Bollo Studios

The creative wing of open access youth centre, Bollo Brook Youth Centre, Bollo Studios works tirelessly to support young people to overcome barriers they face, both through holistic support and through working in partnership with organisations across the city and beyond. The vast majority of young people come from areas of economic deprivation, with limited educational resources or access to platforms to explore and express their experiences and attitudes. The work of Bollo Studios is overseen by Reuben Griffiths and Yasmin Dosanjh. Reuben has been the Music Coordinator for the past 11 years, and has developed and delivered collaborative projects with partners from the Democratic Republic of Congo, New York and Berlin, as well as producing regular podcasts and radio shows, including the projects outlined below. Yasmin is the Arts Coordinator, with a background in Social and Political Sciences and Arts Psychotherapy. In her 6 years at Bollo Studios, she has used a range of multimedia approaches to support young people to creatively find and express their voices around issues that impact in their lives, as recently showcased in the major exhibition at Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery, ‘Who are we? Navigating race, class and the city’.