High Peak Community Arts

Youth and Community Arts for the High Peak

Rain or Shine Summer Programme

SUMMER PROGRAMME 2012 ~ Dates for your diary. 

MONDAY 30TH JULY 2012 ~  1.00PM-4.00PM:   JUNK4FUNK MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MAKING WORKSHOP AT COTTAGE LANE PARK , GAMESLEY GLOSSOP.  FREE EVENT. SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES

FRIDAY AUGUST 3RD 2012  FAIRFIELD RESIDENTS SOCIETY OFFICES, FREE EVENT WITH CARTOONIST JIM MEDWAY.  COME AND MAKE YOUR OWN ANIMATION. CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE.

TUESDAY 7TH AUGUST ~ 11.00am – 3.00pm.  CAVE ART.  FREE EVENT IN HIGH LEE PARK, NEW MILLS. SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN AGED 7+

FRIDAY AUGUST 10TH 2012 ~ 10.30am – 1.00pm. NEW MILLS LIBRARY, HALL STREET, NEW MILLS. STORYTELLING EVENT FOR FAMILIES. FREE EVENT with  Storyteller Helen Appleton

TUESDAY AUGUST 14TH 2012 ~ 1.OOPM – 5.00PM. BUXTON LIBRARY CARTOON MAKING WORKSHOP with Artist Paul Gent. FREE EVENT.  BUXTON LIBRARY Kents Bank Road Buxton Derbyshire SK17 9HW. Tel: 01629 533460. Fax: 01298 73744 email: buxton.library@derbyshire.gov.uk

MONDAY AUGUST 20TH 2012 ~ 10.30 am – 1.00pm. NEW MILLS LIBRARY STORYTELLING EVENT FOR ALL THE FAMILY with Storyteller Helen Appleton. NEW MILLS LIBRARY,  Hall Street New Mills High Peak Derbyshire SK22 4AR … Fax: 01663 743603 email: newmills.library@derbyshire.gov.uk

MONDAY AUGUST 20TH 2012 ~ 2.30pm -4.00pm.  GAMESLEY LIBRARY STORYTELLING EVENT FOR ALL THE FAMILY with Storyteller Helen Appleton.  GAMESLEY LIBRARY. Gamesley Primary School Grindleford Grove Gamesley Glossop Derbyshire SK13 6HW. Tel: 01457 860041

TUESDAY 21ST AUGUST 2012 ~10.30am -4.30pm.  BUXTON LIBRARY STORYTELLING EVENT FOR ALL THE FAMILY with Storyteller Christine McMahon.  BUXTON LIBRARY Kents Bank Road Buxton Derbyshire SK17 9HW. Tel: 01629 533460. Fax: 01298 73744 email: buxton.library@derbyshire.gov.uk …

TUESDAY 28TH AUGUST 2012 10.30am – 1.00pm. LOW LEIGHTON HALL, OLLERSET. STORYTELLING FOR ALL THE FAMILY with Storyteller Helen Appleton. Low Leighton Methodist Church: High Hill Road, New Mills, High Peak SK22 4HG

TUESDAY 28TH AUGUST 2012 ~ 2.00pm-5.00pm.  LOW LEIGHTON HALL, OLLERSET. CARTOON AND ANIMATION WORKSHOP SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES with Artist Jim Medway. Low Leighton Methodist Church: High Hill Road, New Mills, High Peak SK22 4HG

THURSDAY 30TH AUGUST 2012 ~ 1.30 -3.30pm. FAIRFIELD TEDDY BEAR’S PICNIC EVENT. STORYTELLING WITH HELEN APPLETON.  1.30PM – 3.30PM. FAMILY EVENT with Helen Appleton. FAIRFIELD CHILDREN’S CENTRE , VICTORIA PARK RD. BUXTON SK17 7PE.   

