Creative Kirklees newsletters

Here are the latest Creative Kirklees newsletters for my followers to peruse:

Top Rated This Week Individual: Huddersfield Bach Collegium / ADM Productions Business: Holmbridge Rural Fairs / Holmbridge Rural Fairs Place: Mirfield Arts Festival / Star Trek Event News: HUDDERSFIELD CARNIVAL ROUNDUP! Event: Digital Transformation Event - The Internet of Things Opportunity: Building Resilience: Fundraising & Revenue Diversification Prog Space: Studio / Room Hire Image: Marshfest 2017 July 22nd Video: Sabira Jade - Law Of Attraction Audio File: Resilience   Creative Kirklees Newsletter 11 July 2017   Welcome again, to this week’s Newsletter.  We can’t bring you sunshine but we can certainly bring you a vast array of creativity! We’re keeping our fingers crossed that the weather improves for Mirfield Arts Festival coming up this weekend – why not pop along and take a flight at this year’s Star Trek themed event? With mostly free activities taking place at over 12 venues throughout Mirfield for 3 days, there’ll be something to suit everyone – and don’t forget the Festival Parade on Sunday! If you fancy a night out, Creative Scene’s tour of its fabulous pub quiz performance ‘It’s Your Round’ is in full swing this week - the quiz with a cabaret twist by Scary Little Girls could be coming to a local near you!  They’re at The Leggers Inn, Dewsbury tonight! And, with the school summer holidays nearly upon us, if you’re looking out for activities to entertain your children, remember to check out the What’s On section of Creative Kirklees. Might a Summer School Safari appeal to them or perhaps a Play Vinyl Kids Workshop?  The site is continually being updated so keep your eye out!   Events Fri 14 to Sun 16 Jul 2017 (3 days) A Weekend of Wonderful Things This summer, we're celebrating our 40th anniversary with A Weekend of Wonderful Things. On 14 to 16 July 2017, from dawn until dusk, encounter everything that is wonderful about YSP with a range of special events and exp...   Mon 03 Jul to Sat 02 Sep 2017 (2 months) Change exhibition at Batley Art Gallery The sub-title for this year's 'Change' project is 'Igniting Imagination' - precisely what this annual project aims to do by placing artists in local schools to lead creative workshops linked to topics in the National Sci...   Fri 14 Jul 2017 Dulahli - Small Seeds, Huddersfield 'Friday Night Jive' presents DULAHLI Friday 14th July - Small Seeds, Huddersfield FREE ENTRY Future Soul quartet from Leeds, mixing hip-hop, jazz and electronics.   Fri 07 Jul to Sat 12 Aug 2017 (1 month) Engage in Colour Abstract artists from around Yorkshire and beyond are to exhibit with members of ARTbound Community in responding to a theme that is bursting with vibrancy and form. ‘Engage in Colour’ is an abstract-themed collaborat...   Sun 16 Jul 2017 Hope for Troubled Times The Huddersfield Bach Collegium are very pleased to announce that for this performance the orchestra and choir will be joined by three exceptional soloists - Edwin Kaye (bass), Xiang Ting Teng (soprano) and Terence Ayeba...   Tue 11 Jul 2017 It's Your Round at The Leggers Inn, Dewsbury A PUB QUIZ WITH A CABARET TWIST IS ALL WE CAN REVEAL. £4 per ticket or £12 for a team of 4 Join quiz mistress and pub landlady Pat Pinch as she crams your local with live music, prizes and of course a few drinks. ...   Sat 29 Jul 2017 Let's Go Yorkshire presents Let's Play Vinyl Kids Workshops Let's Go Yorkshire​ presents Let’s Play Vinyl Kids Workshops Saturday 29 July 2017 Heritage Quay, 9 Queensgate, Huddersfield HD1 3DH Workshop One: 11.30am-12.30pm Workshop Two: 1pm-2pm For Yorkshire Day 2017 Her...   Fri 14 to Sun 16 Jul 2017 (3 days) Mirfield Arrts Festival 'Mirfield takes Flight' is an Arts Festival with a difference - activities over 12 venues for 3 days where - 1) We'll celebrate ALL the Art Forms 2) We'll celebrate Mirfield's connection with Capt. Jean Luc Picard & St...   