The Big Hoot 2015 – 81. Poddy : 無料・フリー素材/写真
The Big Hoot 2015 – 81. Poddy / Karen Roe
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| 説明 | The owl was created by Fozia Malik and the OCCIC women’s empowerment group in Bordesley Green. The inspiration came from the local community and the colours used on the owl represent the vibrancy and vivacity of the Bordesley Green area. The rear of the owl represents the diversity and strength of the women’s group showcasing the silhouette of a girl looking out to the stars for inspiration and reflection.Artist: Fozia Malik working with Our Community CIC Our Community CIC is a creative, innovative and flexible organisation, offering personal support and experiential learning opportunities, which develop talents and potential, build human capital and facilitate employability.Personal development is a lifelong process. It’s a way for people to assess their skills and qualities, consider their aims in life and set goals in order to realise and maximise their potential.www.ourcommunity.org.ukFozia Malik is a freelance artist based in the Bordesley Green area. Her passion for art began with a love of painting watercolour landscapes.She has worked on various community art projects with women’s groups and led art and craft tables for children at charity events. Recently, she has been working for DanceXchange/Hippodrome to produce the Hodge Hill Herald.Fozia is ardent about her community projects, as she feels that art should be enjoyed and more importantly, be accessible to all.She is an active member of the OCCIC women’s group, with whom she collaborated to decorate the owl for the Big Hoot Project.Website: www.ourcommunity.org.uk/Funded by: Birmingham City Council and Wild in ArtAuction Price: £4000The Big Hoot captured the imagination of everyone in Birmingham and beyond, with hundreds of thousands of people taking to the streets with their Big Hoot Trail maps to explore the colourful invasion of individually designed owls. Taking in the city’s 10 districts, tourists and residents alike enjoyed their owl adventure, discovering and celebrating the extraordinary creativity produced by many of Birmingham’s artistic community and over 25,000 young people.The Big Hoot owls went under the hammer on 15 October 2015 at The Big Hoot auction sponsored by Vodafone and we are thrilled to have smashed our target by raising the incredible sum of £508,035!The money raised from the auction will support Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity’s £3.65m Star Appeal. This appeal will enable us to create a first of its kind, a Rare Diseases Centre in the UK specifically for children. It will provide co-ordinated care, treatment, support and most importantly hope to children and families living with a rare or undiagnosed condition.In addition the auction raised £15,000 for G’owl’d by Temper with proceeds going to Edward’s Trust, and £7,800 for Fleet and Free with proceeds going to Birchfield Harriers.So thank you - we simply couldn’t have done it without you.Artists have played a major role in The Big Hoot, creating almost 100 owl sculptures. We would like to thank all the artists for their incredible creativity and hard work.Professional artists from Birmingham, the wider Midlands region and further afield have created extraordinary giant owls that are all unique in style and character and represent the city’s creativity, history and heritage, music, fashion, architecture and attractions.Birmingham is home to a wealth of artistic and creative individuals and communities and many award-winning and nationally and internationally acclaimed artists. We are delighted with the response from Birmingham’s creative community and are thrilled to work in collaboration with them to transform the streets, squares and parks of the city.For five months artists have been creating owls in their studios, at home and in The Big Hoot Artists’ Studio at the Custard Factory in Digbeth. Their inspiring and innovative designs have been realised in genres including graffiti, illustration, fine art, graphics, typography, mosaic and new media. They have worked with both community groups and with corporates to realise ideas and create their stunning designs.The Big Hoot not only provides a high quality and ambitious free public event for families but also supports the creativity of artists and celebrates talent and diversity. The Big Hoot has provided an inspiring relationship between the city and the arts.The artists have also reached out to communities enabling more people to participate in the arts, to experience working with professional artists and to be inspiring and inspired. From the north to the south of the city residents groups, youth groups and older peoples’ groups have been collaborating with artists to generate ideas, design and create owls for The Big Hoot.Creativity is everywhere but the opportunity to participate is not. A range of activities have been programmed within Birmingham’s diverse communities and people from the age of 3 – 97 and from wards within the city boundaries have contributed to The Big Hoot and helped make the event extraordinary. Our projects have seen artists working with hundreds of residents and community members including children in looked after care, older peoples’ clubs, young people and residents organisations to design and decorate the owls displayed as part of the 10 week public event. |
| 撮影日 | 2015-10-10 12:46:06 |
| 撮影者 | Karen Roe |
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