cornwall and provide realisable opportunities.