The exhibition has travelled from London to Sheffield to Belfast and I have been lucky enough to travel with it, following both the exhibition and it’s education programme. In London I saw teachers and young people have the space to think together, with teachers really seeing the value of their students’ ideas. In Sheffield I watched children’s eyes light up as they experienced the magic of the dissolving polymer, and secondary students’ sudden realisation that science can be art and art can be science. In Belfast I saw individuals blossoming in an environment where they were given the space and support to develop as creative individuals.
It was also a fantastic opportunity to combine my love of photography with my ability to evaluate creative educational projects, an area I’d really like to develop more in the future.
Students in Belfast looking at both the Primitive Streak and Wonderland exhibitions and creating their own work.