High Peak Community Arts

Youth and Community Arts for the High Peak

Half Term Music Workshops

Sign up here if you’re 13+ and a music lover!  Click Here

You don’t have to have any formal training but some experience in an instrument or vocals is beneficial!

BBC Folk Singer of the year, Ríoghnach Connolly, to workshop in Buxton as part of the Our Street Heritage Action Zone youth project.

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.

 

Hidden Depths revealed!

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:

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Hidden Depths performed by the High Peak Community Arts group in the Glossop Methodist Church.

*Photography by Adrian Lambert, Glossop

 

Hidden Depths – book tickets

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

Silk Paintings

In June we held a Celebratory Event for all the amazing silk painting that both New Mill and Buxton Project eARTh participants had created with artist Creative Ecologist.
 
The group made 2 large banner/ flags for Poole’s Cavern & Country Park; a banner, bunting and lanterns for Buxton Festival Fringe; two flags / banners for Buxton Pride‘s July Picnic; a large ‘map’ banner and a wildlife wall hanging for Rock Mill Centre in New Mills, 8 flags for One World Festival New Mills and a banner for High peak Community Arts. Representatives from the organisations attended and were all delighted with their gifted artwork.
Thanks to Arts Council England The National Lottery Community Fund and the Foyle Foundation.

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!

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Mosaics

On Monday in Buxton Project eARTh, participants started to stick their mosaics pieces to the cement board being used for the final artwork. Artist MakeMosaic by Tracey Cartledge showed each person how to apply the adhesive to the cement board, and then add their fruit and vegetables! So far we have an aubergine, courgette, parsnips, carrots, a cauliflower and some strawberries on the boards! Next week to add flowers, more strawberries, apples, and pears !
The group are making two mosaics for Townend Community Garden in Chapel – en – le Frith.
As only a few people at a time can work on this part of the process, other participants worked on their mosaic pieces to take home, and on creating some fruit, flower and vegetable collages.
 

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Film Cuts Club gives you a coronation bonus!

The young people of Film Cuts Club (well Alfie, Harrison & Jaxson) have come up with this left-field take on the historic event coming to our TVs on 6th May.
Watch below to see how the coronation very nearly didn’t happen!

If you enjoyed that, look out for ways you can support the future of High Peak Community Arts – there’s a very important newsletter coming next week!

Silk Painting

The New mills group have just started a Silk Painting project with artist Sara Blackburn – to make banner and flags for The One World Festival, and the Rock Mill Centre. They will be unveiled on June 8th – so look out for them this Summer!

The Nature of Hope (Update!)

See below for The Nature of Hope project information, but here are the beautiful results!

BUXTON POSTER:

NEW MILLS POSTER:

Silk Painting

The group have just finished a lovely project with artist Sara Blackburn – creating beautiful silk painted banners and flags for The Buxton Festival Fringe, the Buxton Pride Picnic and Poole’s Cavern.

We will unveil these (along with banners made by the New Mills group) on June 8th – so look out for them this Summer!