WayWORD festival 2021

Activity: Attending or organising an eventAttending/organising Festival or Exhibition

Activity

Creative Director of youth-led, intergenerational literary cross-arts festival

Description

47 events - 7 in-person and 40 online. Mentoring, curation and delivery with Creative Caucus and Youth Committee of students and other young people from across city and shire; funding from University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen City Council and Creative Scotland; year round-schools liaison and engagement;
Over 1,500 attendees
Period21 Sept 202126 Sept 2021
Event typeFestival
Degree of RecognitionInternational

Keywords

  • Festival
  • literature
  • art
  • music
  • artistic expression
  • arts-based practices
  • community relations
  • Schools engagement
  • youth-led
  • intergenerational
  • Participation
  • well being