Young Artivists

YOUNG ARTIVISTS

The Young Artivist Incubator is our pilot education and outreach programme teaching young people to harness their creativity for good. The project invites young creatives aged 18-25 based in Birmingham to join the Calico team, and create their own artivism campaign about a topic that is important to them.

The young artivist incubator has been run for individual campaigns, as well as group projects within school/college settings. The programme follows Calico’s artivism toolkit, in a step-by-step guide to producing creative campaigns that can make a difference.

'You Don't Look Like You Have An Eating Disorder'

‘You Don’t Look Like You Have An Eating Disorder’ was a campaign by Ruby Abbas (she/her) which used contemporary dance and spoken word, captured through photography and video, to demystify stereotypes around eating disorders.

Black Regency

‘ Black Regency’ is a campaign by Zara Richards Scott (she/they), a young artist, specialising in fashion styling and photography. ‘Black Regency’ uses photography, fashion and poetry to capture and celebrate positive narratives of the black community.