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For one night only, We Make Our World launched the Youth Arts Network High Peak as a collaborative network of groups. A total of 7 different groups took part, with 25 young people performing live on the night. Take a look here at some first clips of the performance:
This first show from the Youth Arts Network High Peak has involved High Peak Community Arts, High Peak CVS, Residents of Fairfield Dream Scheme, New Mills School, Hope Valley College, Chapel Youth Club Jam Night, Chinley Youth Club, Funny Wonders and College Road Family Centre.
Day 2 included more making set pieces, and drilling through the performance – over and over again…
Have a look at this little video-aid and start thinking!
We had to cancel the launch of the network, originally scheduled for 2nd December – who knew it would snow so early in the year?
So now that we’ve all enjoyed Christmas and embraced 2011 with enthusiasm, we are ready to re-launch the launch! On
we will be meeting at:
for an open discussion about how a network could work, and what it could do to help groups and organisations promote their work, collaborate with our neighbours and reach our higher ground!
From 3pm there will be refreshments and a chance to look through the information we have already drawn together about groups that exist in the area. We will then come together to meet and there will be a chance for groups to present more information about what they do. Our colleague James Cross spent considerable time last year researching other youth arts networks, and he will give a brief overview of his findings, describing how other networks function and what they get out of it. With that overview in mind, we will then break into small discussion groups, looking at different topics and gather as many ideas as possible.
With the hard work done, we will take a closer look at the resources available to the network, with a word from Dan White at the Donut Centre in Chesterfield and another look at the functions of this blog – opportunities to post information and use Facebook to reach a wider audience. Finally we will sum up the discussion groups and suggest some options for the future.
Are you a budding filmmaker? Do you want people to hear your voice and see your film?
What kind of film can I enter?
You will need to make a 2-minute film about the importance of tolerance, diversity & British values in helping to counter prejudice and extremism.
Who’s Eligible to Join?
You have to be 16-25, a British national living in the UK or a resident of the UK.
What are the Key Dates? Entries must be posted on YouTube before January 21, 2011. Film judging ends April 22, 2011. The winner will be announced at a London Award Ceremony on June 22, 2011.
How do I join? First read the details on our website at www.projectmosaic.net/youtubecompetition. Then make your film and upload it to http://www.youtube.com/ and finally tell us about it by completing an online Entry Form at www.projectmosaic.net/youtubecompetition
Who are we? Project Mosaic (http://www.projectmosaic.net/) is a UK-based charity that teaches people to be tolerant of those coming from a different background. We promote interfaith and intercultural tolerance, multiethnic good citizenship and integration of immigrant communities, and we combat prejudice, group hatred and extremism. Project Mosaic was set up in 2008 in memory of David Fontana, one of the 343 firefighters that died on September 11, 2001 while helping to rescue people from the World Trade Towers in New York.
If you use facebook and want to get involved in the youth arts network or want more information, take a look at http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/Youth-Arts-Network-High-Peak/143050465746529?v=wall
There are around 50 youth arts groups in the High Peak at the moment which cover a range of activities such as dance, drama, music, art and theatre. These are the groups we want to get involved in the network and who will benefit from it.
Funding issues ?
Currently a lot of groups are facing issues with funding and some have stopped running as a result of this, networking with other youth arts groups in the area could help your group with funding as these issues could be discussed and others could offer you advice from their experience.
Collaboration through a network may also help your funding situation, for example collaborating with another group on a project may mean your group is eligable for different funding