Youth and Community Arts for the High Peak
Buxton Project eARTh enjoyed a short two week project with artists Mandy and Charlie Collins from Milestone Studios– printing in week one; and using the prints and other collage material in week two to create some zines – with wonderful results.
New Mills Project eARTh are busy alternating two projects at present to give variety! Participants have been busy making needle-felted creatures- with artist English Tilly (Carol Wilson) – mainly owls and badgers, with a penguin and chicken thrown in for good measure – as well as other workshops on creative writing for our 61 bus Route project, with writer Genevieve Carver. Photos below of needle-felting.
Buxton Project eARTh have been busy with creating their ‘Cranky’ with artist Lois Blackburn – two long scrolls of High Peak landscapes with hills, birds, bats, animals, buildings , paths, roads, rivers .. even the Pavilion Gardens Park Run feature in the artwork which will be on display at The Green Man Gallery in Buxton from the end of November – you ‘crank’ the handles to move the scroll across an open screen.
New Mills Project eARTh worked with artist Ian Pringle over 8 workshops, to create soundscapes of soothing sounds and poetry, designed to soothe your mind – available here to listen!
You don’t have to have any formal training but some experience in an instrument or vocals is beneficial!
Plans for the Our Street project are underway across Buxton, with a grand finale booked in for 24th February 2024. Young people aged 13+ are being invited to take part in free music workshops in October and February half terms to create original new music for the finale. Our Street have worked with a youth panel and then called in High Peak Community Arts to help develop their ideas. HPCA have recruited regular instrumentalist, technologist and producer, Gareth Carbery to run a day on recording and producing on Monday 30th October. Gareth will then be joined by Ríoghnach on Friday 3rd November for a day of working by ear, playing together and creating original music. Further workshops will return in February half term to prepare for live showcase of the work at the Our Street finale on Saturday 24th February.
Anyone wanting to sign up for the workshops should email sophie@highpeakarts.org or find the sign up form on www.highpeakarts.org, following the links to Half Term Music Workshops.
On 21st August 2024 we performed to two sell-out audiences and got some amazing feedback. We also raised over £800 on the Film Cuts Club crowdfunder!
A massive congratulations on a fantastic show to all the 33 young people and 5 young volunteers who performed or supported backstage in #HiddenDepths (and the 7 who were filmed or recorded in summer school, but on holiday for the performance day) – And to the lead artists and support team who made it all happen!
The pictures and video show what a great time was had by all – and we got some brilliant audience feedback for the Jellyfish Jiggles; the Groovy Crabs; the fight between good and evil and professional performances by our brilliant High Peak young people!
Here’s what it looked like:
High Peak Community Arts is proud to present its 10th original youth show from the Tall Tales performing arts project.
Hidden Depths explores the under-water world of Atlantic CIty, where the annual Atlantis’ Got Talent is disrupted by protestors with a shocking message. You’ll jelly-brate with the jellyfish, do the crab dance, and recoil from a shark frenzy. You’ll meet the Ocean Goddess, the fearless defenders of the sea, mermaids and many more, and find out who are the heroes and villains, with a very special message about pollution and the dangers of misusing the sea.
The young people who wrote the show are from Glossop, New MIlls, Chapel en el Frith, Peak Dale and Buxton, with the first ideas and characters started at our Easter Creative Camp. We’ve recruited more young people at evening sessions on Gamesley and Fairfield and now nearly 50 young people have been working on the final show with our professional creative team since 7th August.
So come along to see live music, drama, dance, original costumes and props and projections including films, animations and VR sets!
Shows are at 6.30pm and due to popular demand there will now be another run at 7.30pm.
Glossop Methodist Church, Chapel Street, Glossop, SK13 8AT
Tickets are just £1, BOOK HERE
Tickets are a bargain, but on the night we will also be raising money for our Saturday filmmaking club, Film Cuts Club – so if you love the show, please donate!!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/film-cuts-club
Project eARTh’s silk painted flags were looking glorious at One World Festival New Mills!
And here are project eARTh’s silk painted banners in situ at Poole’s Cavern and Country Park. Time for a picnic? You could also see project eARTh’s wooden sculptures ‘Grinlow’s Legacy’ whilst there, made about 8 years ago!
