Creative Kirklees newsletter

Here is the latest Creative Kirklees newsletter, including details of Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and upcoming exhibitions, for my followers to peruse:

Top Rated This Week Individual: Dave Savage / Professional fool and artist Business: The Suitcase Dwellers / An Introduction Place: Heritage Quay / events News: PRESENT exhibition 14th Nov – 24th Dec 2015 Event: Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival Opportunity: Comoodle Online Resource Sharing Platform Tender 2015-16 Space: Co Up. Creative Coworking Spaces Image: 2015 Venue - Crafty Praxis Video: Saving Grace Collective: O2 Think Bigger Project Audio File: Resilience   Creative Kirklees Newsletter 18 November 2015 This week sees Huddersfield host the UK's largest international festival of experimental and new music – the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, or hcmf// as it’s known.  The 38th hcmf// promises a programme filled with cutting-edge music from a host of leading international composers and performers.  From Mexico to the USA and Québec, from Poland, Switzerland, Germany, Luxemburg and France, ensembles, quartets and soloists are travelling to perform at hcmf// this year as well as favourites and newcomers from the UK.  Don’t miss it! Huddersfield Hat guides will be out in venues this week but you can get advanced viewing of the guide at the Huddersfield Hat event  here and keep in touch via Facebook/HuddHat. If you’ve not taken part in the survey ‘Understanding the Kirklees Creative Ecology’ then please take a few minutes to complete this by 26 November.  The survey follows on from the recently commissioned report on the size and scale of the creative sector in Kirklees and aims to explore this further and get an understanding of what the sector actually looks like. If you are a creative business, or you use creativity in your business, please take this survey. There’s also another chance to have your say with this year’s Council budget consultation which is now out.  Follow this link and make sure you give your feedback.    Events Fri 27th Nov 2015 Auditory Recollections Friday 27 November Heritage Quay, 2pm hcmf// is keen to hear your stories about the Festival. Do you have a memory attached to a specific Festival or event? Did hcmf// spark an important life event for you, creative ...   Tue 3rd to Sat 28th Nov 2015 (4 weeks) Audrey Erbany- Exhibition @ Create Space- November 2015 Audrey Erbany 'Natures Beauty' 3rd - 28th November 2015 @ Create Space “As a successful Dutch artist, I followed my heart and moved to Suffolk U.K. in 2006. In 2012 we moved to Marsden, West Yorkshire and have fa...   Wed 25th to Fri 27th Nov 2015 (3 days) British Music Collection Tours Wednesday 25 + Friday 27 November Heritage Quay, 11am hcmf// is teaming up with Heritage Quay to offer a tour of the incredible British Music Collection, which we are lucky to have housed at the University of Hudders...   Thu 19th Nov 2015 Dragon's Voices - the Ancient Celtic Music of the Carnyx As part of our annual Sound, Vision, Place Festival Leading Scottish music archaeology performers John Kenney, John Purser and Patrick Kenney play music which illustrates the early development of wind instruments. The...   Sat 7th Nov 2015 to Sat 2nd Jan 2016 (2 months) Drawn In Exhibition This exhibition presents exciting new work by artists who each engage in drawing in very different ways. Their work explores the drawn line through mark making, textiles, printmaking, jewellery, ceramics, paper cutting a...   Thu 19th Nov 2015 Ensemble 360 Schubert - Violin Sonatina in a minor D 385 Brahms - Violin Sonata in G op 78 1:15pm Adult - £3.00 Senior - £2.00 Student - Free Tickets from – www.store.hud.ac.uk or 01484 471873   Sat 7th Nov 2015 to Sat 2nd Jan 2016 (2 months) For Prints’ Sake: Michelle Keegan, Flourish Exhibition Michelle Keegan is the winner of the 2014 Flourish Award. The Flourish Award was established in 2009 by West Yorkshire Print Workshop to champion and showcase excellence in printmaking across Yorkshire. The award now pro...   Sat 21st Nov 2015 Gabrielle Ducomble at Huddersfield Jazz Belgium-born vocalist Gabrielle Ducomble is now a firm favourite in her adopted UK, bringing a special blend of Gallic charm and sophistication to the British jazz scene. Singing in English and her native French, Gabrie...   