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 One of the pieces that helped Emulate to win a prestigious award Stop 30 from the show |
AN art project for young people in care has scooped a top prize.
The programme, titled Emulate, aims to inspire 14 to 21-year-olds into pursuing higher education and getting in touch with their creative side.
The competition, judged by the London University of the Arts, was launched to give young people leaving care an idea of where they can go.
Peter Hamilton, Westminster Accommodation and Leaving Care Team (WALC) senior project manager, said: “We are delighted to receive this recognition on behalf of the council.
“But it is especially great to see that through being involved in these art projects, young people gain confidence and learn to express their feelings in a positive way. After the projects finish, we find that young people are much more involved in the care-leaving service and are helped to become more successful in life.
“It is very rewarding to know that several WALC young people go on to higher education partly as a result of the projects.”
Plaque for revolutionary hero of democracy
AN 18th-century freedom fighter who instigated the revolution that won Corsica independence has been commemorated with a green plaque.
General Pasquale Paoli spurred the island into action at just 19 years old – founding a democratic republic, building its first university, and introducing a new monetary system.
But just two years after the break-away, the French invaded and General Paoli was forced to flee to London, where he lived in exile for 32 years.
He is now heralded as a champion of democracy, thought by some to have influenced the writers of the American Constitution.
Admired by King George III, general Paoli even acted as a British agent in the years following the French Revolution.
Members of the Paoli family marked the unveiling of the plaque, Westminster’s 79th, outside 77 South Audley Street in Mayfair last week.
He lived at the address between 1778 and 1784.
Councillor Robert Davis, director of planning at the council said: “We are very proud to commemorate General Pasquale Paoli for the contribution he has made to the history of Europe and democracy.”
After his death in 1807, General Paoli was buried in St Pancras cemetery but his ashes were transferred to his native Corsica when the station was built shortly after.
There is a cenotaph to Paoli by sculptor John Flaxman in Westminster Abbey.
High octane artists’ challenge
IF you like fast cars, petrol smoke and the smell of burnt rubber, a new competition in which artists are invited to set up their easels and palettes in the pit lane of Silverstone could be just the ticket.
Pop artist Sir Peter Blake will be at the British Grand Prix next month to judge the competition where entrants are asked to capture on canvas the high-octane experience of Formula 1.
With 80,000 screaming fans, Lewis Hamilton and track-side seats, there should be no shortage of inspiration. The winning artist will work directly alongside Sir Peter to create a joint work reflecting the passion of motor racing.
All the works will be shown at the Hospital Gallery in Covent Garden at the end of September.
They will then be sold at a gala auction to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital for children.
MP highlights ‘fear on the streets’
KAREN Buck has called for more police in trouble areas to tackle the growing trend of young people carrying knives.
Speaking at a special debate in the House of Commons, Ms Buck said a “culture of fear” was to blame for the number of knives on London’s streets.
The Regent’s Park and Kensington North MP was the first, and one of the few London members to take part in the debate.
She said: “Does my Honourable Friend agree that many young people, sadly, foolishly, carry weapons because they are frightened and that there is a culture of fear on the streets?
“Does he also agree that it might be time that some neighbourhoods, such as those where three young men have tragically died on the streets of my constituency, deserve a higher Safer Neighbourhoods and reassurance policing presence than others where there is simply not that risk.” |
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