Sat 15 to Sun 16 Jul 2017 (2 days) Mirfield Arts Festival Weekend at WYPW Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th July 2017 10.30 – 4 Join us for a fun-filled weekend of family activities as part of the Mirfield Arts festival! Activities include: – Launch of our lastest exhibition ‘Frogs, Bear...   Sat 15 to Sun 16 Jul 2017 (2 days) Mirfield Arts Festival: FREE activities @ CAH Join us for the 2nd Mirfield Arts Festival, a celebration of all things creative across multiple venues in the town centre. At the Hub we’ll be open from 10.30am to 4pm on both Saturday and Sunday (15th/16th July), and h...   Thu 20 to Thu 27 Jul 2017 (1 week) Needle Felting Course Learn to shape raw wool with special barbed felting needles. Over two sessions you will make your own, wildlife inspired, 3D creation. Needle Felting is a great way to improve your well-being through creativity and expe...   Thu 20 Jul 2017 SAVAGE HART Creative Scene presents a show by Citrus Arts Pack a picnic for supper and come and join us for a thrilling outdoor performance where aerial artistry, ballet and circus combine to create this bewitching tale of a 19th...   Tue 25 Jul to Tue 22 Aug 2017 (1 month) Summer School Safari This summer, visual arts meets bushcraft in our unique Summer School adventure, Tuesdays during the summer holidays here in Slaithwaite. We've teamed up with BeMoreOutdoors (Babes in the Wood) to bring together a fan...   Sat 29 Jul 2017 WYPWcourses - Screen Printing Taster – CREATE! Workshop - July Screen Printing Taster – CREATE! Workshop Day workshop Saturday 29th July 2017 11 – 3 Tutor: Lisa Stubbs £40.00 Experiment with different ways of generating imagery for screen print by hand! In this fun, ex...   Opportunities Fri 14 Jul 2017 LBT@LBT Young Leaders Are you aged 12-19? Want to help us explore the exciting and dramatic history of the Grade II* listed building that is currently home to the Lawrence Batley Theatre? We have funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund’s Young...   Sun 30 Jul 2017 Prosper: Supporting the Business of Culture Creative United provides a range of financial products and services designed to enable the growth and development of the UK’s cultural and creative industries. Prosper, their business support programme for the arts, m...   Mon 31 Jul 2017 Skipton Building Society Grassroots Giving 2017 Community groups in the UK have until 31st July 2017 to apply to Skipton Building Society's Grassroots Giving programme. There are 164 pots of £500 to be given away in 2017. To be in with a chance of receiving an award...   Fri 21 Jul 2017 STEAM: Fancy Yourself a Free-Runner? Creative Scene, The Urban Playground Team and Parkour Circle are looking for young people to be part of a Performance-Parkour production taking place in Dewsbury town centre this August. Performance-Parkour (2PK) combine...   News Tue 04 Jul 2017 Demonstration I will be demonstrating with the Huddersfield Art Society in the Queensgate Market this Saturday 8th July. Pop along and check out all the artistic talent :)   Fri 07 Jul 2017 JOB OPPORTUNITY - Stagehand Opportunity to join Dark Horse Fixed term contract: 7 weeks Between Monday 4th September and FRiday 20th October 2017 Payment: £320 per week Expenses: All travel and accommodation costs while on tour will be met by...   Wed 05 Jul 2017 The Directory helping artists in Kirklees The Directory provides information for artists looking for volunteering or work experiences or training opportunities with arts organisations in Kirklees. The Directory can be downloaded from The LBT's website or any ...   Fri 07 Jul 2017 Works Better This is available to all business sectors and adults, irrespective of age, sex, gender or ethnicity: employed, unemployed or student. Works Better is not like other ‘into-work’ programmes. Not only does it match jobs...

