High Peak Community Arts

Youth and Community Arts for the High Peak

Mad Hatter’s Artwork Exhibition – 18th July!

Our tea parties have drawn quite the crowd! Yet it’s difficult to see all the incredible artwork as people are drinking and eating from part of the exhibition! Hence an evening to see all the pieces in their full glory!

Willow Sculptures and Ceramic Mugs for our Tea Parties!

One of our recent projects has been creating some inspiring art for our celebratory tea parties. Our instagram feed is full of exciting work by our participants! Click on our instrgram feed or have a browse of the website, which includes a fabulous tea party gallery!

High Peak Community Arts exists to create opportunities for people to participate in the creative arts, focusing on those who have least access to them. Follow us on Instagram here!

Sunday June 23rd! Whaley Bridge Choir Midsummer Sing.

Thank you for joining us! This fundraising concert from Whaley Bridge Choir included music from Byrd to The Beatles (via Simon and Garfunkle) with original compositions and arrangements by musical director Patrick Gundry-White and poetry from Linda Goulden.

Doors and licensed bar: 7pm.

Tickets £10 on the door, £8 under 18s, and in advance available from Springbank Arts and High Street Books.

Hip, Hip Hooray!

2019 is High Peak Community Arts’ 40th Birthday!

Watch this space for our Events Calendar which will be full of events and activities to celebrate us being 40 years young!

There will be lots of opportunities for people to help us celebrate during the year…and it’s guaranteed that we will only ever be one event away from fun and cake!

Birthday banner

Young Writers’ Camp 2019

This year the camp ran from 15th – 18th April and we launched our new theme of SPACE!!

23 Young people age 8+ came together from across our youth programme to spend 4 days focusing on generating ideas and stories to use throughout the year.  On day 2 we had a trip to Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre, and worked for the rest of the week at Victoria Hall in Glossop (the former library).

Feel free to browse our Collection of material, and look out for the show coming up in August which will conjure it all into an all-singing, all-dancing performance with music, drama, projections and plenty of surprises!

Down load the Space Mania Booklet here.

 

Film Cuts Club Screens it Up!

Thank you for attending our final film screening from Film Cuts Club on 11th May 2019.

With news of a new application to BBC Children in Need only expected in June, this may have been the last screening of work from HPCA’s notorious Saturday club. Over the last 3 years nearly 100 young people with additional needs have taken part in at least 140 film making sessions, making short film from animated Animals to tech-obsessed Zombies. This year’s screening provided the usual mix of the surreal and the sublime, and invited the after school club from Chapel en le Frith to screen their latest ‘Chapel TV’ instalment as part of our celebration of the club.
 

animated film shot

Refreshments were served from 2.30pm, with screening from 3pm.

Film Cuts Club Film Screening

Saturday 11th May
From 2.30pm

kids at film club

Unveiling of Rainforest Felted Wall Hangings

All welcome to join us to unveil and celebrate Project eARTh’s three Rainforest Felted Wall hangings. The event is free, with tea, coffee and cake.

The colourful wall hangings were made by participants with artist Carol Wilson, especially for Fairfield Surestart Children’s Centre. For a change, we chose a theme further afield than the High Peak – to explore the natural life of Rainforests.  We all know that these wonderful habitats are under threat across the globe, and that it is essential they are protected.

 

Stained Glass Inspired Silk Panels

Thank you for joining us on Thursday 28th Feb to unveil the beautiful silk painted panels, inspired by the Charles Eamer Kempe stained glass windows in Spring Bank Arts Centre. These window and wall hangings were made by participants in Project eARTh ( Environmental arts and health) with artist Amanda Whewell.  They will be displayed at Spring Bank Arts Centre, alongside a book of smaller silk painted pieces also inspired by the windows.

Arts Award success in 2018!

Well done to our 38 young people who passed their Arts Award during 2018!  We’ve achieved 20 Explore level, 15 Bronze and 3 Silver; from the Music Arts Pod, Tall Tales and Film Cuts Club.  Everyone’s work was inspired and of such high quality that the moderator was “very impressed”!

Arts Award inspires young people to grow their arts and leadership talents: it’s creative, valuable and accessible.

The Silver certificate is a level 2 qualification (Qualification Number 500/9914/0) giving 10 credits of learning.  Click here for the Ofqual registration.

The Bronze certificate is a level 1 qualification (Qualification Number 501/0081/6) giving 6 credits of learning.  Click here for the Ofqual registration.

The Explore certificate is an entry level (Entry 3) qualification (Qualification Number 600/3894/9) giving 4 credits of learning.  Click here for the Ofqual registration.