HerSpace Junior is an after-school art club that uses creativity to empower girls to make their own positive choices.
HerSpace Junior is a supportive, creative group for girls aged 6 to 11, designed to build self-confidence, self-awareness, and positive relationships in a safe and welcoming environment.
Through creativity and play, we explore termly wellbeing themes in fun, hands-on sessions that encourage expression, imagination, and connection. We listen closely to each child’s voice and respond to their individual needs, creating space for every young person to feel seen, heard, and valued.
Each year, we have two exhibitions in our Welcome Space to celebrate and showcase the children’s creativity.
Who?
A visual art group for girls aged 6 -11. These sessions are run by Su and Helen.
When?
HerSpace Junior runs every Monday during term time from 3.30pm to 5.30pm.
Where?
Sessions take place in the art room at the Ark-T Centre at Templars Square in Cowley
HerSpace Junior is part of Creativity Changes Lives, a varied and inclusive creative arts programme of groups and activities that take place every week at Ark-T, including HerSpace Senior & HerSpace Junior and MySpace (online).
We use the power of creativity and connection to increase confidence in learning, improve emotional resilience and wellbeing, and enhance a sense of community and leadership.
Our team of skilled and experienced artist facilitators offer dynamic multi-arts workshops with an exploratory and youth-led approach.
If you are interested in this project please fill in the form below and we will get back in touch with you, or if you would like to speak to someone please contact the team member below.
ARK T EXPRESSION OF INTEREST OF JOINING A PROJECT
Please email hello@ark-t.org or call 07388 092590 if you would like more information.
“Coming to Herspace Junior has been amazing for her. Even when she was right in the middle of 5 months of school refusal last year, she never once wanted to skip her Monday after school session. She has enjoyed her friendships with older girls, when she started, and now younger girls, as she has grown older. It was wonderful to see her chatting away so freely with a young girl, at the recent celebration event at the Ark T, somebody who I didn’t know at all but who she had obviously grown close to in her session. The fact that she can do art, in a setting that prioritises her emotional well being, is huge. It has given her an after school club, something to belong to, when literally nothing else has ever worked for her. I am so grateful that we have found you!” – Parent
“It has been wonderful that she has found a group that she can access at Herspace Junior. All of her friends participate in a wide range of activities and we have just never found anything that really worked for her, because her needs are so specific. She previously attended an Art course, which was perfect, in theory, however the facilitator didn’t understand her needs and she found it too stressful.” – Parent
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Weekly sessions at Ark T are part of the Creativity Changes Lives project funded by The Thomas Dawson Charity Oxford and Oxfordshire Community Foundation
