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Spring and Summer Programme 2013

Our first outdoor event for 2013 is at Chapel Memorial Park, Rowton Grange Road,
Chapel-en-le-Frith

on Tuesday 2nd April from 10 am until noon

We will be putting up our yurt and running a “Bugs and Beasties” craft session

Buxton Project eARTh…’What’s in a Box?’

Dragon’s Nest

Buxton Project eARTh  did a  project from January – March 2013, called ‘What’s in a Box?’ with artist Katy McCall. After exploring with a wide range of media, each participant started with an empty box…and then created anything they wanted.

To inspire us, we visited the First Cut Exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery, where we also held our own workshop in one of the gallery’s studios. We finished with a wide variety of art work – from a Dragon’s nest to  pop up universe..

And here is  a  film of the boxes:

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

 

 

“I had a dream, which was not all a dream”

Candle in the dark

The Youth Arts Network High Peak have struck again with their second collaboration – set in the murky shadows of Peak Cavern.

 

On 2nd November three audiences were taken through the chambers of the cavern, led through a dystopic world of uncertainty, panic and thoughts of the future.  The performers have been on a journey which began in early September.

Kaleidoscope Youth TheatreAfter a tour around Pooles Cavern, Fairfield DreamScheme and Kaleidoscope Youth Theatre were full of ideas! They met up, talked through everything and came up with the two themes – Trapped and Lost & Found.

Kaleidoscope Youth Theatre, from Buxton Opera House took the Trapped theme, and after some research Sian Dudley found the poem Darkness, by Lord Byron and loved it!

“As a bit of a Zombie super-fan anything apocalyptic is a winner with me!”she says.

They tried out loads of ideas in the rehearsal stages like throwing water around, writing in chalk on the floor (the floor will never be clean again) and lifting each other in the air.  In the end it was Kaleidoscope Youth Theatrejust a case of asking ‘what looks the coolest, what makes sense and what can we do in a cave?’.   Sian was also able to work with sound designer, Sam Woolstencroft, to produce some original soundtrack for elements of the show.

She says

“Music has played a big part in shaping this piece. There is something extremely visceral about the modern British Drum and Bass music which really captures the essence of panic.”

Sam also worked with the idea of bird cry building as the light drops.

Fairfield DreamSchemeMeanwhile Fairfield DreamScheme had run with an idea for a mysterious disappearance, and more mystery when the group is reunited.  Some worked on the script, some wrote the joke sequences and then Britney came in with a rap!  DreamScheme first worked with High Peak Community Arts on We Make Our World last year, working with drama worker, Tammy Foley.   This year they’ve taken on the creative direction themselves, under DreamScheme member Tamara Lacey.  Who says

Fairfield DreamScheme“I’ve enjoyed taking more responsibility this year, but it’s been hard having one of the main parts as well – it is quite stressful.”

Sian from the Opera House came in to one of their last rehearsals to work on the grand finale, a piece for both groups to perform together.  Sam also took pre-recorded voice overs to feed into the mystery of their dialogue scenes.

Then lines had to be learned and costumes produced by young people from two local children’s homes.  Manchester-based theatre and costume designer, Nerissa Cargill Thompson, spent 4 evenings on steam-punk customisation of a range of jackets, and a double costume for the character of Eve, who ages 50 years during the story.

After an afternoon of rehearsals to get used to the challenging environment of the cave, the whole show was ready to open for it’s three consecutive runs.  Audiences quickly got used to Fairfield DreamSchemebeing part of the action as they were asked for help and pushed around into new positions.

 

After all the shocks, the laughs and the drama closed, Eve delivers her message about the future of planet earth, and the audience were asked –

what would you do if you only had one year left?

 

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Picnic in the Park

Friends of Chinley Park Celebratory Day!

Jim Lampard led an afternoon of music making at the  Picnic in the Park in Chinley Park on Saturday 30th June 2012.  Weird and wonderful  scrap musical instruments were made under Jim’s expert guidance.

 

Intergenerational poetry

Hadfield, Padfield and Tintwistle Intergenerational project

Intergenerational poetry: The poems were part of a final day for the HPTI project which was all about different generations working and learning together, film work, games, challenges were all part of the process of this project and participants put in a lot of work, ideas and energy.  The upshot was that stereotypes were challenged and young and old got to learn and develop thier skills together.  The poetry created reflects both the project and ideas about generations, thanks to everyone that took part, the project was a real inspiration.

