Current dates and project New Mills

We meet Thursdays 10.30am – 1pm at Springbank Arts Centre, Springbank, New Mills SK22 4BH.

This project runs till May 16th.

The group is working on a Comic/Cartoon project with artist Jim Medway and will learn basic comic/cartoon skills.  They will then explore the local history of New Mills through making their own comic strips.

The last  project was creating our own blog, which you can find at peakabout.wordpress.com , with artist Kooj Chuhan.

The next project will explore moorland conservation through felting, with artist Carol Wilson, including a trip out to Edale Visitor Centre.  Starts May 23rd.

 

Peakabout Blog

From January through March 2013 the New Mills Project eARTh group have been creating their own blog.  

Click here for the blog.

 

Project eARTh Calendar 2013

Would you like to buy a 2013 calendar full of beautiful lino prints?

New Mills Project eARTh have just completed a lino print project with artist Jill Kerr to create a calendar. In just 6 sessions, the group learnt to design their artwork, to cut the design into lino,  and print it onto different backgrounds. Some people  have hand coloured the prints, others left them black and white.  From the host of seasonal  images created, we chose images for each month, and put together a collection of short literary quotes to accompany them.  The calendar  has been excellently put together  by  graphic designer Armelle Hatch, and a limited edition is now available to buy for just £5, plus  £2 p and p. (Or you can come to High Lee Hall to collect one for just the £5. Phone first to check we are in).

Please make cheques payable to High Peak Community Arts.

 

To view a copy, click here

 

 

Painted Umbrellas for the Olympic Torch Relay

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

The New Mills Project eARTh group are busy with artist  Ruth Marsden and fabric paint on white umbrellas , and on the day will line the route near the Pavilion Gardens to  ’twirl’  the colourful results as the runner goes  by! 

High Peak Commnity Arts will also have our Yurt in the Pavilion Gradens in the afternoon to join in the Olympicnic – with free arts activities to make your own hand held ribbon twirler before hand, and to provide story telling afterwards…look out for details.

 

Free Posters and Postcards

Free Posters and postcards on the five ways to well being!

Project eARTh’s posters and postcards on the five ways to well being are now available. We have a limited supply, so if you would like a set, for you school, youth club, community group, office etc  please get in touch.

The five ways to well being are a set of simple actions which can improve our well being, created by the New Economic Foundation.

There are six A3 posters and six  A6 postcards in each set:

Connect, Be Active, Take Notice, Keep Learning,  Give, and one poster / postcard illustrating all five ways to well being.