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May 17, 2014

Previous Events Summer Days 2014 Uncategorized

Open House at High Peak Community Arts – Saturday 17th May 10A.M – 4P.M

As part of the new ARTS FEST in New Mills, we hosted an open day at High Lea Hall on May 17th. We had a lovely day; the sun shone for us and lots of families and individual people called in to chat, make some art and watch our films. The most popular films of
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April 29, 2014

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ICAF 2014: Sin Palabras workshop with Marco Ferreira

Part of the ICAF 2014, Rotterdam. The workshop room was almost in darkness and Marco Ferreira from Portugal welcomed us in silently. Pens and paper on the floor showed us where we should settle in a circle and Marco set about explaining the first activity – in silence, but not ‘sin palabras’, without words –
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April 29, 2014

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ICAF 2014: Ultimate team building… a view from the van

How do you build a network of wildly different organisations spread across a region of 6,000 square miles into a team of co-workers? A snap shot of an EMPAF meeting would show you that there are not enough hours even in a day-long meeting for passionate people to get everything off their chest. Everyone has
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April 29, 2014

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ICAF – The International Community Arts Festival, Rotterdam 2014

High Peak Community Arts have played an active part in the delegation from EMPAF (East Midlands Participatory Arts Forum), travelling to Holland and taking part in the Caravan of Dreams tour in the lead up to the ICAF event itself. Working over the course of 5 days, with Paul Steele from Junction Arts, Andy Barrett
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April 22, 2014

Community Projects Festivals and Events Uncategorized

Coming to a festival near you…

Taking inspiration from our Tales in a Tent series we will be extending what we offer at festival events around the High Peak and beyond. Weird and wonderful, the bigger the better – watch this space!!
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April 10, 2014

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Celebrating Arts for Wellbeing

Friday 16th May at Blythe House Hospice, Chapel en le Frith. All are welcome to the ‘switch on’ of the beautiful hand- made paper globe, made by High Peak Community Arts’ Project eARTh with artist Caro Inglis, for Bythe House Hospice. The Lighting of the Globe will be from 12 noon – 2pm, with light
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March 29, 2014

2014 Archive National Foundation for Youth Music Previous Events Tall Tales Uncategorized Youth Music funded

Tall Tales – the Music Sessions

Brand new music sessions are running in Gamesley, Glossop and Fairfield, Buxton. Gamesley sessions run from 23rd April and the next 12 Wednesdays at 4 – 6pm at the Gamesley Community Cafe, Winster Mews. Fairfield sessions run in the Fairfield Dreamscheme sessions from 29th April and for the next 12 Tuesdays, 6 – 8pm at
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March 27, 2014

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Artist Katy McCall at Chinley School Fair

MAY 17TH 2014 CHINLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL 12 NOON – 4PM There will be lots to do at Chinley fair this year, stall, games, great food, tea, coffee, jewellery, bric a brac, prizes, book and stories. Fun for all ages and all proceeds go toward the school HPCA is supporting the event with Artist
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March 20, 2014

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Dame Joan Bakewell becomes our Patron

We are delighted with our new champion, Dame Joan Bakewell, who was born and educated in Stockport. She is one of the country’s foremost journalists and broadcasters and was awarded a life peerage in 2010. She has a special interest in the arts and the elderly, and said: “I am delighted to give High Peak Community
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