Listen Up - Approaches for engaging young people at the National Portrait Gallery de Londres
1. 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?
3. • 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
7. 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.
8. 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
development
Previous
area of
focus
9. 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
10. Integration model
Modelo de integración
Audiences Learning /
Learning
Projects/Youth
Forum
Institution
Consultation / collaboration / co-creation / co-curation
20. 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