Making Dreams and Creativity matter
Bespoke training and workshops using participatory methodology art and creativity to engage people with issues and questions around refuge, migration, mental health and well-being. Developed by Cedoux Kadima
Why this Programme?
First, to support individuals interested in the subject of migration, refugees and wellbeing to increase their awareness and understanding of these subjects, and build their confidence to display a valuable creative response through art.
Secondly, to use visual art as a tool for recovery and maintenance of good wellbeing, and to learn how to communicate and share important messages and feelings that could tackle stigma and reduce discrimination.
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Finally, to create a safe environment where we all (human beings) come together, unite and find alternative ways to recreate our experience, dreams and values into a new palette and language to communicate to the wider audience.
Turning a Vision into Reality
What does he offer?
Cedoux brings together his skills as an artist and a community worker to offer a range of workshops and training programmes suitable for schools, colleges, youth groups, community groups, public events, art galleries and festivals. Every workshops is tailor made, designed taking into account the needs, experiences and aspirations of the group.
In his work with people and communities, Cedoux shares his own personal journey in which art has been an important tool for helping him to connect and integrate, to maintain his own health and well-being, and to overcome the barriers and challenges he has faced.
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What will people gain from it?
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A deeper understanding of themselves and each other in relation to the world
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Creative practical tools to bring people together and explore issues
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Inner peace and self - confidence
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Increased understanding and awareness about the issues covered
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Creative participatory methodologies
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Who is it for?
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Young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds / and those who don’t know anything about these issues
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Leaders working with young people
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Professionals whose work impacts on people from refugee and migrant backgrounds (e.g. Social workers, youth workers, housing, education, welfare professionals, volunteers, etc)
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Organisations who want to reach out to and work with people from refugee and migrant backgrounds
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Anyone who is interested in the issues and wants to make change
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How does it work?
If you are interested in working with Cedoux, please get in touch so we can arrange an initial discussion with no obligation.
Where?
Cedoux and his team will come to you, wherever you are, in an office, a community centre, a museum, a gallery, in a park, on a residential programme, school.
A Connection on Every Detail
Who is Cedoux Kadima?
Testimonials
"Cedoux Kadima is a visual artist and a community worker. Originally from the Congo he has been living in London for the past 7 years and uses his art to explore and reflect his personal experiences and the issues emerging in the world around him.
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Here in the UK his own experiences as a migrant and his work with others has taught him that although the problems are very different, there is an urgent need for support, solidarity and education, and art is a universal and powerful tool to tackle social justice issues.
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Cedoux has a huge range of experience working with communities and especially young people, having worked for charities, arts organisations and youth projects both in the Congo and the UK".
- Lucy Pearson
Artist/Community worker
"Cedoux’s work has change his life and the way he defined himself, and has enabled him to interact and connect with the world around him. As a human being, we often dedicate ourselves to better our existence - to re-invent ourselves facing the unexpected, and this is one of the elements of focus conceptualised within his creative process. And his hope is that through art he may accomplish his dream and bring about social change, thus providing a small beacon of light in the darkness.
Cedoux transmits his message through many different media – painting, photography, video and poetry. His works consciously tell his story, and collaboratively compose the stories of his community and his country the Congo. This is a journey of survival through the creative process, tackling discrimination and defending an inner identity".
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