Thu 19th Nov 2015 Grant Sharkey We are delighted to announce that Grant Sharkey as part of his 'The Ignoramus tour' is playing in coffeevolution on Thursday 19th November. Grant is a double bass playing musician and satirist and we very much look forwa...   Sat 21st to Sun 22nd Nov 2015 (2 days) Like Mother, Like Daughter Like Mother, Like Daughter A Complicite Creative Learning & Why Not Theatre production 21st November 2pm & 7pm 22nd November 2pm Northorpe Hall, Mirfield What is the most important thing a mother can pass on to ...   Mon 23rd Nov 2015 music at play - graphic scores for under 5s Monday 23 November Heritage Quay, 10am - 11.30am hcmf//'s partnership with Heritage Quay continues as we jointly host further family activity on Free Monday, as well as a workshop exploring the archive with local col...   Thu 19th Nov 2015 Outsiders Marie was there when the shots rang out, she saw it all happen. In court she looked across the room to meet her boyfriend’s gaze, but he looked straight through her – his eyes seemed unfocused, distant. Written by a...   Thu 26th Nov 2015 Phoenix Dance Theatre | Mixed Programme 2015 One of the UK’s leading contemporary dance companies presents four powerful works by some of the most innovative choreographers at work today. One of the most influential figures in world dance, Christopher Bruce CBE’...   Mon 23rd Nov 2015 Up in the Mountains Up in the Mountains Interactive Music Theatre for Children Monday 23 November Hudawi Centre, 12:30pm + 2pm The team who brought us Korall Koral in 2012 return, this time with a participatory performance piece e...   Opportunities Fri 11th Dec 2015 Artist submission for Herd of Sheffield project The Children’s Hospital Charity and Wild in Art are calling on creatives, artists and designers to join the stampede and submit designs for the Herd of Sheffield project. Next summer, a stampede of over 40 elephant sc...   Mon 1st Feb 2016 Funding to Develop Arts Based Activities in Education Arts organisations providing arts based activities in schools and further education colleges can apply for grants of up to £400,000 over four years through the Paul Hamlyn Foundation's Arts Based Learning Programme's “Mo...   Thu 26th Nov 2015 Help Create a Picture of the Kirklees Creative Sector The Creative Economy team recently commissioned a report to try to get a better understanding of the size and scale of the creative sector in Kirklees. Burns Owen Partnerships (BOP) undertook the research comparing the p...   Mon 11th Jan 2016 IYSS Funding Opportunities UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2015 IYSS Funding Streams for 2015-2016 have been opened. To apply email iyss.projects@kirklees.gov.uk with the key words (below) in the subject header to receive an application pack by auto reply. ...   News Thu 12th Nov 2015 Huddersfield Hat Feature with Crafty Praxis Start your Christmas gift shopping during the Huddersfield Hat weekend in the lovely Crafty Praxis shop, located in the Byram Arcade, opposite Blue Rooms. The shop is run by Huddersfield artist Elisa Etemad, selling...   Tue 17th Nov 2015 Huddersfield Hat Feature with Stems Stems with String Orchestra Start looking forward to a brilliant gig from Stems at the Byram Arcade, with guest artist, Finnish singer/songwriter, Mäkkelä, visiting Huddersfield to support Stems at Huddersfield Hat....   Thu 12th Nov 2015 PEOPLE · MAKE · PLACES: Beyond the Gallery Are you passionate about developing creative and culturally vibrant places? Do you want to engage with ideas and the possibilities of culture-led development in Huddersfield? Are you a decision maker and influencer, pl...   Wed 18th Nov 2015 The Huddersfield Hat Guide is OUT! Get ahead with what's going on during the Huddersfield Hat weekend, 4 - 6 December, with these daily guides: Friday 4 December: http://bit.ly/1Yg8T5R Saturday 5 December: http://bit.ly/1luqIjx Sunday 6 Decemb...   Profiles hcmf// / Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (hcmf//) is an annual international festival of contemporary and new music that takes place over 10 days each November consisting of approximately 50 events, including concerts, m...   Huddersfield Art Gallery / Exhibitions and Events Huddersfield Art Gallery houses a stunning exhibition of works from the Kirklees Collection, featuring internationally renowned artists such as L.S. Lowry and Henry Moore, alongside significant local artists. There’s an ...