Top Rated This Week Individual: Liz Dobson / Music Technology Education Business: fairandfunky / fairandfunky Place: Mirfield Arts Festival / Star Trek Event News: ‘Devastating’ decline of arts in schools surges on Event: Batik Workshop Opportunity: Technician Space: Studio / Room Hire Image: Thank you to all our inspirational Volunteers! Video: Sabira Jade - Law Of Attraction Audio File: Resilience   Creative Kirklees Newsletter - 27 June 2017   We are starting the Newsletter this week by drawing your attention to a couple of news items: First of all, a new mini Purple Guide has been published by the Events Industry Forum to help organisers of smaller events comply with regulations and good practice – essential reading for those of you out there who organise events! Secondly, to showcase the wealth of creativity in Kirklees a lovely presentation has been created. The Kirklees Arts Portfolio gives just a sample of the vast amount of creativity going on in our area. Please enjoy and share with your contacts. And, if its events and activities you are looking to get involved in over the week ahead, you will find plenty on offer. To suggest just a few: Cleckheaton Folk Festival offers a weekend full of song, dance and entertainment, the Slick Stick Sambastic band, make their first appearance on the Greenhead Park bandstand on Sunday, as part of the Friends of Greenhead Park season of free summer afternoon concerts and Holmfirth Artweek begins on 2 July featuring the work of over 400 artists and is now one of the UK's major annual art exhibitions. Do read on to find many more!   Events Thu 29 Jun to Thu 27 Jul 2017 (1 month) Art and Social for over 55s A monthly social event for people aged over 55. Join us for tea or coffee and cake, followed by a look around the exhibitions, a gentle walk, or perhaps a drawing or making activity – you tell us what you like and we’...   Fri 30 Jun to Sun 02 Jul 2017 (3 days) Cleckheaton Folk Festival 2017 Come and join us for a full weekend of song, dance and entertainment for all. Concerts, Ceilidh Singarounds, Musicians Sessions, Workshops, Meet the Artist Sessions and lots more. Don't miss out on this fantastic festiv...   Thu 15 Jun to Mon 31 Jul 2017 (2 months) Coffeevolution Exhibition An exhibition of original limited edition framed prints of landscape and wildlife photography at Coffeevolution, perfect for presents which are both affordable and unique. Most of the prints are on display in the downsta...   Sat 01 to Sun 02 Jul 2017 (2 days) Dancing Through Life The 11th showcase from the Emma Coombs Dance Academy. Students will perform ballet, tap, contemporary, jazz, modern, musical theatre, commercial, break dance and acro dance. With excerpts from Wicked, Annie and Seuss...   Sat 01 Jul 2017 Follow the Heron at Cleckheaton Folk Festival Discover Cleckheaton’s renegade past and its place in the folk calendar in this year’s extra-special parade. Help our 10ft tall Festival Heron in the search for his feathers that have been scattered all over town. ...   Fri 30 Jun 2017 Holiday in an Evening! HOLIDAY IN AN EVENING! Friday 30th June, 6.30pm - 9:30pm Tickets £5 per person Limited spaces, advance purchase only! All proceeds go to S2R Join us for a holiday themed evening with: ...   Sun 02 to Mon 31 Jul 2017 (1 month) Jazz in New Mill The local jazz band New Orleans Wiggle will be playing their friendly, monthly concert in New Mill Club from 7.30pm. £5 on the door.   Fri 30 Jun 2017 Louis Louis Louis live at Small Seeds 'Friday Night Jive' presents... LOUIS LOUIS LOUIS Friday 30th June - Small Seeds, Huddersfield FREE ENTRY Classic jump blues, rocksteady and ska with thumpin' slap bass, honkin' horns, raucous four-part vocal harmo...   Fri 30 Jun 2017 River Holme Arts Project Help to record the sights and sounds in and around the River Holme at Folly Hall. Then have your work included with other groups in the final art installation to be displayed at S2R Create Space in September. Please con...   Sun 02 Jul 2017 Summer Music in Greenhead Park - Slickstick Sambastic Slick Stick Sambastic, Huddersfield’s community samba band, make a first appearance on the Greenhead Park bandstand on Sunday 2 July at 2pm as part of the Friends of Greenhead Park 2017 season of free summer afternoon co...   Sat 01 to Sun 02 Jul 2017 (2 days) WYPWcourses - Drawing Through Printmaking – Drypoint and - July Drawing Through Printmaking – Drypoint and Collagraph Techniques Weekend course Saturday 1st / Sunday 2nd July 2017 11 – 5 Tutor: Shelley Burgoyne £135.00 Join artist and printmaker Shelley Burgoyne to deve...   Wed 28 Jun to Wed 19 Jul 2017 (3 weeks) WYPWcourses - Screen Printing Textiles - June Screen Printing Textiles Tutor: Karen Stansfield 4 week course Wednesday evenings – 28th June, 5th / 12th / 19th July 2017 6 – 9 £135.00 Learn textile screen printing in our fully equipped workshop and tak...   