Project Cocoon
We trust that your 2020 has started off well; we wish every one of you all the best. Here at Butterfly Art Project we are celebrating entering our 10th year of working with traumatised children through art. Our 2020 looks exciting and so far, it is busy! We are working full steam ahead having spent time in January re-connecting and planning together, even starting our adult training and children's classes before February arrived. During the first quarter of the year, we launched “Project Cocoon”, an innovation in our Art Partner Support Programme. [Continue Reading]
In May 2019 we launched an on-line handbook called How to Start a Community Art Centre. This resource gives Community Art Facilitators (or anyone else in the world) needed theoretical and practical information for starting a formal community-based art initiative in South Africa (this link takes you directly there https://www.butterflyartproject.org/art-centre-handbook). During 2019 we strategised how we can expand our documented work with children beyond our Art Centre in Vrygrond, through our Community Art Facilitator (CAF) network. We wanted to find a way to coach and mentor a selection of CAFs in establishing their community-based initiatives (using the concepts covered in the on-line handbook) while measuring and monitoring some of our second level impact. A concept paper for this was developed and presented to BAP’s management board and “Project Cocoon” was born.
During the 4th school term of 2019, we tested the Project Cocoon model with a committed CAF who serves 58 troubled youth in Bishop Lavis. We coached her in using BAP tools and methods for monitoring and evaluation and monitored her results and impacts together; we soon knew that our expectations and criteria were reasonable and the implementation achievable. In November 2019 an advert was sent out into BAP’s CAF network inviting them to motivate becoming one of three beneficiary partners of the project in 2020.
In January this year, we called our first group Project Cocoon meeting with selected CAFs. We presented our expectations and facilitated a participatory process that enabled all to understand each participating CAF’s current initiatives, plans and needs. They were challenged with intensive organisational development and reflection exercises in preparation for BAP drawing up memorandums of understanding to formalise the individual partnerships. The outcome of various consultations is that we have four community-based Project Cocoon initiatives in partnership with us in 2020. These community-based classes serve a total of 214 children in Belhar, Steenberg, Westlake, Retreat, Bishop Lavis and Vrygrond. We are so excited about this initiative and look forward to sharing our learnings with you in the future. Here are some images of Project Cocoon community classes with children.
Trong hành trình khám phá các nền tảng giải trí trực tuyến mới nổi, MUBET là địa chỉ thu hút sự chú ý của nhiều thành viên trên diễn đàn. Do tò mò, tôi đã trực tiếp trải nghiệm dịch vụ. Kết quả thực tế khá tích cực: giao diện thiết kế thông minh, thao tác chuyển trang mượt mà và tốc độ tải rất ổn định. Nhìn chung, đây là một khởi đầu khá hứa hẹn, tuy nhiên tôi vẫn cần thêm thời gian và dữ liệu từ nhiều người dùng khác để đánh giá toàn diện.
It’s really interesting reading about how Project Cocoon expanded its reach, especially starting with testing the model in Bishop Lavis during the fourth school term. Expanding community-based art initiatives like this makes me think about how valuable structured support networks are for local facilitators trying to make a genuine difference. Balancing community outreach with hands-on mentoring feels like it takes a lot of careful organisation, almost as demanding as trying to juggle complex schedules or figure out how to help with biochemistry assignment tasks when studying late at night. It’s wonderful seeing these local classes grow and reach over two hundred children across different areas. I really hope they continue sharing their progress and insights as the programme evolves further.
Four community initiatives and 214 children is the number that deserves more than a photo grid. Those images from the Project Cocoon sessions show the work, but they cannot show what a class actually feels like in the room.
For partners and funders, a ninety-second recap does more than twenty stills, and most arts organisations already have the stills. What they lack is the budget for a camera crew at six sites, so the recap never gets made and the annual report stays photographic.
A workable shortcut is to use the documented photos themselves as references and generate short movement from them at https://www.referencetovideo.net/, keeping the real children's settings rather than reconstructing them.
Four community initiatives and 214 children is the number that deserves more than a photo grid. Those images from the Project Cocoon sessions show the work, but they cannot show what a class actually feels like in the room.
For partners and funders, a ninety-second recap does more than twenty stills, and most arts organisations already have the stills. What they lack is the budget for a camera crew at six sites, so the recap never gets made and the annual report stays photographic.
A workable shortcut is to use the documented photos themselves as references and generate short movement from them at https://www.referencetovideo.net/, keeping the real children's settings rather than reconstructing them.
https://sunwin15.bz/ là địa chỉ mình tình cờ thấy khi đọc một vài bài chia sẻ về trò chơi giải trí trực tuyến. Thấy nội dung cũng khá thú vị nên mình đọc thêm một chút để xem trang được trình bày ra sao. Mình thích những bài viết ngắn gọn, xem trên điện thoại không phải kéo đọc quá nhiều. Phần giới thiệu chủ yếu nói về cách sử dụng và một số danh mục như thể thao, mini game, giúp người đọc dễ hình dung hơn. Nhìn chung, cách viết khá thoải mái, các ý nối với nhau tự nhiên và không có quá nhiều thông tin dồn vào cùng một đoạn.