Celebrate Gorleston

Richard and Tom Harrison have published their book ‘Celebrate Gorleston’  which centres on the connection between the Gorleston Pageant of 1908 and the Millenium Manuscript project of 2000, which Tom was involved in.  The book, which is over 100pp long and is in full colour,  features many previously unpublished images. To buy Celebrate Gorleston, phone 01493 601742 or email gorleston1976@gmail.com.

iwitness24

Archant has launched a new project which allows people to share their photographs, videos and stories with their newsrooms as well as friends and followers.  iwitness24 can be used on your PC, iPhone or Android device.  Visit www.iwitness24.co.uk to find out more.

NORWICH HARP FESTIVAL

As many of you will be aware by now, the first annual Norwich Harp Festival will shortly be upon us. It is being held at Thorpe St. Andrew School, 3rd March. This is not just for students as anybody can come along and listen to the participants, look at some beautiful harps, or just attend the afternoon recital by our esteemed adjudicator, Danielle Perrett.

The morning will kick off at 10am on 3rd March, with 5 classes ranging from beginners through to some rather advanced students. These classes will be critiqued by Danielle and each participant will receive a certificate to commemorate their involvement. We will have a short break for lunch (unfortunately not provided) then in the afternoon Danielle will play a selection of pieces to include the UK premiere of a new Harp Sonata by Stewart Green.

We are very lucky to be able to include this, and Stewart has kindly offered to be present on the day to sign copies of his books, many of which the students will have used. We also have the generous support of Pilgrim Harps at the event, who will be available to perform servicing and repairs on students’ harps. Please let me know if you would like your harp looked at. They will also be bringing a selection of their harps for students to play so if you are looking to buy a harp or upgrade, this is the perfect opportunity! Information supplied by  Rebecca Witts.  For more details click here

Talk by Ian Gibson

Landscape Art Workshops

Waveney & Blyth Arts & Black Dog Arts proudly present three Landscape Art Workshops with Katarzyna Coleman, Sarah Cannell and Mary Spicer.  Demand for places will be high, so email Jan now to provisionally book yours. Email jan@ollandstreet.co.uk

Each workshop will start with a 3/4 mile stroll through the last enchanted land of “The Saints”, a few miles outside Bungay, stopping en route to choose, draw and photograph an inspiring view.  Your view will be the basis of your landscape artwork.

The three artists have been chosen because they each use very different approaches to landscape art and very different techniques.

Sunday 15th April 11am to 3.30pm St James Village Orchard, South Elmham Hall and Minster
Katarzyna Coleman uses all kinds of black and white media – from charcoal to chalk.  Views are built up in layers, partly erased with putty and plastic rubbers, fixed with fixative, built up again……….    The results are magnificent, massive, misty land and townscapes.

Saturdays  21st and 28th July 11am to 3.30 pm both days.
Mary Spicer uses texture, as well as colour. Adding all manner of texture pastes, acrylics, coloured inks, ripped, torn and reassembled paper, to her compositions she produces powerful 3D mixed media paintings of the farmed landscape, often scarred and criss crossed by farm machinery.

Dates to be confirmed
Sarah Cannell uses “Plextol” to transfer parts of black and white photocopies of printouts of photographs onto MDF.  Embedded in the picture plane these prints form mysterious black and white focal points in the midst of haunting, acrylic & mixed media, colour paintings.

 Completed works will be shown  as part of “Celebrate the Waveney & Blyth” September 2012 programme, when the public will be invited to walk and enjoy the views for real – and the views’ artistic interpretations.

