TOMELILLA KONSTHALL
In 2022, Project Caboodles director Michael Whelan was awarded the Sten Malmquist Grant from Tomelilla Konsthall in Sweden. During the residency period we were involved in delivering a series of workshops that focused on the social interaction between people and the environment to various community and social groups.
Workshops and courses included Photograms, Photography, digital production, Zine making and drawing. During the commission we also built a camera obscura on Tomelilla train station where visitors could come and sit inside the building that had been converted into a camera!
We are very grateful to the projects curator and producer Karolina Nilsson for the commitment and support needed to help deliver the workshops, and also to the Sten Malmquist Grant for the funding, Tomelilla Konsthall for the opportunity, and the below groups for their collaborations during the project.
Byavångskolan: Class in elementary school, grade 5.
Unikum: An basic art education for young adults with neuropsychiatric diagnoses. The course is given at Österlen folk high school.
Vännen: A daily activity for people at the beginning of their dementia. The activity is run by Tomelilla municipality and is voluntary and open to participants who still live at home.
Kulturskolan: The cultural school is run by Tomelilla municipality. This group consisted of teenagers who have art activity once a week in their spare time.
Etableringskurs: Establishment course for immigrants at Österlen Folkhögskola.
Studiemotiverande kurs: Study motivation course for young adults who need support to prepare for future studies. The course is given by Österlen Folkhögskola.
