Creative Kirklees newsletter

Here is the latest Christmas edition of the Creative Kirklees newsletter:

Top Rated This Week Individual: Mark Milnes / Sculptor & Painter Business: Orangewood / Orangewood Place: Unna Way / A B O U T News: Learn a new skill for the new year at WYPW! Event: Chris Fallowfield- Exhibition @ CREATE SPACE Opportunity: Co Up. January 2016 Hot Desk Offer Space: Co Up. Creative Coworking Spaces Image: Queensgate Market roof Video: University of Huddersfield Brass Band, 7 Dec 2015 Audio File: Resilience   Seasonal Creative Kirklees Newsletter 16 December 2015 Welcome to the last Creative Kirklees newsletter for 2015.  We’ve picked out a selection box of creative events for you to join in with over the next few weeks and into January.   Here’s a date for your diary for early next year. The next People.Make.Places event will take place on Wednesday 3 February, 6 – 8.30pm at Café Ollo in The Media Centre, Huddersfield and more details about the event will follow in January.  In brief it will include Brent Woods as Chair (Chief Executive The Media Centre) and presentations from Nick Bax (Director Humanstudio) and Darren Evans (Design Director, The Engine Room).  Get the date on your new 2016 calendar! Keep adding your events, news and opportunities to Creative Kirklees and for those of you with a profile perhaps the New Year is a good time to get it refreshed and updated and remind everyone what you do? Thanks for using Creative Kirklees over the last year - the site keeps growing and growing. Have a good time over the festive season and enjoy plenty of creative activities.   Events Thu 17th Dec 2015 Alex Hutchings Workshop This is an interactive session so students are welcome to ask questions at any time and even get up on stage to have a go. World renowned guitarist Alex Hutchings has been blessed by gaining a national and internati...   Tue 15th to Thu 17th Dec 2015 (3 days) Christmas Comedy Cellar It’s our regular Comedy Cellar, with bells on: three nights of ho-ho-hilarity with a festive sprinkling, perfect for an evening out with friends or an alternative office party. Our fully licensed bar will be open throu...   Sat 5th to Sun 20th Dec 2015 (2 weeks) Christmas Cookie Decorating Treat family and friends this Christmas with deliciously decorated tasties. Join the team in the museum cafe to create your own silly slogans, loving messages or funny jokes on our scrumptious Christmas cookies. This one...   Wed 7th Oct to Thu 24th Dec 2015 (3 months) Christmas Crafts and Canapes Looking for an alternative to the usual Christmas party? Why not book our Studio for your own private party? Come together and enjoy some festive crafts - choose from decoupage decorations; festive fused glass or Chr...   Tue 22nd Dec 2015 Christmas Flower Arranging Brighten up your home this Christmas with a beautiful handmade flower arrangement. Learn from our expert Flowers by Glen to make your own table centrepiece for the Christmas meal or colourful vase arrangement. £35.00 ...   Sat 19th Dec 2015 Christmas Singing at Holmfirth Co-op Store Join the ladies of Vocal Expressions Ladies Choir in singing some of your favourite Christmas songs and carols whilst having welcome break from your shopping. Between 10am and 12 noon.   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...   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...   Mon 21st Dec 2015 Gordon Stewart/Huddersfield Boys & Girls Choirs & Adam Finchett Many of the audience say their Christmas really begins with this lunchtime concert. Gordon Stewart is this year joined by the 70 voices of the Huddersfield Boys’ and Girls’ Choirs and the brilliant young percussionist A...   Sun 20th Dec 2015 Hepworth Band Christmas Concert Join the band for its popular Christmas Concert at Christ Church, New Mill, Holmfirth with a programme of seasonal music, carols and festive favourites all served up with mulled wine and mince pies to get you in the fest...   Thu 17th Dec 2015 Orchestra of Opera North: A Joyous Christmas The Orchestra of Opera North is joined by the combined voices of the Chorus of Opera North, Opera North Children’s Chorus and Youth Chorus in a joyous concert that will fill you with festive cheer! The annual Dewsbury Ch...   Wed 30th Dec 2015 Orchestra of Opera North: Viennese Whirl Be swept off your feet and into the New Year by this afternoon of Viennese classics. One of the season’s highlights for many, do book early as this ever-popular concert regularly sells out. This year's programme include...   Sat 14th Nov to Thu 24th Dec 2015 (1 month) PRESENT exhibition 14th November – 24th December 2015 Are you looking for that unique Christmas gift for friends and family this year? Then make sure you visit our PRESENT exhibition at West Yorkshire Print Workshop in Mirfield. We have a wide range of contemporary...   Sat 9th to Sat 16th Jan 2016 (1 week) Sleeping Beauty Huddersfield Light Opera Company return with another lavish pantomime, promising spectacular staging, side-splitting comedy, breathtaking costumes and popular songs. Once upon a time in a faraway land called Tiddletwi...   Fri 11th to Sun 27th Dec 2015 (2 weeks) Snow White A lonely child with an eye for adventure. A wronged stepmother. A magical mirror. A poisoned apple. A brass band of musical miners… This playful and hugely imaginative take on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale is set in o...   Thu 17th Dec 2015 The Albion Christmas Band A seasonal mixture of carols, spoken word, humorous readings and dance from an all-star line-up of folk greats, this show really is the perfect way to ease into the festive spirit. Take a guided tour through the Chris...   Opportunities Thu 31st Dec 2015 'Soul Searching': call for exhibitors In early January we will be putting together an exhibition of mental health related artwork, which will be on display in the 2nd floor galleries at Dewsbury Museum throughout the first quarter of the year. We are inte...   Fri 15th Jan 2016 Artistic Director (Joint Chief Executive), Pilot Theatre This is an exciting opportunity for an inspirational Theatre Director Pilot Theatre is one of the UK’s foremost national touring companies known for our culturally diverse, inventive and exciting programme of work. ...   Tue 5th Jan 2016 Gallery Manager at S1 Artspace, Sheffield S1 Artspace has a current vacancy for a Gallery Manager. They will be responsible for managing the development and effective delivery of all activity related to the public programme and smooth running of the organisation...   Mon 18th Jan 2016 HOOT IS RECRUITING: MANAGER, Creative Arts & Mental Health Servi HOOT IS RECRUITING MANAGER, Creative Arts & Mental Health Service/ Out of the Blue Starting salary £25,440 (pro rata) + pension contribution; 0.6 fte - 22.2 hours Hoot is looking for an experienced arts & health Pro...   News Wed 16th Dec 2015 Creative Europe: measuring the creative industries of the EU Nesta have produced a new report that measures the creative industries of the EU. The report compares the size and growth of the EU’s creative industries, making it possible to benchmark the performance of different cou...   Wed 16th Dec 2015 Helping Creative start-ups, freelancers & practitioners in 2016 As a creative freelancer, consultant or sole trader you might be looking for that fresh start, a place to get your head down, to meet clients or other like-minded creatives? Co Up. is a brand new Creative Coworking Sp...