Creating space
The African Workshop runs projects for at-risk and street kids to learn through creativity. We work with artists, teachers and musicians to give young people access to education, art and positive futures.
From pop-up community centres to residential courses, we support projects that make a real difference to children’s lives and help them take control. We fuel their imaginations; they change their lives.
The wonderful Ellen Widdup has written a great article about 31Thirtyone in London’s Evening Standard. Check out the article Prints of Pop and put a date in your diary for the exhibition launch in 2012!
Here’s the text © The Evening Standard…
A photographer has captured well-known musicians in 31 pictures taken over 31 days.
They include solo [...]
Give It Some! is doing another London fundraiser for The African Workshop, again at The Scolt Head in Dalston.
Jonny Crawshaw (Give It Some! / The Get Down, Leeds) will this time be joined by the venerable Thomas MacGreggor aka Camp Climax (Slam Gumbo / Mac’s Gay Disco) and the man, the legend, Mr Johnnie Lyle [...]
Guest post from the amazing Matt Humphrey, photographer extraordinaire, about 31thirtyone. This charitable photography project is one of the most incredible, powerful and pleasing projects ever connected with the African Workshop.
Matt is photographing 31 musicians and then auctioning the prints to raise funds for our work in Mali. Puma are sponsoring the project and [...]