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16/09/2011
Minister Attends AmmA Centre
Arts Minister, Carál Ní Chuilín has visited the AmmA Centre, a creative learning centre in Armagh.
During the visit the Minister heard from some of the young people who attended the summer creative workshops.
The Minister said: “Making learning experiences relevant to the needs and interests of young people is a challenge. The AmmA Centre successfully blends the educational experiences of formal and informal learning and I welcome the opportunity to celebrate the creativity and skills of our young people here tonight."
She added: “Creative learning centres ensure that a high level of expertise is made available to young people both inside and outside school. Digital technology is their social outlet, their communication tool, their learning medium and possibly a career for many. If it is not a sole focus for an individual’s employment, it will certainly continue to play a large part in how this generation will learn, work, relax and socialise in the future.”
The Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure provides funding through Northern Ireland Screen for the three Creative Learning Centres which presently operate from the Nerve Centre in Derry, the AmmA Centre in Armagh and Studio ON in Belfast.
The Minister congratulated the AmmA staff and tutors for delivering high quality tuition to the young people. She also congratulated the SELB for promoting the work of the centre as an essential part of enriching the young peoples’ education experience outside of school. The Minister also commended the beneficial partnership between the Marketplace Theatre and the AmmA Centre and thanked the Marketplace Theatre for hosting the event in its prestigious auditorium.
(BMcN/DW)
During the visit the Minister heard from some of the young people who attended the summer creative workshops.
The Minister said: “Making learning experiences relevant to the needs and interests of young people is a challenge. The AmmA Centre successfully blends the educational experiences of formal and informal learning and I welcome the opportunity to celebrate the creativity and skills of our young people here tonight."
She added: “Creative learning centres ensure that a high level of expertise is made available to young people both inside and outside school. Digital technology is their social outlet, their communication tool, their learning medium and possibly a career for many. If it is not a sole focus for an individual’s employment, it will certainly continue to play a large part in how this generation will learn, work, relax and socialise in the future.”
The Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure provides funding through Northern Ireland Screen for the three Creative Learning Centres which presently operate from the Nerve Centre in Derry, the AmmA Centre in Armagh and Studio ON in Belfast.
The Minister congratulated the AmmA staff and tutors for delivering high quality tuition to the young people. She also congratulated the SELB for promoting the work of the centre as an essential part of enriching the young peoples’ education experience outside of school. The Minister also commended the beneficial partnership between the Marketplace Theatre and the AmmA Centre and thanked the Marketplace Theatre for hosting the event in its prestigious auditorium.
(BMcN/DW)
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