Together

Young and old come to meet

Session 1 was a real treat

Introductions who am I?

Quizzes, games no one was shy

As time went by relations grew

People joined together to learn something new

Valued others shared their knowledge

Is this an intergenerational college?

The week flew by we’ve almost done

And yet as always this session is fun

We celebrate, write poetry and rhyme

I hope we’ll meet again another time

 

Picture Perfect

Fixed in monochrome

Preserved for the future

No colour film then

 

The Challenge

Intergenerational working in theHighPeak

Based on wartime- memories to seek

Two generations to bring together

During summer holidays, despite winter weather

Older and younger, never met before

Offer a warm welcome to all at the door

Lunch is served at the start of each session

Before fun activities and sharing of treasured possessions

Start with an icebreaker to get to know names

Followed by a series of competitive games

Activities that all can participate and share

Regardless of age, ability or cares.

New friendships and relationships start to develop

Trust, respect and understanding of each

A sharing of knowledge, life and culture

Expectations, hopes, future dreams to reach

Week 5 already end of the project

Did we achieve what we hoped to achieve

We’ve made new friends bonded and gelled

Explained wartime objects, stories told

We’ve captured the sessions in sound and vision

We’ve recorded the memories in picture and film

Thanks to the techies Jordan and Sam

Two of the most friendly, talented men

It’s a pity to finish, a real shame to end

We hope you’ve enjoyed the time that you’ve spent

With us here on Fridays during the summer

Making new friends, having fun and in charlotte and Morgan’s case

“Being quiz runners.”

 

The Game

There was silence in the air

The wind and rain had stopped

The thought of Christmas sad

Away from home and family

The food we had was bad.

No longer guns were heard

No smoke, no screams, no mud

We played the game with the enemy

Shared food and drink and love

Now the day is over the

Guns and smoke begin

The killing and the maiming

How stupid it all seems

Why must we war and fight

Can talk and reason be?

Let people live in harmony

Good friends respect and love

Maybe then we will learn to respect

The power above.

 

Haiku

Fun Relay Quizzes

Racing against each other

Running towards Lynn

 

Generations

BEING 15… in

1953

Left school in ankle socks to start work at the Pan Yan Pickle factory £2 per week. Nightmare of mouldy clogs and overalls. Still played out at night

1965

Got my last doll, not grown up yet but after that no more Dolls.

1971

Got my first job £14 per week, had to give £10 to Mum.

2012

Mobile phones, laptops, hair dye, make up, clothes,

Boyfriends, parties, family and friends. Girls like cars and money.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preview from rehearsals – Darkness

Here’s a little teasy taster from Tuesday’s rehearsal!

 

 

 

Performances are at 6.30, 7.30 and 8.30pm on Friday 2 November 2012, Peak Cavern, Castleton.  Tickets can be booked through Buxton Opera House Box Office, 01298 72190.

 

Find High Peak Community Arts and Youth Arts Network High Peak on Facebook, and read more on our website: www.highpeakarts.org

 

Please note – The paths of the cavern are uneven and sometimes slippery.  If you use a wheelchair please get in touch before booking your ticket.  We are also planning to use some strobe lighting effects, again please get in touch to let us know if you are unable to view this technique.  Call Sophie at High Peak Community Arts on 01663 744 516.

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Glossop Community Project

HPCA is currently working in Partnership with Leicester University to look at what people think about the community in Glossop.  We are running arts workshops with groups and we are planning a couple of open sessions at Glossop Market. The market sessions are open to anyone , we will be  creating  cartoons and maps for the day and  asking for your thoughts, the dates for this are October 19th and 20th 2012.

The idea is to gather stories, thoughts, feelings about Glossop and its community.  If you have anything you want to contribute to the project then why not get in touch.  There will be an exhibition in January 2013 for this project we are currently inviting people to contribute something to this project exhibition, it can be poetry, painting, drawing, photography etc.  Please contact us for more information the deadline for submissions is November 30th 2012. email jan@highpeakarts.org for more details.

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