Walsall – RicNic Associates with The Royal Air Force Museum

We’re delighted to be working with RAF Museum Midlands through their community grants programme to run our next Ricnic Associates programme.

The Royal Air Force Museum Midlands, located at RAF Cosford, is a free museum dedicated to the history of aviation and the Royal Air Force in particular.

Our RicNic Associates programme supports creative young adults aged 16+ to develop and deliver their own community projects while exploring pathways into creative careers. This year we’ll be running a programme called Flying Colours. You’ll receive mentoring from the RicNic team and will work to a creative brief to produce a children’s colouring and storybook inspired by RAF stories, beginning with the mascot “Twinkletoes” the cat. 

You’ll spend a day initially meeting and exploring what the project could look like, along with some interactive training to support your personal development, including employability skills. Then you’ll spend a day in the museum to uncover more information from the exhibits and take photographs and sketches that you can develop into your final piece.

You’ll then develop these into a collaborative colouring book to be distributed to children across Walsall and visitors to the musem. You’ll manage artistic creation, digital production, and research into printing and distribution. 

Key Dates & Things To Know

You’ll need to be available for these dates:

• 21st May, 10am-3pm
• 22nd May 10am-4pm
• 11th June, 1-4pm
• 25th June 1-4pm

We’ll provide transport for the trip to the museum, and will cover any travel costs to make sure that you can get to and from the sessions, which will take place in Walsall Town Centre. This might be by covering the cost of bus tickets or paying for a taxi for you, or it might include providing lunch during sessions. We’ll discuss this with you when confirming your place.

Eligibility

This project is open to anybody who fits the following criteria:

• Aged 16-25
• Not in current education, full-time employment, or formal training (e.g. school, college, university), or facing other barriers to emplyoyment.
• Lives within Walsall or surrounding areas (WS1, WS2, WS3, WS4, WS5, WS6, WS8, WS9, WS10)

This project is made possble thanks to the RAF Museum Midlands Community Grants Programme

Register for your place here