Make/Do - Art workshops for migrants and refugees

Connect the Dots Charitable Trust strives to build individual and community capacity through the creative arts.

Organisations working with new migrants and refugees have identified a big gap in art opportunities for this audience.

Visual art making meets an important need for those whom English is a second language. It allows people to develop language and connections without depending on written or verbal communication, thereby giving them the space to feel successful, share stories and gain confidence.

Connect the Dots has developed a programme called Make/Do to work with these communities, running art making, and bringing in Maori and Pacific craft-artists, to help create a space where art and cultural art making traditions can be shared and celebrated.

We are seeking support for costs of venue hireage, art tutors, guest tutors, and art materials. None of the money raised will be spent on costs outside the programme (administration/marketing etc).