Meet our Young Producers and be part of our 2023 Youth Art Trail!
Written by Sophia - One of POW’s Young Producers for 2023, who is from Broadstairs College and being mentored by POW’s Engagement team this year
In preparation for next year's festival, things are gearing up at POW! As part of Power of Women Festival 2023, POW has once again reached out to partner up with Broadstairs College. With input from Media, Art and Music students, as well as the Young Producers Mentees, the festival will include new exhibitions and another Youth Art Trail throughout Thanet curated by the Young Producers and supported by POW.
I'm Sophia and I am one of this year's Young Producers mentees with POW, alongside my friends and classmates, Courtney and Liberty. Last year's theme was 'Reclaim and Reconnect' and, as part of a college project, I produced a short film for a POW exhibition, alongside my classmates. This year I am on the other side and the theme for POW 2023 is 'Joy and Celebration'.
So much work goes into making each of these festivals engaging, and the work starts now. Before the New Year, it was up to this year's mentees to do three things; organise a presentation for Broadstairs College students to get them involved, create the callout for the Youth Art Trail this year, and discuss with shopkeepers across Thanet about their willingness to host the art pieces. The New Year promises new tasks and challenges and we look forward to it.
One of the artworks in a shop windows for Our 2022 Youth art trail - read on to find out how you can take part in our 2023 youth art trail!
But for now, with three tasks and three mentees, each of us are overcoming our own fears and stepping out of our comfort zones to make all of these things happen. Is it challenging addressing a group of your peers? Yes. Is it daunting being responsible for a public callout poster? Definitely. Can it be terrifying attempting to convince strangers and business people to take part in a festival? Of course. But with the help and support of all the people at POW, we are ready to rise to the challenge.
So far, Liberty and Courtney have set about their tasks with enthusiasm and determination; and Liberty’s hard-crafted posters and social media posts have gone live, announcing the opening call for 2023’s Youth Art Trail. Courtney is making leaps and bounds in leadership putting together a cohesive and engaging presentation for December, and I am preparing myself for the meetings with shopkeepers set to start next month.
One of the artworks in a shop windows for Our 2022 Youth art trail - read on to find out how you can take part in our 2023 youth art trail!
It is all starting to kick off at POW! Hold onto your hats.
The mission at POW is ‘celebrating creativity that champions gender equality across Thanet’. Art changes the world, it shows us what we could be, what we could have, it is a glimpse into a future that is brighter than our present. By inviting young people to this festival and experience, POW is giving young people of Thanet the ability to envision the world they wish to see in the future, and I believe that is definitely worth celebrating.
Submit your artwork to be part of the 2023 Youth Art Trail!
Are you a young artist? Do you want your art to be displayed in a Thanet Wide public exhibition?
WE NEED YOU!
Calling artists aged 16 - 26yrs, submit your artworks to be part of the POW Youth Art Trail.
About the trail
The Power of Women Youth Art Trail is a Thanet wide visual art exhibition created by the young people of Thanet.
During the month of March, to celebrate International Women’s Day and the Power of Women Festival, art by young people in Thanet will be displayed in shop windows throughout Margate, Ramsgate and Broadstairs.
People in Thanet can follow a specially created map and view the art on the trail.
Young artists in Thanet aged 16 - 26 yrs can submit their artworks for consideration. The trail will open on Wednesday 8th March.
A selection of works will be chosen for display, with the Ramsgate and Margate arms of the trail being curated by the POW X Broadstairs College Young Producer mentees Liberty, Courtney and Sophia with support from Artist / Curator Carri Munden.
The Broadstairs arm of the trail will be run in conjunction with our partners at The Zone/ Pavilion Youth Group and will feature the artworks of young people under 16 yrs.
All artworks should respond to the 2023 Festival theme of ‘Joy and Celebration’ and / or championing gender equality.
Deadline for submissions is Wednesday 25th January at 9am. Only one submission per artist will be considered.
Please submit your artworks by filling in our Googleform here.
If you have any questions about the trail, please get in touch with us at: susan@powthanet.com
