Youth Arts Festival
9 January - 3 March 2012
Throughout Hackney

What’s On

Bedroom grime artist? Friend’s fashion consultant? Living room soap star?

Develop your talent at Discover Young Hackney.

You’ll get to work with creative industry professionals, gain experience for your CV and make great contacts – all for free!

poached

Press Play: One day video challenge

Poached Creative

Plan shoot edit and promote a video all in one day. Become a festival reporter as you go behind the scenes at an event. Find out how to make a ...

The peabody trust

Threads Fashion Intensive

The Peabody Trust

Try your hand at designing and making a garment in just four days. You'll learn to research, design, cut and stitch your ideas from the page to the catwalk. Your ...

-Alter_Ego_image

Youth Take Over

Calling all 13-21 year olds who live in Hackney! Hackney Empire opens its doors for a whole weekend to encourage and enable the young people of Hackney to get involved in ...

Resize -rl_BSC6461

Strait Talk

Youth Skills Network

Got something to say? Strait Talk is a live broadcast TV chat show that gives young people a voice. We're giving you the chance to create your own episode! During this ...

Performing Arts - Alter Ego

Alter Ego

The search is on for Hackney's untapped talent.

Kat B (MTV Base) hosts an entertainment spectacular featuring top artists alongside the best that young Hackney has to offer.  Alter Ego will see Hackney’s young singers, dancers, rappers, actors ...

Media-DocScreen

DocScreen: Short Doc Festival

You make a short doc – we show it on the big screen

You make a short doc - we show it on the big screen. Whatever your experience, and whether you make a new film from start to finish or submit something ...

Want To Get Involved? Find Out How ›

Get Social