Punk: Rage and Revolution exhibition
Punk: Rage and Revolution May 27 to September 3 2023 at Leicester Museum and art gallery and at Soft Touch Arts New Walk. See project information here:
Heritage
Mods: Shaping a generation – modified
Mods: Shaping a Generation told the story of a 1960s first youth subculture through a major exhibition at Soft Touch Arts and New Walk Museum. The project was made possible with funding from the National Heritage Lottery and BID Leicester. Soft Touch Arts, Joe Nixon of Arch Creative and author and curator Shaun Knapp worked … Read more
Breaking Boundaries: Joe Orton and Me exhibition project
Soft Touch Arts worked with young people from the Saffron Lane estate, where Joe Orton grew up, and other parts of Leicester to produce an exhibition inspired by the life, work and legacy of the Leicester-born playwright. This was one of three events in Leicester that marked the 50th anniversary of the death of the … Read more
Back in time – 1950’s
During October 2015, Soft Touch exhibited their first project in the New Walk building. The project was produced with and by young people and demonstrated the differences between life as a young person in the 1950s and modern day life in Leicester. People who visited the exhibition were encouraged to interact with the innovative display … Read more
Changing You(th) Exhibition – 1950’s
Changing You(th). Teenagers in the 1950’s and today was a Soft Touch project that brought young and older people together. The project compared how teenagers feel about themselves and the world around them in the 1950’s to teenage experiences today. The resulting free multi-media exhibition was open at 50 New Walk for the whole of … Read more
I Came Here: 1939 To Present Day
I Came Here: 1939 To Present Day is an oral history DVD which compares experiences, memories and stories of arrival and settlement in Leicester across the generations. It traces journeys to Leicester from a variety of countries including Somalia, Kurdistan, Zimbabwe, Montserrat, Jamaica, Trinidad, China, Germany, India, and Ireland. I Came Here was produced by … Read more
You’ve Got to Have Roots
2007 Soft Touch won a tender from the Heritage Lottery Fund HLF) to make a film which encourages other young people to think about what heritiage is, what it means to them and how they can find out more about it. The HLF has supported many projects which encourage young people to explore and celebrate … Read more