Outset Family was a framework of support for a range of projects running between 2010-2015, raising roughly £280,000 over five years.
The Photographers’ Gallery Teen Tours education programme began in 2005 at the time of Magnum Photographer Lise Sarfati’s exhibition and has been supported by Outset Family between 2014-2016.
Teen Tours was a programme of exhibition tours led by young speakers (aged 14-19) who respond to the gallery’s exhibitions. The main aim of the programme was to both offer audiences new perspectives on the exhibitions, based on young people’s experiences and ideas, whilst at the same time giving young people an opportunity to develop their critical thinking and public speaking skills in relation to photography exhibitions. The Photographers’ Gallery staff worked hard to involve young people whose voice may be marginalised due to social, economic or educational disadvantage.
Each young person was invited to visit and research, develop and deliver a twenty-minute public talk on an exhibition. Each speaker received one-to-one mentoring sessions that help them to form, and have confidence in, their own ideas about the exhibition, receive feedback and further suggestions and practice their talk. She/he was also offered various types of support including opportunities to attend private views; meet the exhibiting artist/photographer (when possible); attend talks or events related to the exhibition; and meet and discuss the exhibition with a Gallery curator.
Each Teen Talk was delivered to a public audience on a Saturday afternoon and was advertised through the Gallery’s brochure, website, e-newsletter and social media platforms. The tour was free for the public to attend and the speaker received a fee for their talk as well as a complimentary, one-year Membership at The Photographers’ Gallery.
Law firm, Mishcon de Reya then rolled out Teen Talks to the Wallace Collection and the Horniman Museum and Gardens from 2017-2020.
The Photographers’ Gallery was established in London in 1971 as the first independent gallery in the world dedicated to the medium of photography. It remains committed to stimulating public understanding and deeper engagement with photography and its value to society. As the UK’s leading centre for the presentation and exploration of photography in all its forms, it welcomes more than 300,000 visitors from around the world each year and reach a further 1.2 million through our online platforms.
Outset Family support: £6,000/year.
