The State of Youth Arts

It’s the launch day of the first Festival of London Youth Arts (FLYA), and Anne Engel has just come from a ‘drum jam’, where a group of young people experimented with different drum styles. Later that day the Channel 4 cinemas screened a series of seven short films made by various youth arts groups across London. In the middle of the hectic schedule, Engel, Director of the London Youth Arts Network, takes time out to talk about the festival and discuss why youth arts needs to be recognised and supported by the community.