Craftmania workshops

Craftmania has a schedule of craft workshops between 19th January and 10th March 2012 – including calligraphy, pergamano and cardmaking.  For a full list of workshops go to the Craftmania facebook page www.facebook.com/craftmaniacrafts

All lessons are £8 each, and spaces are limited so advance booking is required.  Either call in at Craftmania, 22 KING STREET GREAT YARMOUTH or 6 MILTON ROAD EAST LOWESTOF,  email craftmania@btconnect.com  or phone 01493 843666 – 01502 218281

A treasure trove for craftspeople, Craftmania is an independent craft company,which aims to supply a complete mixture of products but prides itself on its paper crafting ranges, with everything you need for Scrap-booking and Cardmaking. They also stock a large range of wool and haberdashery as well as beading!

somewhereto_ Showcase Event

Wednesday 25th January 2012

Creative Arts East is offering young people the opportunity to perform at a Showcase Event during the Money, Employment & Learning Fair as part of the somewhereto_ project at The Forum, Norwich on Wed. 25 January 2012 from 10am – 4pm!

The Showcase offers 16-25 year olds somewhereto_ perform their comedy, music, magic, acting, performing, dancing, whatever their act, to a fresh audience in the centre of Norwich!

This is an AMAZING opportunity for young people to get their performance seen, and there will also be an opportunity to have 1:1 guidance sessions with an industry expert. Please share this information with young people and forward it to any relevant contacts, as we don’t want any young performers to miss the opportunity to perform!

Amplification is prohibited at this event.

If you would like more information about the Showcase, or to pre-book a slot please e-mail Elly Wilson at elly@somewhereto.org

somewhereto_ is a nationwide project, inspired by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, to help young people find the space they need to do the things they love within sport, culture and the arts. somewhereto_ is run by Livity, a youth engagement agency, in media partnership with Channel 4 Education and funded by Legacy Trust UK. Creative Arts East is the Regional Coordinator for the East. ‘somewhereto_Showcase’ Events are supported by the Norfolk Community Foundation.

www.somewhereto.com

Not Strictly Ballroom

Need to get those Dance Shoes back on?
The first of our January dances is on 14th January  at Gorleston, 8pm – 11pm – £5 as usual, and you are welcome to bring along your own refreshments.

Wednesday Evening Dance
Don’t forget that you can join us on Wednesday evenings in Gorleston for a relaxed evening 8pm – 10pm for just £3

Valentines Dance
Saturday February 11th sees our Valentines dance at Gorleston too. A chance to dress up and be romantic?
8pm – 11pm and £5 as normal. Tickets available now.

More information on all our dances here or call 0777 556 1664.

East Anglian Artists Development Prize

Artists under 40 living in Norfolk, Suffolk & Essex are invited to enter the East Anglian Artists Development Prize. The winner will receive a solo exhibition at Anteros Arts Foundation and £5000 to put towards training or a project that will further their artistic skills and career. An exhibition of shortlisted artists will be held in March/April.

For full details visit www.anteros.co.uk/artistsprize

Deadline for submissions is 14th January 2012

Mark Wilsher, Administrator & PA
ANTEROS ARTS FOUNDATION
Tel: 01603 766 129 Mob: 07941 280 934

Creating Safety: child protection and youth arts

Creating Safety: child protection and youth arts
28th March 2012, 9.45am – 4pm, The Garage, Norwich

This one day course is essential training for anyone working within youth arts, but especially those using more physical art forms, such as dance and drama. The training will cover current child protection legislation in line with the requirements of the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB), within the context of delivering a youth arts project and includes a “safe touch” section, exploring how child protection guidelines can be maintained within more physical art forms.

It will be of benefit to individuals and organisations looking to develop their own child protection policy and maintain standards of good practice, providing practical advice and guidelines to develop confidence and sensible structures around child protection issues within youth arts.

All participants will receive a certificate of attendance upon successful completion of the course and a wealth of practical resources. There is a special rate fee of £75 available on this course.

For more information, or to request a booking form, please visit the Artswork website: www.artswork.org.uk/open-courses or contact the Professional Development Manager, Rachel Hall: rachel@artswork.org.uk  or call 02380 332491.

Artswork Ltd is the national youth arts development agency