Photo: msc1photography
A partnership with the Scarborough Pupil Referral Service to deliver creative enrichment activities for young people who are unable to attend school.
2023-2027
Scarborough
Spring Term 2026
This term, artists Testament, Matt Storm and Alice Kynman spent 4 days in residency at Scarborough Pupil Referral Service.
Students took part in workshops around writing lyrics, beatboxing and filmmaking- learning lots of new skills and putting them into practice. They rose to the challenge of creating a music video in just one week- complete with writing original lyrics and spoken word pieces.
We are delighted to have received three year funding from Youth Music Catalyser Fund and will be delivering this programme starting from September 2024.
Autumn Term 2025
Artists Conrad Murray and Nadine Rose Johnson spent a week with the Pupil Referral Service this term.
They led creative workshops in beatboxing, writing lyrics and singing, skills which students put to good use performing their own original music at the end of the week.
Spring Term 2025
The young people worked with Hull-based rapper Chiedu Oraka in collaboration with KIT Theatre, as part of our Creative Youth and New Shores project.
They took part in sessions based around sports and teamwork, later working to create a track that responded to this musically.
Autumn Term 2024
This term the young people worked with acclaimed writer, rapper, theatre-maker and Guinness world record breaking beatboxer Testament.
Testament has been working with the young people around themes of identity and place, in response to Jason Wilsher-Mills exhibition at Woodend Gallery.
Summer Term 2024
Students worked with Artists Anna Bean and Graham Sykes to design and build their own skateboards. These were exhibited at Danby Lodge
With thanks to artists Graham Sykes, Anna Bean, Alice Kynman & James Koppert. Watch the video
Spring Term 2024
An exhibition at the North York Moors National Park’s Inspired By Gallery in Danby, was co-created by pupils from the Pupil Referral Service.
Young people’s work featured alongside work by local and nationally renowned artists inspired by the project's efforts to support bird species to not only survive but thrive in the North York Moors National Park and Howardian Hills National Landscape. Watch the video.
Autumn Term 2023
The Velvet Crab was an exhibition of visual artworks include collage, stop motion, photography and film.
The young people took inspiration from the place where they lived, exploring their surroundings out and about in Scarborough in a series of weekly creative workshops led by visual artist Anna Bean. Watch the video.
Summer Term 2023
Working under the creative team’s artistic guidance the young people responded to their environment in both natural and urban areas, and were encouraged to engage in creative play. The group attended day trips to multiple outdoor places, including beautiful locations in The North York Moors National Parks where they took part in fun conservation tasks to help benefit the local population of Turtle Doves. Watch the video.
Creative Youth Company - Birds on the Edge - Making Skateboards (2024)
Students worked with Artists Anna Bean and Graham Sykes to design and build their own skateboards. These were exhibited at Danby Lodge
With thanks to artists Graham Sykes, Anna Bean, Alice Kynman & James Koppert.
This project was produced by ARCADE in partnership with The Scarborough Pupil Referral Service and the North York Moors Trust as part of the Birds on the Edge programme of work.
The film was shot and edited by Matt Storm (@msc1photography)
Autumn Term 2024 Lead Artist, Testament, is an acclaimed writer, rapper and Guinness world record breaking human beatboxer who is based in West Yorkshire. Testament’s work ranges from spoken word poetry, playwrighting and composition, to essay writing, live beatbox show to radio presenting. Testament’s work has received praise from Lemn Sissay, graphic novelist Alan Moore, actor and writer Patterson Joseph, BBC presenter Lauren Laverne and the progenitor of Hip-Hop himself DJ Koolherc. Testament’s work as a rapper includes the celebrated Hip-Hop album Homecut: No Freedom Without Sacrifice, as well as several spoken word performances for BBC TV and BBC Radio (1xtra, Radio 4 and 6Music). In 2019 he was Channel 4 Writer in Residence at Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester.
Funded by Scarborough Pupil Referral service, North Yorkshire Council, Youth Music, North York Moors Trust, Two Ridings Community Foundation and public funding from the National Lottery by Arts Council England.
