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Young Writers’ Camp 2017!

“Let’s do something like this again!” they said last year – so we did it all again!

Welcome to all the information for the Young Writers’ Camp 2017.

Places on the full camp were FREE – but limited, for more info you can contact Sophie on:
01663 744516
sophie@highpeakarts.org

The main camp was for age 8+ and happened over four days in the Easter Holidays.

18th – 21st April – at Longdendale Environmental Centre in Tintwistle.

Each day had a different theme, with a music & sound day, and trips out into the surroundings at Longdendale and Crowden to collect inspiration and set off your imagination.

Day 1 – The Ideas Day. Put together a quick group story, learn the key points of story structure and then work on your own on in small groups to write your own. In the afternoon, explore the woods around Longdendale Environmental Centre and collect sounds for Day 2.

Day 2 – The Music / Sound Day. Use yesterday’s sounds to create sonic landscapes for the location, or for your stories; or carry on writing inspired by the sound activities. Bring an instrument if you want.

Day 3 – Habitats Day. Find out more about Longdendale and Crowden from the Peak Park Rangers and develop your story’s characters. Decide what needs to go into the final Collection.

Day 4 – Completion Day. Make your finishing touches and record final versions in writing, audio recording or film. The results of the week will make up the Young Writers’ Camp Collection 2017, which anyone is free to use, develop and bring to life in projects in the future.

Click here to look at the Collection created in the Young Writers’ Camp 2016: Mind Your Head.

The main camp is for young people age 8+ (see below), but for young people age 13+ we had a special introductory masterclass with the award-winning theatre company 20 Stories High.

In the afternoon masterclass the award-winning, contemporary theatre company from Liverpool, came to Hadfield to show how to transform your thoughts and ideas into writing that’s “gritty, jumping, melodic, mashed-up, messed-up, booming, funny and heart-felt…”

Grand Unveiling of Orchard Textiles

Join us to celebrate and unveil Project eARTh’s ‘Orchard Textiles’. Participants worked with artist Amanda Whewell to learn about pattern design and then inspired by New Mills Community Orchard, create beautiful textile panels with hand printing, appliqué and embroidery. These have been stitched together to produce lovely curtains for High Lee Hall .

You will also be able to see participants’ sketch books fro the prject, and a photo display of the work in progress.

Thurs 27th April

11am – 1pm

Spring Bank Arts, Spring Bank, New Mills SK22 4BH

FREE event. tea, coffee, cakes.

Film Cuts Club

Lights, Camera, Action!

The Film Cuts Club is our filmmaking club for young people with additional needs, run by filmmakers Mark and Benn Turton.

Funded by BBC Children in Need, the group consists of young people from a broad range of ages and abilities.

The club aims to teach the full process of film making to all participants.

Fresh from the success of its preview night in mid February, the Film Cuts Club starts up again on Saturday March 11th 2017. The Club meets Saturdays at Hadfield Youth Club from 11am to 3pm:

11th, 18th, 25th March

1st and 8th April

10th, 17th, 24th June

1st, 8th and 15th July

If you know any young person who might want to join the Club, please contact Sophie on sophie@highpeakarts.org or phone 01663 744516.

Click here for information about our Young Writers’ Camp (18th – 21st April), open to all young people age 8+.

Unveiling, Celebration and Exhibition of Fused Glass Panels

Join us to celebrate Project eARTh’s amazing large scale glass panels, made by participants with artist Alex Blakey. The New Mills group made a triptych of Glossop, High Peak and Derbyshire scenes and landmarks for Manor House Surgery in Glossop, and the Buxton group created images of the four seasons, plus a summer seaside scene for Corbar View in Buxton.

Entry is FREE. Tea, coffee , yummy cakes and biscuits at affordable prices.

Ceramic and Felted Bird Boxes and Birds

We had a fantastic celebration of this project, with an exhibition of the work before the collection is dispersed to its new homes.

The New Mills Project eARTh group have worked in ceramics with Caroline Chouler-Tissier and felting with Carol Wilson, and have created these enchanting homes, which will be located across the High Peak.

Pop-ups and Mechanical Cards!

If you joined us on 17th September, you’ll be looking for your animated gifs of everything you made…

Thanks for coming along and making it an absorbing and creative session! And thanks to the bubble man for entertaining the throngs of people outside!!

Alison and Sophie were joined by artist, Katy McCall and people had come from as far away as Saddleworth. Youngest person, aged 2 tried out some simple pop-up, and others browsed our books to design something more mechanically challenging!

We’re spinning musical yarns again!

We are launching our Tall Tales programme for a third year and looking for new young people to join in the exciting programme to write stories and songs, play instruments and create visual art. The first 10 sessions are based on Fairfield in Buxton and Gamesley and are open to anyone aged 8+ and free to take part.

For the last two years the programme has made a final show from a published book, which was Blue John by Berlie Doherty in 2014, and 100% Wolf by Jayne Lyons in 2015. This year the ideas for the final show will be created by the groups themselves, starting with ideas formed at the Young Writers’ Camp in the Easter holidays. Project Manager, Sophie Mackreth, said “anyone who wants to feel creative for 2 hours a week should come along and find out what we’re doing – you can write a song, form a band, make a giant pop-up book and work with everyone else in drama and music.”

We are able to offer the programme for free as it is funded by Arts Council England, the Derbyshire Music Education Hub and with contributions from two local councillors, Caitlin Bisknell and Dave Wilcox. Previous years have shown young people develop in areas such as confidence, resourcefulness and team working – skills which contribute to their progress outside of the project. The final performance will be part of the Buxton Family Festival – so the whole community can share in the achievement of our local young people.

For more information phone Sophie on 01663 744 516 or click here to check out what happened on last year’s project.

Sessions are:

Fairfield: Wednesdays 6 – 8pm at Fairfield Sure Start, Victoria Park Road, Buxton, SK17 7PE, from Wednesday 27^th April to 13^th July (no session 1^st or 8^th June).

Gamesley: Thursdays 4.30 – 6.30pm at Gamesley Community Café, Winster Mews, Gamesley, SK13 0LU, from Thursday 28^th April to 14^th July (no session 2^nd or 9^th June).

‘The Buxton Story’ Unveiling

Join us to celebrate and unveil this glorious mosaic made for the Fenton Ward of the Cavendish Hospital in Buxton. Project eARTh participants have created this mosaic featuring much loved and familiar Buxton landmarks, with artist Debra Tracey. There will be tea and cake. FREE . All welcome.

Young Writers’ Camp

Our first Young Writers’ Camp to brought together all lovers of ideas, stories and words, with 23 young people joining four days of creation.

Designed for all our participants on youth projects, including: Tall Tales in Gamesley and Fairfield; Film Cuts Club in Hadfield; Music Arts Pod in schools.

It wasn’t about pens and paper – it was about ideas, stories and lyrics!

Click here to download the PDF book.

At the end of the fourth day the Collection became ‘Creative Commons’ and anyone is free to use, adapt, change and give ideas a new life when they return to the real world.

And here are the filmed stories to watch:

High Peak Community Arts

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