The Final Showcase!
The young participants 4 weeks of creative effort was given a brilliant send off with music, drama, comedy, poetry, visual art, digital art, sculpture and illustration all at home in the prestigious Paisley Abbey.
A wee visit to Sassy Sarah's
Creating comedy scripts and technicolour wigs is all what Kilmarnock is about as Rachel Rostock tutors drama for our young people. Sassy Sarah is, as her name implies, the sassiest salon owner in the West of Scotland and she certainly doesn't like the scruffy looking customers coming into her shop.
Glasgow getting their heads together
Check out the images of them in the making below!
Showcase Prepping in Irvine
Excitement is in the air in Irvine as the young people gathered their pieces together for display, led by Ruth Switalski the participants have been creating these super interesting sculptures - you might even recognise some from the Irvine Flow video!
Super Sculpture and Awesome Animation
The visual arts and digital groups have been sharing the space for some time and it's all heads down for our young artists as they strive to finish their pieces for the showcase in Paisley Abbey.
Music and Presentation in Paisley
As the big day of the showcase comes ever closer the young participants at Tannahill have been practicing the music and prepping their pieces getting everything ready!
WATCH: Filmmaking in Glasgow
In this short video, Naomi, one of the Glasgow team, speaks about what she's been able to do as part of the film and acting workshops, how it has helped her build confidence and meet new people. Plus, there are some excerpts from music and visual arts workshops.
Dancing in Kilmarnock
With beautifully choreographed dancing along with live music the young Cashback to the Future participants are sure to wow with this fantastic performance. This stunning combination of music and drama disciplines is a joy to see!
Masks and identity in Irvine
Visual arts tutor Ruth Switalski told us the young people quickly embraced the creative processes, quickly grasping the concept of the mask that we all wear in our everyday lives and creating these objects as an interpretation of these ideas. It is nice to see these young people take on these weighty subjects and create such nice art pieces.
Watch: Norman's Film
Public and Performance Art at the Meadows
Creating a bridge between performance, public and visual art our Edinburgh Cashback to the Future young people showed real confidence and had some fun wrapping themselves in coloured thread, creating these sculptures (with a human element).
A bright idea from Edinburgh Visual Arts


WATCH: EXPLORING THE PAISLEY ABBEY
Watch: Amazing Animation
A full video of the young participants work will appear shortly on our social media so keep an eye out!
WATCH: Abi's Song
Future chart toppers? We certainly think so.
Crafty and Creative with Nails and Wool
Our young people in Edinburgh made these awesome sculptures from coloured wool and nails. It's great to see our young visual artists really developing their skills!
Watch: A Lovely Day Out to the Beach
We had our visual artists making sculptures from plaster casts poured into the sand and live performances on the beach. It was a great day to get our young creatives thinking about the environment and making art in a public space!
Clay Sculptures in Paisley
Olivia lay down a nice big piece of plastic to make up for any mess and our young people in Tannahill got clay-ative! An imaginative bunch our young people in Paisley have been making lots of mythical creatures - perhaps an animation project is on the horizon for these young creatives?
Brush on a Stick Painting in Glasgow
Our visual arts participants collaborated to create a striking group painting, stretching out big sections of paper on the floor and making marks with their brushes on the ends of bamboo canes.
Shaving Foam printing and pattern making in Edinburgh.
Shaving foam printing is spreading out a layer of shaving foam across a flat surface adding a little food colouring or paint then spreading with a paintbrush - once you're happy, place a sheet of paper on top. It lets you create some super cool effects and get thinking about pattern and shape!
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