Opportunities Mon 03 Jul 2017 Actor/Drama Facilitator Required After a successful Grants for the Arts application, Alive and Kicking Theatre Company are looking for a skilled male Actor/Teacher to co-facilitate our Research and Development project: The Cave. The Cave R&D taking pla...   Mon 03 Jul 2017 Creative Scene’s Make It Happen School Monday 9 - Weds 11 October and Monday 23 - Weds 26 October 2017 Dewsbury, West Yorkshire Adventurous training for people who want to make great things happen outdoors. Learn to play with fire… and bring your art ...   Tue 27 Jun 2017 Implementing Diversity & Equality: Bridging Policy and Practice Artsplan Training Course Implementing Diversity and Equality: Bridging Policy and Practice 28th June 2017, 10 am – 4:15 pm, HOME, Manchester The Course: This new course provides an overview of equality and diversi...   Fri 14 Jul 2017 LBT@LBT Young Leaders Are you aged 12-19? Want to help us explore the exciting and dramatic history of the Grade II* listed building that is currently home to the Lawrence Batley Theatre? We have funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund’s Young...   News Mon 26 Jun 2017 Calling all event organisers! A new mini Purple Guide launched NEW MINI PURPLE GUIDE PUBLISHED A new guide has been published by the Events Industry Forum to help organisers of smaller events comply with regulations and good practice. The new ‘Purple Guide Lite’ is a sister publ...   Fri 23 Jun 2017 Creating cultural democracy Only 8% of people regularly engage with publicly funded art, but every day people are creating their own versions of culture. Nick Wilson and Jonathan Gross report on research that makes the case for a new approach to cu...   Wed 21 Jun 2017 Kirklees Arts Portfolio launched We are really proud to be part of such a culturally rich area. To showcase the wealth of creativity in Kirklees a new presentation has been created entitled Kirklees Arts Portfolio. Please enjoy and share with your conta...   Profiles Hammond & Associates / Charity Property Provider Utilising empty commercial property for temporary meanwhile use, supporting local artists to develop their talent

Top Rated This Week Individual: Diane / Barker/YorkshireArtistDesignerIllustrator Business: Hammond & Associates / Charity Property Provider Place: Mirfield Arts Festival / Star Trek Event News: GREENHEAD PARK CANCELLED Event: Macrame Plant Hangers Workshop Opportunity: LBT@LBT Young Leaders Space: Studio / Room Hire Image: Sponsored by Syngenta Huddersfield Video: Sabira Jade - Law Of Attraction Audio File: Resilience   Creative Kirklees Newsletter - 4 July 2017   Hello again Newsletter readers As part of our on-going development to continually improve Creative Kirklees and our commitment in protecting your data we are pleased to announce that Assembly Studios has updated the site’s security by migrating to HTTPS using SSL Certification.  Not only does this add greater protection, it is also in line with recommendations made by Google, Facebook and others and therefore boosts the website search ranking – a good tip for the development of your own sites too! A reminder to all existing Kirklees Concert Season subscribers (orchestral concerts) that the priority booking period to renew your 2017/18 season ticket ends very soon.  Please make sure your completed application form is sent to Huddersfield Town Hall Box Office by 14th July.   Are you thinking of becoming a subscriber?  If so, please note they are available from 18th July until 28th September 2017, for more information contact Huddersfield Town Hall Box Office on 01484 225755. For those of you who are looking for something to do, there’s another great week of creativity ahead. Holmfirth Artweek is on NOW with over 400 artists exhibiting their work, the Huddersfield Carnival Parade is back in the town centre on Saturday – starting and finishing at the Hudawi Centre, ‘Engage in Colour’, an abstract themed collaboration exhibition begins at the Creative Arts Hub on Friday, also on Friday, and for any photography enthusiasts out there, if you fancy a day at the coast, David Speight Photography is running a one day workshop in Whitby! How’s that for variety!  Do have a flick down the Newsletter to see more.   Events Sat 08 to Sun 09 Jul 2017 (2 days) A Kind of Magic Stuart Performing Arts School returns to the LBT to present its annual showcase. A KIND OF MAGIC features some of the north’s most talented young people performing some of the finest numbers and routines in musical t...   Sat 08 Jul 2017 Choir Festival Six Community Choirs, One Amazing Day! Come along and experience 'Songs of Hope' the first Community Choir Celebration which will take place across the Caphouse Colliery & Hope Pit sites.   