 

 

 

Fairfield Dreamscheme report on the Olympic Torch on its way through Buxton

Olympic Torches Young people from the Dreamscheme in Fairfield worked hard all afternoon, to capture the spirit of Buxton on 29th June.  They had prepared themselves with photography skills and interview questions to find out what people thought about the historic moment as the Olympic flame entered the town.

Orange BandstandA reported 15,000 people flooded the town centre to see the International Market, High Peak Community Arts’ Yurt and highlights from the Buxton Fringe Festival.

The young reporters grabbed interviews with Olympic officials and local torch bearers.  They were snapped with the mayor and gathered their own reflections on the day.

 

And here is the film they’ve made using the clips they collected:

 

 

 

The umbrellas

The Fairfield Archway and Seating

The magnificent archway is in Granby Road Park, on  Granby Road, Fairfield, and the quirky  seats are on the shopping parade on Victoria Park Road in Fairfield.

 

Whaley Bridge Water Festival June 8th-12th 2012

The Whaley Bridge Water festival is a fantastic opportunity for  families with children of all ages and makes for a great weekend that includes local bands, dance, stalls, animal and bird shows, a traditional Punch and Judy show, traction engine displays and  fairground rides.

This year HPCA took its wonder yurt out to add to the entertainment with local artist Jim Medway who specialises in comic book making and cartoons leading a great workshop getting everyone drawing their very own Whaley Bridge Water Festival Cartoon Character.

The rain came down, but the yurt held up and Jim helped over 150 children and adults create cartoon creatures great and small.

Whaley Bridge Water Festival Gallery

 

Some of the creatures created at Whaley Bridge, well done to all the budding artists and many thanks to Jim Medway.

 

HPCA and the Little Giants

 

If you go down to High Lea Park today, you’re in for a CHAMPION surprise!

Little GIANTS theatre present a special pre Olympics theatre event for children in collaboration with High Peak Community Arts.

 

Rehearsals for this year’s show “Going for Gold” are taking place in High Lea Park, St Mary’s Road, New Mills, SK22.

We extend a warm open invitation to come along to watch live theatre in the making.

9 professional actors will be creating animal characters in preparation for the show at the Buxton Festival Fringe in July. Charlie Cockerel, Derek the Dog, Liliana Llama, Shirley Sheep, Pippa Pony, Puppy Blaze and Farmer Jack and his wife Jill, and a puppet show.

“Going for Gold” is the inspirational story of Derek the sheepdog’s dream of winning the “Derbyshire Dales Olympics” and  introduces the enthusiastic but unfocussed sheepdog puppy Blaze as he learns the skill of good attention, how to be focussed, overcoming obstacles, teamwork and a show stopping puppet show of  “The Hare and the Tortoise.”

The theme for the show is how to be a champion.

We will be rehearsing in the open sided ‘Yurt’ tent from 10am – 5pm on Friday 22nd June, Saturday 23rd June and Sunday 24th June and again on Wednesday 4th July, Thursday 5th July and Friday 6th July.

We invite you to join us, just come along and watch or bring paper and draw pictures, a great opportunity for creating stories. No need to book, just turn up.

 Little Giants Theatre create logical, engaging, interactive stories enabling children to make sense of their lives and the world they live in, delivered with great care, comedy, music and songs, theatre for children age 3-7.

Nominated for the “Best for Families” award at Buxton Festival Fringe in 2011.

We do hope you will come and visit us at what promises to be a unique opportunity to see live theatre in the making.

For further information telephone 01663 740993 and ask for Kate or Call HPCA on 01633 744516

 


Buxton Olympic Torch Celebration

The Olympic Torch Relay comes to Buxton on  Friday June 29th – passing through from 5pm to 5.30pm.

Are you planning to shoot video, or take pictures you want to share with our Crowd-sourcing project?  Click here for your instructions.

We will have a high profile presence and have organised a number of events.

The New Mills Project eARTh group have been busy with artist  Ruth Marsden and fabric paint on approximately 30 white umbrellas , and on the day will line the route near the Pavilion Gardens to  ‘twirl’  the colourful results as the runner goes  by!  Afterwards, the painted umbrellas will be on display in thePavilionGardens, near our Yurt.

