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  • SMART

    SMART

    SMART (Serious Makers of ARTs) launched in October half term thanks to a new grant from Northern Rail Community Improvement Fund. The SMART scheme aims to support young people’s ambitions to enter the arts sector with a creative training scheme for age 13 – 25s, especially aimed at those interested in non-traditional routes into careers.

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  • Photography

    In the Spring, and luckily with sunny days, the Space to Explore group had a series of photography workshops with artist Mark Turton. With ‘attention to detail’ as our theme, participants explored the gardens and surrounds of St. Matthew’s Church and took lots of lovely photographs- including many of the beautiful flowers. Some people then

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  • Creative Writing and Shadow Puppets

      As a way of celebrating and enjoying participants’ special interests – including trains, ships, planes, Berlin, dragons, dogs, otters, octopi, penguins and planets – participants worked with artist Gordon MacClellan to create a splendid array of shadow puppets which we then wove into fun stories in our final session before the summer break. [foogallery

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  • Murderous Circus – brought the house down!

    Murderous Circus – brought the house down!

    Anyone who has seen a Tall Tales show before will know that the young members of High Peak Community Arts had a whirlwind ready to bring to Buxton, and on 13th August we played two shows of Murderous Circus on 13th August to sold-out and almost-sold-out audiences. More than 40 young people aged 8 –

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  • Murderous Circus practice resources

    The September version of the Eco Circus Finale signs:     Scene 12 – storming the circus The circus dance so far (nearly finished): The script – pretty much finished: Click to view: Murderous Circus Script-2

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  • It’s In our Nature – Save the Date for our Festival Showcase – Sunday 29th September.

    This year, the work from Project eARTh and the youth programme, as well as the results from our intergenerational holiday workshops will all feature in our Showcase, as part of New Mills Festival at Spring Bank Arts. Expect to see the building full of felted landscapes, felted and papier maché animals, a flock of doves,

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  • Space to Explore – we have a zine for you!

    We are proud to present our first piece of work from the Space to Explore project, a meeting point for neurodivergent people.  This Zine – “a Safe Space – to free your mind” came from workshops with autistic artist Charlie Collins, with Helen Robson leading on the theme of feeling safe. We want to display

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  • 13+ Youth Take Over at Illuminate Buxton

    If you remember the call out in October for young people aged 13+ to take part in music workshops you’ll be pleased to know that the group stepped into the limelight at Illuminate Buxton on Saturday 24th February. Calling themselves “The Echoes”, they showed four original tracks written since the end of last year, and

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  • It’s In Our Nature Holiday Workshops!

    It’s In Our Nature Holiday Workshops!

    We have more workshops coming up in the Easter holidays for our adult and young participants to share. In afternoon workshops on Monday 8th, Thursday 11th and Friday 12th April we will start putting together the final material for our September showcase of all that we love about nature and the natural world. Working in

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