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listenup!02 | About the artworkAbout the artworkAll the artwork in this report was created by youngpeople who were using or had previously usedthe services involved in this project. Each of thoseservices put forward one piece of artwork, and thesewere entered into a competition. The competitionwas judged by a group made up of five youngpeople taking part in the Tate Modern’s ‘Raw Canvas’art initiative for young people, and by the Chair ofthe Mental Health Foundation.All the entries submitted to the competition areincluded within this report. The winning piece, asculpture, has been photographed and appears onthe front cover.About the front cover“This piece was created by several Foyer tenants(16-25 yr olds). The background images were createdin the first of the art workshops and doing thisenabled the young people to relax and familiarisethemselves with the materials. The figures in thepiece are life-size cardboard cut-outs of some of thetenants who took part in creating the installation.There are also images of two of the Foyer tenants’children, which symbolise the future. The youngpeople then placed all the figures, signs and imagestogether in a way which was meaningful to them.The more you look, the more things are revealed thatare symbolic of these individuals’ journey throughAberdeen Foyer.”Our thanks for creating the artwork go to:Aberdeen Foyer, Aberdeen: Terri Deans and herdaughter, Richard Fake, Mhairi Newman, KerriMcFarlane and her son, Andy Begg, Leanne Binnie,and other Foyer tenants who helped make the piecesof art in the background.Experience in Mind, Mind in Brighton and Hove, andHove YMCA, Brighton and Hove: Zoe Green, DavidPatrick, Sam Thomas and Jordan Halls.Support @ The Junction, The Junction,Colchester: Ed Ryan.The Market Place, Leeds: the HYPE group.The Zone, Plymouth: David WhiteAnd to the young people who completed art workfor the competition at Community Links, CanningTown; Barnardo’s Marlborough Road Partnership,Cardiff; Streetwise, Newcastle.Our thanks also go to our judges:Raw Canvas, Tate Modern youth groupHarvinder Bahra, Assistant Curator: YouthProgrammes, Tate ModernDavid Sachon, Chair, Mental Health FoundationJamie Patterson, Community Health Manager,Aberdeen Foyer, Aberdeen