We will also have our Yurt in the Pavilion Gardens in the afternoon to join in the Olympicnic – with free arts activities to make your own hand held ribbon twirler beforehand, and to provide story telling afterwards (from 5.30pm to 7.30pm)…look out for details

We are also launching a project to capture the moment that the Olympic Torch comes through Buxton.  We asked ourselves how many people will be shooting video footage on their phones or digital cameras, to remember the moment in years to come?

We also want to put a call out to gather as much footage as we can from the crowds that witness the event, and use it to create a piece of film to remember the day.  You may meet some of the roving reporters from Residents of Fairfield Association Dreamscheme – they will be out and about taking pictures and interviewing people who they meet.

‘Peak Inside’ Magazine

‘Peak Inside’ magazine is now available for you to enjoy, free of charge. 

To view ‘Peak Inside’ in a new window click here

Or pick up a copy in High Peak Libraries, Volunteer Centres, other community venues, and High Peak Community Arts’ base in High Lee Hall, New Mills. There are also audio CD versions available, kindly recorded by Glossop talking Newspapers,  – so get in touch if you would like one.

Peak Inside is the result of six months of workshops in creative writing, illustration, photography and desk top publishing by members of our magazine project, and  reflects their passions, interests and experiences.

 

 

Tales in the Tent

   

Tales in the Tent

Fairfield and Hadfield  2012

Tales in the tent took place in Fairfield and Hadfield on May 12th and 19th, with story tellers Gordon MacLellan and Christine McMahon.

Both events were part of the Derbyshire Literature Festival and were ran in partnership with the Libraries service and with the Children’s centre at Fairfield.

The sessions were funded through Derbyshire Community Foundation, so a big thank you to them, the funding allowed families and children of all ages to enjoy great entertainment, get involved in their community and hear some fantastic stories.

In Fairfield parents and children were transfixed by stories of goblins and monsters, giant rocks and great quests to be won.  Outside the yurt the Children’s Centre staff ran cake decorating activities, seed planting and boxercise for children and adults. The Libraries staff helped parents and children create re-cycled books and later on in the day some of these were filled with stories.

In Hadfield, the yurt drew quite a crowd, children of all ages,mums, dads, grannies and grandads and even a curious dog all took part, spellbound by stories old and new. The crowd heard about kings with horses ears, babies that beat up ghosts and fairies who cast magic spell, children asked questions and many added their own ideas and made up similar stories of their own,

So a big thanks goes to everyone who came along to listen take part and be inspired by stories.  The events were made extra special by children and young people adding their own ideas, making up their own stories and making books for their own tales with Libraries staff.  In all over 100 people came to the two events, everyone  had a great time and everyone went home with a tale or two to tell.

 

 

Project eARTh, environmental arts and health

This is an exciting five year project for people experiencing mental distress, funded by the Reaching Communities programme of the BIG Lottery Fund.

The project is run by HPCA in partnership with the local mental health teams and High Peak CVS.

Project eARTh holds weekly creative arts sessions, led by experienced artists and supported by mental health workers and volunteers. Participants can meet people, learn new skills, have fun, build confidence, and contribute towards their built and natural environments with works of art. There is no need for any previous arts experience, and we want to encourage people who don’t think of themselves as ‘arty’. Groups meet at New Mills Youth Club on Thursdays from 10.30am – 1pm, and at Fairfield Community Centre on Mondays from 12.30pm – 3pm. The project is free of charge.

How to join in:
Participants can be referred through their GP, Mental Health Team, other statutory or voluntary agencies or simply refer themselves. You can self referral, complete and post to the FREEPOST address on the form.

There are also opportunities for volunteers, participants’ families, neighbours and friends and other community members to get involved. If you are interested, please call Alison at High Peak Community Arts on 01663 744516, Sarah at the High Peak Community Mental Health Team on 01298 22321, or Paula at Glossop Mental Health Project on 01629 532686.