Dylan Winstone is one of the students behind a photography exhibition celebrating 20 years of Stoke Bridge Skatepark in Ipswich, which opens today. Here, the photographer and skater explains why he wanted to celebrate the skate community
Two students from the University of Suffolk, photographer Dylan Winstone and curator Patrisiya Banova, have produced a outdoor photographic exhibition celebrating the Stoke Bridge Skate Park users – and the focus is all about the sense of community it has helped to create over the past two decades. Final year student Dylan explains the thinking behind the exhibition: ‘As a skateboarder myself, skateboarding has made a big impact on who I am. I’ve made so many great friends through skateboarding.
‘I love to photograph skateboarders to show the amazing communities skateboarding creates – which many people wouldn’t associate with skateboarding.’
Celebrating 20 years of Stoke Bridge Skatepark and the local skate community, the 7305 exhibition will be a paste-up in The Mill Courtyard behind Dance East on Ipswich Waterfront. Curated by fine art student Patrisiya, it aims to be a positive reflection of youth and skate culture, connecting people and organisations across Ipswich through skating. It also aims to reflect a growing awareness of the positive effects of skating to a wider audience.
The exhibition has been commissioned by Art Eat Events and the project was funded by Suffolk County Council‘s Covid Continuity Fund for Culture. It is part of a series of collective activities for young people in Ipswich taking place this year called Hullabaloo22, a collaboration between partners in the Ipswich Cultural Education Partnership network.
Taking place between March and August, it brings together children and young people to co-produce a wide range of education, arts and community activity in Ipswich. The central theme is ‘Tell Your Story’, giving young people and children the chance to express themselves, develop skills and have a voice through creative and cultural experiences.
The 7305 Photography Exhibition, celebrating 20 years of Stoke Bridge Skatepark and the Ipswich skate community and presented by Dylan Winstone and Patrisiya Banova, opens today (April 8), in The Mill Courtyard behind Dance East on Ipswich Waterfront. Visit Art Eat Events
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