We were the Blueprint Collective, a group of young people 16 – 22 years old who aimed to develop creative and leadership skills, produce cultural reviews and events, and make change happen!


In 2024 we:

Undertook an environmental project funded by, and part of ‘Grow Wild’ with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Working with artists Beccy Mcray and Mark Thomas we created new planters for DLWP rooftop that you can still see today!

In 2023 we:

Collaborated with Flatland Future Artists and had an exhibition at Flatland Projects, Beeching Road.

Partnered with CAMHS East Sussex and had an exhibition at St Annes CAHMS Unit, Conquest Hospital, Hastings.

Created an installation for Bexhill After Dark Festival

Decorated the Pavilion for DLWP’s Colours Festival

Research trip to Eastbourne visiting Towner Gallery, Devonshire Collective and public sculpture as part of Eastbourne Alive and Turner Prize.

A wide variety of workshops led by artists including;

– Graffiti workshop creating a collaborative mural with artist Abraham. O;
– Lino Cut workshop creating tarot cards with artist Alexi Marshall;
– Fashion workshop with artist Erin Lewis;
– Watercolour painting workshop on the Bexhill Beach;
– Winter decoration making with Radiator Arts

In 2022 we:
  • Collaborated with artists RESOLVE Collective and helped create the exhibition Lido; 28 May – 4 September 2022.
  • Curated a Pavilion Late event titled ‘Beyond Bloom’, an evening of dreamy surrealism, which celebrated the growth and progression of young people particularly those moving on from the collective. ‘Beyond Bloom’ featured the performers Paris Blue, Loula and Aimee Staples.
  • Research trips to Mallydams RSPCA, Hastings Contemporary, The Yard Artists Studios, Beeching Road Studios and Towner Eastbourne.
  • Workshops led by a wide variety of facilitators including:
    • Creative Computing Workshop with Jazmin Morris In Collaboration With Tech Yard.
    • Mapping the interconnections, to the local and global systems, ecosystems and worlds around us with artist Sam Ayre.
    • Curating with Joseph Constable, Head of Exhibitions, DLWP.
    • Fundraising in the Arts with Dan Scales, Fundraiser, DLWP.
    • Climate Hack Lab: ‘The Manifesto Of Re-Wilded Youth!’ with artist Beccy Mccray.
    • ‘Sea And Rocks, Body And Bones’, photography and painting workshop artist Miroslava Vecerova.
    • Photography Workshop led by artist Lynn Weddle.

The Blueprint Collective emerged from the work of the Young Creatives, 2016 – 2021.