Doorway recently held a series of workshops for guests entitled "Pictures and Words" funded by the Anchor Trust and North Wiltshire District Council

The project aimed to help guests at Doorway explore and express their thoughts and feelings using photography, collage and creative writing.

The resulting exhibition comprises of 3 free-standing panels displaying CD cases, each holding an individual artwork created during weekly workshops with local artist Julia Warin from ArtSpark

Doorway Manager, Margaret Cleverley states that:

“Our aim is to help homeless and socially excluded adults to move on in their lives. The aim of ‘Pictures and Words’, which involved 17 of our guests, was to teach them new skills and help them move on in their lives. Many of them have complex problems as well as being homeless and we saw clear signs of improved self-confidence in those who took part.”

Larger image of the Art Display

More images of the individual CD cases

article added June 2007