Helen Hamlyn Trust: Young Sparks
A free programme for 14 – 17 year olds, supporting them to be creative, spark imaginations and forge connections with our collection. Our first workshops take place this August exploring animation and storytelling.
Animated Archives
Animated Archives
If you’re looking to get creative over the holidays, join us for our free Young Sparks summer school, Animated Archives; a fun five-day workshop where you’ll get to create your own short films inspired by our collection. Led by expert filmmakers Chocolate Films you’ll learn how to create fun stop-motion animations and even make your own sets.
So if you love telling stories, this project is for you. You’ll create your own adaptation of a story from our collection, retold through a 21st-century perspective.
Perhaps a 2,000 year old homework book from ancient Greece, the letters of Jane Austen, or poet William Blake’s printing press will inspire you… What would their stories look like today, told through your eyes?
Applications are now closed.
Take part!
You’ll need to be available from 19 – 23 August and be able to travel in for the sessions at the British Library in St Pancras.
Why take part?
Why take part?
- You’ll learn animation and editing techniques and create your own short film
- You’ll flex your storytelling skills, creating your own modern version of a story from our collection
- You’ll get to visit our current exhibition Beyond the Bassline: 500 Years of Black British Music
- You’ll learn fascinating facts about the Library and our collection
- You’ll meet other like-minded young people to create with!
The details
Young Sparks: Animated Archives
Monday 19 – Friday 23 August, 12 – 4pm at the British Library
For young people aged 14 – 17
Free to attend, lunch provided.
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