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Woolly Stories
To celebrate the completion of the Woolly Stories Project, we would like to invite you to join us to view the
Woolly Stories Touring Exhibition
at Glossop Library on Wednesday 12th March from 6 to 7 pm
Weekly
Sing
Our weekly singing sessions meet in New Mills every Wednesday from 7.15 to 9 pm. The emphasis is on fun and enjoyment - although the opportunity for occasional performances is also there. Come along and give it a go. (Please contact us for the next venue)
A WINTER GATHERING
This season’s special programme of digital media
activities starts in Winter with a ‘gathering’ walk -
collecting digital photos, sounds and written impressions - and ends in Spring with an imaginative installation at the Church of St James The Less.
Come along for the whole journey,
or join in at any time! All workshops are at The Media Arts Centre, High Lee Hall.
The following workshops are yet to run
See Digital Arts Programme for full list of spring programme
Sound Workshops
An afternoon and two evenings
We’ll show you how to download, install and use free software for recording and editing sound. First, collect sounds on the ‘sound walkabout’, and then turn them into an audio journey.
with Philip Davenport
Sound Walkabout
12.00 noon - 4.00 pm Sun 9 March
Sound Workshops
7.00 - 9.00 pm Thurs 13 and 20 March
Digital Imaging
One Sunday
An introduction to simple techniques of manipulating
digital photographs and adding text, using PhotoShop. We’ll be using images taken on previous walks as a
starting point.
with Lois Blackburn and Philip Davenport
10.00 am - 3.00 pm Sunday 16 March
Exhibition
A GATHERING WALK
An exhibition of projected images, textworks and audio journeys
Taking its inspiration from familiar pathways and walks in and around New Mills, A GATHERING WALK brings together the images, words and memoryscapes gathered from our Winter programme of local walks and digital media
workshops. Created in collaboration with people from the New Mills area, it brings together a unique resource of living memory, folklore, and the local environment.
Free - just come along!
1.00 - 4.00 pm Sunday 20 April
The Church of St James The Less
Spring Bank, New Mills
arthur+martha
arthur+martha (Lois Blackburn and Philip Davenport) is a groundbreaking arts organisation which initiates and runs intergenerational projects. ‘A Gathering Walk’ is part of a nationwide initiative to create text and image trails with local communities.
This programme of events is presented by High Peak Community Arts and arthur+martha in partnership with The Friends of St James. We are grateful for the financial support of the Derbyshire Community Foundation’s ‘Rural Solutions’ scheme for this project.
