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We are so delighted to be collaborating with Kirklees Museums and Kirklees Culture Declares on this project for Our Biennale. The project started with our children and young people drawing one of a shortlist of five birds at risk in our area: cuckoo, twite, ring ouzel, curlew and yellow hammer. Writer Rob Cowen chose the cuckoo […]
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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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We have loved being part of the Honley Feast Parade in collaboration with Rhythm Sticks. With a nod to the history of Honley Feast when the day would start with a circus parading through the streets Katie Mallard from Rhythm Sticks led a samba band wearing hand-made costumes-(lions and giraffes ) and children from Farnley
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A great day full of energy and creativity at Unity Day in Hyde Park, Leeds. Supporting University of Huddersfield and their Rotor project we offered children and families the chance to get creative with cardboard and to visualise their community by drawing each other. Thanks to the School of Art, Design and Architecture at
Another lovely project for our children and young people- the Holmfith Christmas parade takes place on 26th November at 4.30 and will be shimmering and glittering with gorgeous icy crowns, Jack Frost masks and wonderful capes depicting wintery scenes. The children and young people have embraced the opportunity to create sculpted wearables and to represent
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The Children’s Art School is expanding into Huddersfield town centre bringing more opportunities for hands-on creativity to more children and young people in Kirklees. We are very pleased to announce that we have secured funding from Kirklees Councils Arts in the Neighbourhood scheme for a 6 month residency in Huddersfield’s Byram Arcade starting in January 2017.
All our groups have been busy imagining what Hope Bank Pleasure Gardens must have looked like Little Art Club have created flowers for the garden and a train for visitors to ride in.. and have used printing techniques to create a train track… Intermediates have been drawing carousels using charcoal and collaged characters into
“Wanted – your memories of Hope Bank Pleasure Grounds” Family Open Day – Saturday 29th October 1pm-4pm We have been working with Holme Valley Sharing Memories group to create a range of artworks to support their open day inviting residents from the Holme Valley to share their memories of Hope Bank Pleasure Grounds near Honley. The
WOW! What an amazing day! We are so proud to have been a part of the Holmfirth Arts Festival Creature Carnival Parade.. The Children’s Art School provided the ‘Bird’ section of the parade- here they all are pre-parade but ready to go!! Little Art Club and Juniors were ducklings hatching out of eggs: Whilst their
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What an amazing end to our Ebb and Flow project! Our young artists (11-13 years old), having produced the most wonderful drawings and paintings, took part in a ‘happening’ which combined projections of the artworks with improvised music, sound and readings of their flow of consciousness poems. Led by the amazing Charlotte Watson and
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