The POPtrait art workshop enables individuals of all ages to create a personalized pop art portrait. Participants take digital photos of themselves and use printing and painting techniques inspired by Andy Warhol to make their own framed self-portraits. The workshop aims to engage families in a creative and social activity to build self-esteem, confidence, and family bonds. Feedback from participants highlighted how the workshop promoted a relaxed, inclusive environment where they could express themselves creatively and feel a sense of achievement in completing their own artworks to take home.

1. By Abigail Billinge &
Mita Nathwani Bhuyan

2. CASE STUDY OF POPtraits
FOR REAL CHOICES.
The Brief Aims and Benefits The Feedback Gallery
The POPtrait art
workshop enables
individuals to create
an impressive, personal
and colourful framed
piece of artwork.
Pop Art
+
Portrait
=
POPtrait
Workshop Description

3. Workshop Description
The Brief
Background
The Real Choices programme tackles
child poverty in Cornwall and was
looking to run a series of 5 creative
activity days across Cornwall. The aim
was to engage and inspire the families
taking part, whilst encouraging social
interaction between families, and
developing self esteem and self worth
amongst those taking part.
The Creative Activity Days
The task was to involve a closed group of
between 8 and 20 participants of various
ages. The participants would range from
young children to grandparents, so any
activity would need to be suitable for all
of them to get involved.
The ‘end product’ of each session had to
be a good quality artistic product that
the particiapants could take home.
The POPtrait workshop uses digital
photography, printing and colourful paint
to make Pop Art accessible and fun for
all age groups.
Introducing Andy Warhol’s brightly
coloured screen print portraits help
participants create their very own self-
portraits and images. The techniques can
be tailored to individuals’ needs.
By using simple means and an iconic
style, participants derive an immense
sense of satisfaction at being able to
create their own framed works of art.
POPtrait is an effective way for
families and groups requiring bonding
exercises to come together and work on
something creative and satisfying aiding
communication and team buliding.

4. The Feedback
Benefits
The workshop:
Inspires creativity in a non-threatening
and relaxed environment
Promotes social inclusion
Enables self expression and more
specifically, provides participants
with concrete, visual means of
expressing different aspects of
their identity and emotions.
Empowers participants to make choices
and provides support
The completion of an artwork helps build
self esteem and confidence.
“Learnt lots of new things today. Hope
to come back again.”
“One of my favourite things about the
day was a real sense of achievement,
of being able to bring home your own
framed picture…a permanent reminder of
a fantastic day.”
“It was really fun.”
“It was nice to be able to try new things
and not worry about whether you were
any good and get messy with the kids.”
“Loved being able to spend the whole
day with my kids without arguing and
doing art that we all enjoyed and were
able to take home”

5. Gallery