NewBridge Gallery is currently closed—you can still shop NewBridge Books.
We will reopen Friday 16 October, 5pm for the preview of Form and Display!
Using music to explore anti-racism and how young people can empower and uplift one another, our 12-18 year old youth programme members have joined together to tackle racism, explore their cultural heritage, and make some noise!
Our members have been supported to upskill in areas of music they’ve not yet explored, including production, mixing, songwriting and DJing. As this project expands, we will explore music that links to their family’s heritage – including Sudanese, Libyan and Ethiopian genres. By the end of Shieldfield Sounds, the group will have created a new Anti-Racism EP for the wider Shieldfield Youth Programme, based on facilitated training sessions delivered by professionals, including Show Racism The Red Card.
The young people are at the centre of all decisions we will make within Shieldfield Sounds. Shieldfield Youth Programme was created in partnership with Dwellbeing Shieldfield, directly responding to the need for youth provision in Shieldfield, and has been shaped with their voices throughout its delivery.
A huge thank you to Youth Music for supporting the young people of Shieldfield. We’re so excited to see what the young people create next – make sure you’re listening up to find out!
The NewBridge Project is a charity, registered charity no. 1173849.
We are grateful to our funders, including Arts Council England, Newcastle City Council, Garfield Weston Foundation, Jerwood Foundation, Community Foundation North East, Newcastle University and the The North East Mayoral Strategic Authority.
We are proud to be a Gallery of Sanctuary.
