CANDI and WestKing students selected for Origins Creatives 2024 Exhibition

Three students from CANDI and WestKing will exhibit their original music productions and fashion creations at UAL’s Origins Creatives 2024.

A creative trio of students from Capital City College Group (CCCG) have been selected from over 500 entries nationwide to exhibit at the University of the Arts London (UAL) Origins Creatives 2024.

The UAL Origins Creatives exhibition provides an opportunity for students, teachers and families to come together and celebrate student creativity and innovation in a number of creative forms. The event brings together student work from a range of Art and Design, Fashion Business and Retail, Creative Media, Music Performance and Production as well as Performing Arts courses. The 2024 exhibition will take place at the Mall Galleries between 17 and 20 July.

This year, two music students from City and Islington College (CANDI) and one fashion student from Westminster Kingsway College (WestKing) have been selected to showcase their work at the Origins Creatives 2024 exhibition.

Singer Izzy Ohajah, who is studying Music Performance and Production – Level 3 Extended Diploma at CANDI, has loved music from a young age. Izzy wrote and recorded an original song titled 18. The video for the song was shot in the Media Department at the college’s Centre for Business, Arts and Technology (CBAT).

Izzy said: “I have always been involved in my church worship team and choir at Christmas time, alongside being involved in any music activity at school. Although it took me some time to find my voice, one of the major events that increased my confidence was performing in the Hackney Empire and winning first place in a competition.” 

Izzy’s influences come in the form of an array of artists such as Stevie Wonder, Erykah Badu, The Smiths and Van Halen –  all of whom have inspired the use of different genres in original compositions.

Noelia Carrera Montenegro, who is also studying Music Performance and Production – Level 3 Extended Diploma at CANDI, is a music producer, rapper, and songwriter. For Noelia, music has always been a way to express emotions. Noelia’s entry in the Origins Creatives 2024 exhibition comes in the form of a song titled Baila Mi Amor.

Noelia said: “For the final project, I produced three tracks, each in a different style of Latin music—cumbia, bachata, and reggaeton. Being Latina myself, I feel a strong connection to Latin music’s roots and history, so I want to bring that into my work. My goal is to celebrate my culture and create music that’s unique and meaningful to people.”

Adriana Holguin Silva has just completed the Fashion and Communication – Level 3 Extended Diploma (UAL) WestKing. Adriana’s submission Depths of Sorrow explores fluidity and submersion in water as part of her experimentation with textile and fashion construction techniques.

Congratulations to Izzy, Noelia and Adriana on being selected for the Origins Creatives 2024 exhibition!

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