Fri 07 Jul 2017 Easy Stride Band live at Small Seeds 'Friday Night Jive' presents EASY STRIDE BAND Friday 7th July - Small Seeds, Huddersfield FREE ENTRY A deft fusion of soul and reggae to create upbeat, feel good music. Combining live vocal and guitar loops with de...   Sun 02 to Sat 08 Jul 2017 (1 week) Holmfirth Artweek HOLMFIRTH Art Week is one of the UK's major annual art exhibitions featuring the work of over 400 artists. Painting, drawing, ceramics, wood, metal, photography, fabric, glass . . . Sun & Sat 10.00 - 17.00 Mon to Fr...   Mon 10 Jul 2017 It's Your Round at The Navigation Tavern, Mirfield A PUB QUIZ WITH A CABARET TWIST IS ALL WE CAN REVEAL. £4 per ticket or £12 for a team of 4 Join quiz mistress and pub landlady Pat Pinch as she crams your local with live music, prizes and of course a few drinks. ...   Sun 02 to Mon 31 Jul 2017 (1 month) Jazz in New Mill The local jazz band New Orleans Wiggle will be playing their friendly, monthly concert in New Mill Club from 7.30pm. £5 on the door.   Mon 10 Jul 2017 Lino Printing Workshop Learn how to perfectly cut and print lino with a variety of different coloured inks. Experiment with different types of lino and print on cards, tags or just on paper. This session is led by Kim, a Huddersfield based...   Fri 07 to Sun 09 Jul 2017 (3 days) Oh Behalf Of The People A new play by Ray Castleton - a rich, engaging story of a post-war mining family coming to terms with life and love in their rapidly changing world. Part of our #Nationalisation70 commemorations.   Sat 08 Jul 2017 Paper Quilt Workshop with Alice Pattullo Inspired by illustrator Alice Pattullo's YSP exhibition Of House and Home and her House Quilt series, produce your own cut, collaged and decorated paper patchwork piece, comprising of two houses and two pattern squares t...   Fri 07 Jul 2017 The Lost Boys Dewsbury's volunteer led not for profit cinema, the New Picture House, is screening "The Lost Boys" this coming Friday. Tickets available to book online and some also available on the door on a first come first served ...   Thu 06 Jul 2017 The Social: Logos, Branding & Identity 6pm-8:30pm Featuring Oli Smith & Andy Finnerty of Aye! Creative Aye! Creative will share with us their passion for graphic design, website design, illustration, brand identity and print. Logo design, identity de...   Sat 08 to Sun 09 Jul 2017 (2 days) Warp Records' Mira Calix audiovisual installation As part of the Activating Inclusive Sound Spaces weekend at The University of Huddersfield, and in partnership with hcmf//, Mira Calix presents 'by beings in two places at once v3.1', a public installation. ‘by being...   Sat 08 Jul 2017 Watercolour Workshop with Carrie McKenzie Workshop Details WHAT WILL YOU LEARN? Learn how to create colourful, vibrant paintings in watercolour with Carrie McKenzie. We will explore techniques such as wet-into-wet, lost & found edges, blending and softening, ...   Fri 07 Jul 2017 Whitby Landscape Photography Course/Workshop The historic fishing port of Whitby on the east coast of Yorkshire has masses to offer photographically. There is the Olde Worlde charm of the whitewashed cottages with their red pantiled rooftops which give the ‘Old Tow...   Sat 08 Jul 2017 WYPWcourses - Photo-Plate Lithography - July Photo-Plate Lithography Day course Saturday 8th July 2017 11 – 5 Tutor: Kate Desforges £70.00 A great alternative to traditional stone lithography. Transfer hand-drawn and photographic imagery onto inexpens...   Opportunities Thu 07 Sep 2017 Creative Arts Therapies & Arts in Health conference - 7 Sept Creative Arts Therapies & Arts in Health: Current Training Provisions & Future Challenges Thursday 7 September Novotel Birmingham Centre, 70 Broad Street, B1 2HT After a number of conferences on the subject of the d...   Mon 11 Sep 2017 Halloween Artist Opportunity HALLOWE'EN HAPPENING CALL OUT FOR ARTISTS Performance date - Saturday 28 October, 7pm - Late Huddersfield's biggest Hallowe'en event is resurrected once again: a frightful feast of all things outlandish and macab...   Fri 14 Jul 2017 New Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy E-Learning As part of the Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy programme extension grant, generously funded by Arts Council England until March 2018, a new e-learning initiative is being piloted with digital partner, Proversity. ...   Mon 31 Jul 2017 Skipton Building Society Grassroots Giving 2017 Community groups in the UK have until 31st July 2017 to apply to Skipton Building Society's Grassroots Giving programme. There are 164 pots of £500 to be given away in 2017. To be in with a chance of receiving an award...   News Wed 28 Jun 2017 Arts funding: 183 new NPOs as largest organisations take 3% cut Arts funding: 183 new NPOs as largest organisations take 3% cut The number of National Portfolio Organisations will increase to 831, as museums, libraries and new ‘Sector Support Organisations’ join Arts Council Engla...