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  • The AI Debate

    the AI Debate settled at New Mills Festival Click here to fill in the baseline survey. Over the summer High Peak Community Arts’ youth programme has been grappling with one of the most divisive issues in the arts today – the use of generative AI to create writing, art, music and even choreography.  So as

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  • Strings of Power entrances all!

    Strings of Power entrances all!

    On 11th August High Peak Community Arts presented their 12th annual youth show to entertain the whole family, and this year we partnered with Glossop’s newest venue – The Empire. The yearly project, Tall Tales, relaunched at Easter when the first ideas for the story began from a theme of ‘Undercover’.  Nearly 100 young people have

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  • Sheep to Craft

    This project ran for two years, with a slight overspill caused by covid! This year, once the sheep were sheared, the best of the fleece was sent to Griffiths Mill to be spun into Aran yarn.  This has now been returned,  and together with one / two skeins of chunky hand spun wool from last

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  • Derbyshire Makes Cats Competition

    Film Cuts Club be getting involved with the Derbyshire Makes festival on the 15th and 16th April and we’re asking you to get involved by entering your own videos for our Derbyshire Makes Cats Competition. The winners will be announced at the festival, so make sure to submit your entry by the 29th March for

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  • Derbyshire Makes

    Derbyshire Makes

    We’re excited to announce our partnership with Derbyshire Makes! Glossop is about to burst into life with creativity as we embark upon a brand-new, three-year cultural programme, which kicks off with an exciting free festival. This celebration will bring together artists, makers, and the community to explore and showcase craftsmanship across the county. The Glossop

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  • SMART – Serious Makers of ART returns

    the second Creative Training Camp is here! Click here to sign up for February half term. 

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  • Derbyshire Makes

    We are excited to announce our involvement in Derbyshire Makes – a new three-year programme to celebrate making in all its forms and shine a spotlight on the county’s extraordinary creative and cultural industries.  It also aims to nurture people’s creative potential and build new skills across the county for the future. Led by Arts

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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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  • Alison Bowry at HPCA – 1990 to 2024

    Alison Bowry at HPCA – 1990 to 2024

    Alison Bowry started working for High Peak Community Arts in 1990 and has tirelessly spearheaded the organisation’s work in both disability arts and creative health. Early projects included youth and community drama, such as The Heart of the Stone – a Buxton community play in 1990 – and The Water is Pink and Other Colours

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