Listen Up! - Approaches for engaging

young people with portraiture

Justine McLisky, Head of Young People

National Portrait Gallery London

XIX Jornades de Museusi Educació de l’MMB

Joves: Target Impossible?

Youth-led Practice at the Gallery

Actividades Por y Para Jóvenes

• to display portraits of the men and women

who have made and are making British history

and culture

• to act as a national focus for the study and

understanding of portraits and portraiture

Purpose

Collection

• Primary Collection 11,000 portraits

• Reference Collection 80,000 drawings, prints,

medallions, miniatures

• Photographs Collection 250,000 portraits

Youth Forum

Foro Juvenil

Ongoing programming for 14-21sProgramación continua para jóvenes 14-21

Skills development

Desarrollo de aptitudes artísticas

I definitely want to paint more, particularly

portraits. Before it seemed a very difficult and

unobtainable goal but now I see that breaking

it down into steps makes everything a lot

simpler.

New focus of provision

Nuevas áreas de desarrollo

Supported

self-led learning

experiences – Galleries

Staff-led learning

experiences – Galleries

Learning

environments –

workshop spaces

New focus of

developmentPrevious

area of

focus

Widening roles - the potential of Young People as:

El potencial de los Jóvenes como:

• Consumers/Participants/viewers/audience/ spectators/joiners

• Content creators, co-curators, producers

• Active collaborators/active voice

• Advocates/consultants/ambassadors

• Critics/reviewers

• Distributors/marketers/communicators/

• Leaders/deliverers/facilitators/organisers

Integration model

Modelo de integración

Audiences Learning /

Learning

Projects/Youth

Forum

Institution

Consultation / collaboration / co-creation / co-curation

Ownership and consultation

Empoderamiento y consulta

Co-creation

Creación conjuntaIncreasing youth presence: Youth Crew, Talking

Points, Pick up a Pencil

Youth-dedicated social media channels

Redes sociales dedicadas a los Jóvenes

Youth-led Gallery talks

Increasing a ‘youth voice’

Visitas guiadas por jóvenes

Skills development and removing barriers Desarrollando de aptitudes y superando barreras

Domino Effect: NEET Photography Project

Engagement - A Case Study

Participación – caso concreto

‘Picasso Portraits’ Youth Films

Cine Juvenil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCnY4SXk7vE

Supported by Goldman Sachs

BP Next Generation Young People’s

Private View

Estreno por y para jóvenes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zoXbWjoEdg

Why after-hours youth-led events?

¿Por qué organizar eventos fuera de

horario público?

Young People’s Private View - Approaches

Estreno por y para jóvenes - Perspectivas

• Peer-led and youth-generated

• Takeover and safe space

• No parents, no teachers

• Options (and opt-outs)

• Encouraging critical discussion and engagement around painted portraiture

• Award-winning artists at the centre - skills development and role-modelling

• Audience development for 14-21s

• Increasing role of Youth Forum

• Progression routes

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