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Have a look at our fantastic animation created in collaboration with Sharing Memories with all the visuals created by our 11-17yr olds at The Children’s Art School. The animation is based around memories of local people who shared their stories about Hope Bank Pleasure Gardens in Honley. Many of the children came to our classes […]
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Woven is a Kirklees celebration of all things Textiles taking place between 8th-16th June 2019 As part of Woven The Children’s Art School have been busy delivering the Future Fashion Challenge project to Kirklees schools for the festival. We have recruited 16 schools and worked with 500 children to deliver artist led workshops developing innovative
Fantastic animation created with 5 schools across Kirklees. Poetry, visual art, animation, music and sound- brilliant!
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In the last few weeks we have worked with 330 children in 5 schools across Kirklees to create an animation around the theme of Darkness and Light; another project for Our Biennale www.ourbiennale.org 4 primary schools ( Marsden I and N, Birkby Juniors, Hillside Primary and Holmfirth JI and N) initially developed ideas through poetry
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We have loved facilitating this collaboration between artist Zoe Robertson and Phoenix Dance, Leeds for Our Biennale www..ourbiennale.org. Not only have dance and art students worked together to really challenge their creativity but the outcomes will be taken into Kirklees schools to produce new dances which will be performed at the Our Biennale finale on
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With support from the Penistone Line Partnership the first station to hang paintings for the Great Kirklees Railway Exhbition is Honley. 30 paintings are now exhibited along the platform at Honley Station depicting Castle Hill, Honley, The Penistone Line and the Tour de France. Both colour and imagery reflect the theme of Darkness and Light
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We have made a start on one of the exciting projects for Our Biennale 2018 (an arts festival for children and young people in Kirklees taking place this autumn). The Great Kirklees Railway Exhibition aims to create 100 paintings by Kirklees children and young people to be exhibited along platforms of stations along the Penistone
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As well as our fabulous swarms of buzzing bees our older groups made their very own flying machines alongside The Children’s Art School Director Chloe Williams who was commissioned to make her own fantastical flying machine. Using willow and tissue paper the groups started by creating wings or balloons: Then used junk modelling to create
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We have loved being involved in this years Holmfirth Arts Festival Parade, working alongside Bee from Handmade Parade and artist Dave Young: With the theme of Flight we had a fantastic few weeks working in the Market Hall , Holmfirth delivering our own sessions and helping out at the public workshops… We created bee
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With support from Holme Valley Parish Council we have been creating paintings to be exhibited around Holmfirth for the coming festivals. These photographs show works in progress by year 5 at Holmfirth JI and N school. Gorgeous colourful paintings which represent the festivals and the community events in Holmfirth. Look out for them in the
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