Project AIRWAVES.
A sponsor-funded programme of one-day artist residencies helping secondary-school students use creative practice to explore personal peace, positive principles for life, bullying, violence and wellbeing.
A foundation built through real encounters.
Donald’s archive includes school workshops, civic partnerships, stadium unveilings and memorial work that demonstrate the emotional range of sculpture in public life.
A Birmingham campaign begins in clay
The Lord Mayor of Birmingham joined students, teachers and members of the public to place the first piece of clay for an anti-bullying sculpture campaign.
18,000 spectators, one unveiling
A televised sculpture unveiling on a football pitch offered a powerful early demonstration of art moving into public life.
Hands-on master classes
Donald worked with teachers and students at Henry Cort Community College, creating clay pieces built around the words and objects that mattered to them.
A memorial made together
Students, parents and staff came together in clay to memorialise a son and friend—a bust later completed and gifted to the family.
1 day
Core residency format
≈15
Students in an initial group
12
Pillars of personal peace
Selected
Schools matched to available funding
Care is part of the creative process.
AIRWAVES will use clear consent, safeguarding and privacy procedures whenever work involves children, sensitive experiences or public storytelling.