Welcome to The Catalyst! Here you’ll find some of the amazing artwork that young people have created in our workshops.

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Photo-Graff workshop with photographic artist Lindsey Smith and artist Tom Goulden

In this two-day workshop at Towner Eastbourne, young people explored ways to communicate their identity through photography without using conventional ideas of portraiture, with artists Lindsey Smith and Tom Goulden with help from Make (Good) Trouble’s Lotti. This workshop took an experimental approach to conveying portraits through photographs, illustration and graffiti art, producing some truly striking portraits. 

Nature art workshop with visual artist and educator Lynne Weddle

Make (Good) Trouble worked with visual artist Lynne Weddle to explore themes of nature along the beautiful Rye Nature Reserve. Young people used DSLR cameras to record their surroundings and spent time finding objects to use in varied artworks including sun printing, macro photography, self portraiture and clay modelling.

Graffiti art workshop with artist Tom Goulden

Make (Good) Trouble worked with graffiti artist Tom Goulden to deliver an urban street art workshop at the Observer Building in Hastings. Young people created small and large graffiti art canvases and used spray paints to create an exciting new graffiti wall mural. 

Protest banner workshop with artist Kerry Lemon

Make (Good) Trouble worked with sculpture artist Kerry Lemon ran a two-day workshop for young people to create textile protest banners.

Each participant created their own A2 portrait fabric banner. As a group we considered the history of protest and specifically banners (suffragettes; miner’s strikes; Trump; youth climate; humorous slogans; iconography etc.).  Participants discussed the types of things they wanted to use their voices for (for example, fast fashion, climate change, gender rights, veganism, voting reform) and learned lots of fabric collage skills to create unique, iconic banners. Take a look!

STOMP workshop in Bexhill

Using techniques and choreography written and devised by STOMP, young people learned the basics of body percussion from two STOMP performers, Paul Gunter and Adam Buckley, who have years of experience performing in shows and delivering workshops. They used hands and feet to create rhythm and movement, and discovered how to work with different volumes and tempos to create changing dynamics as a group.  The session culminated in an informal group performance, putting everything learnt into practice and encouraging young people to create their own rhythms using the skills developed.

STOMP has entertained audiences worldwide with its unique blend of rhythm, movement, physical comedy and dance where even the most ordinary objects like plastic bags, bin lids, brooms and even the kitchen sink can be brought to life in extraordinary ways.

Dragon Drama workshop

This lively drama workshop, run by Dragon Drama and Make (Good) Trouble, explored what ‘lies beneath’. Young participants were encouraged to be curious and look at the world, their community, the people they know, from different points of view. At Printer’s Playhouse, Eastbourne.

Who am I? – Lindsey Smith photography workshop in Hastings

Young people worked with Photographic artist Lindsey Smith to explore ways to communicate our identity through photography. This workshop took an experimental approach to conveying something of ourselves in unexpected ways.

Lindsey Smith is a Photographic Artist and Creative Facilitator with over 25 years’ experience of working in collaboration organisations to facilitate workshops and creative projects. Employing a broad range of materials and processes within a photography and lens-based practice she engages with a diverse range of audiences and participants to look at, talk about, and make photographic artwork. 

Graffiti mural at All Saints Primary school, Bexhill with Priority 1-54

Young participants at this urban street art workshop created a magnificent graffiti mural for All Saints Primary School in Bexhill. It was run by creative artists from Priority 1-54.

The Choice film with Sparks Film and Media Arts

Make (Good) Trouble teamed up with Sparks Film School to create a film called The Choice, about friendship. Young people learnt about how to make a film, including all aspects of being in front of and behind the camera. You can watch the film below!

Graffiti wall with Priority154 at The Joff, Peacehaven

Graffiti wall with Pinky Vision at Newhaven Football Club

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