High Peak Community Arts

Youth and Community Arts for the High Peak

Sadly, after 14 years, current funding for Project eARTh has finished, so the project is on pause until or if more funding can be secured.

Lantern Making for Hadfield Lantern Parade

We held a short lantern-making project with Gordon MacLellan, making lanterns for Hadfield’s Lantern Parade on Fri Dec 4th 2015. We also had 2 third-year medical students from Sheffield University with us on a community placement, learning about Arts and Wellbeing. [Read more…]

Create a Song

We completed an eight-week songwriting, singing and recording project with Singer-Songwriter Claire Mooney. 24 of us jointly wrote a song – ‘Seasons of Goodwill’, recorded it and performed it at our AGM on November 16th. As of week one only 2 people said they felt they could sing, this was a huge achievement. Everyone is rightly proud of the song!  It will be distributed to visually impaired and disabled people via Buxton Talking Newspapers – but here it is for you to enjoy now!

 

 

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Take Notice

 

 
 
 
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Take Notice

Take Notice

We had a five-week collage project with artist Caro Inlgis, focussed on the theme ‘Take Notice’ from the Five Ways to Wellbeing.

The Fabric of our Lives

We worked with artist Sue Lawty, weaving with recycled fabrics and using withies as the warp and loom. We made a beautiful wall hanging for Spring Bank Arts, unveiled on April 24th.

Making our Garden Grow

We made 3D ceramics flowers with artist Caroline Chouler –Tissier. Together with those made by the Buxton group in the Spring, and those made by children in Caroline’s artbox art clubs, the flowers were displayed in The Pavilion Garden Conservatory during the Buxton Festival 2015. The Celebratory Event was on July 9th, 11am – 12.30pm.

The flowers are now on display in the windows of Sett Valley Insurance in Market Street, New Mills.

Mosaic Trail

On Thursday 12th June, we started 7 weeks of mosaics with artist Debra Tracey. We made mosaics for installation along the path in ‘Gamesley Woodlands’, once more in partnership with Derbyshire County Council Countryside Service. The path runs from near Broadbottom to Simmondley, and might be known as some by the name ‘Gamesley Sidings’.

The Mosaics were unveiled on April 24th 2015 by the Mayor of the High Peak, Cllr Alan Barrow.

 

Shadow Puppets

Throughout 5 sessions in May, we created shadow puppets and tales with Babbling Vagabonds Theatre Company. We had lots of fun playing with Fairy Tales and making shadows. [Read more…]

Glass Fusion

We had two glass fusion workshops with artist Debra Tracey making individual glass tiles, hangings, and jewellery.