Lynsey Johnston - See Me

Current student Lynsey Johnston, FD Child and Adolescent Studies, brought a fresh perspective to the Luton Christmas shoppers. She curated an exhibtion - See Me - in a shop window in the centre of the town.

Lynsey, who combines her studies with working for local charity Luton Churches Education Trust (LCET), designed the exhibition to generate public awareness of children in care. Using work created by the children from a variety of media - photographs, installations etc - she brought the plight of young peple from unsettled home life to the attention of Luton shoppers.

The exhibition was both eyecatching and provocative. All the installations were clever in their simplicity yet always reminded the viewer that they are inextricably linked to the lives of their young creators. For example, to illustrate how nothing is private when in the care system one girl is photographed sitting on her bed surrounded by toys and pictures on Market Hill outside Debenhams.

Lynsey, who feels she has, 'learnt so much about young people through her course' is an alunae-to-be who is already proving herself as an ambassador for Bedfordshire.