Through the ‘long look’, art can draw young people into the world of creative imagination in the same way that they are drawn into the world of a story they are reading.

Images and objects in the gallery, museum or archive can become doorways to new areas of experience, feeling and understanding. These experiences demand the development of a richer vocabulary and subtle uses of language that go beyond the limits of those words used in the classroom and in the everyday world.

Ted Hughes asked, 'How is the imagination to be strengthened and trained?' (Myth and Education 1970).

Young Cultural Creators offers young people the opportunity to expand their cultural and social experiences and provides them with the space to connect and to develop their own creative productions.