Creative Kirklees newsletters

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Top Rated This Week Individual: Julia Borodina / Fine Art Painter Business: Toppers Theatre Group / September in the Rain Place: Kirklees Libraries / Libraries News: Watercolour classes Event: Experimental Aluminium Etching – CREATE! Workshop Opportunity: Artsmark Development Days Space: Creative Arts Hub Studios Image: Cheltenham Beach Video: Pat Fulgoni & Keeno "As One" Audio File: Resilience   Creative Kirklees Newsletter 22 August 2017 We are focussing on some of the events taking place in the north of the district this week – with so much on offer we don’t want you to miss a thing! In Mirfield the Creative Arts Hub is running a day time or evening Watercolour Course with artist Julia Borodina (this week’s featured individual artist) and while you’re there you can see the latest exhibition, Some Stuff Matters, which shows work from HOOT’s group sessions. Down the road the West Yorkshire Print Workshop’s exhibition Frogs, Bears and Unicorns presents prints, sketchbooks and drawings from publications by artists and there are plenty of workshops to join in with too. In Batley the Change exhibition, Igniting Imagination, is on at Batley Art Gallery until 2 September, so pop along and see what artists and local schools have been getting up to. Peter Pan is in the Park with Creative Scene’s outdoor show, but tickets are selling fast so be quick! Or you can plan ahead for this year’s Batley Festival on 9 September with an amazing line-up of performances and events. Last but not least, Dewsbury Arts Group has an open afternoon on 9 September where you can explore behind the scenes and find out more about how you can get involved.   Events Sat 09 Sep 2017 Batley Festival 2017 A fun filled family day out in the centre of Batley. Organised by volunteers, the sixth Batley Festival is on Saturday 9th September 2017. The market place will be filled with stalls selling a variety of goods or ...   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...   Tue 26 Sep to Tue 05 Dec 2017 (2 months) Discover and Develop Watercolour Discover and Develop Watercolour short courses, 5/10 weeks 10 week Evening course Tuesday (26 Sep, 3 Oct, 10 Oct, 17 Oct, Half Term 31 October, 7 Nov, 14 Nov, 21 Nov, 28 Nov, 5 Dec) Cost £180 To book please email...   Mon 31 Jul to Sat 02 Sep 2017 (1 month) Exhibition: Frogs, Bears and Unicorns Sat 15th July – Sat 2nd September 2017 Frogs, Bears and Unicorns: The Art of Children’s Book Illustration presents prints, sketchbooks and drawings from publications by artists and WYPW members Lisa Stubbs and Gillian...   Fri 04 Aug to Fri 08 Dec 2017 (4 months) Giddy Aurora Young People's Theatre FRIDAYS Mini Actors (reception - yr 2; 4 -7yrs) 6 - 7pm Junior Theatre (yr 3 - 7; 7-13yrs) 7 - 8.30pm Drama groups working on acting technique and putting on shows and plays   Tue 29 Aug 2017 Monoprinting Workshop There are many different types of monoprinting, in this session we will be doing ‘trace monoprinting’: where every print you do will be 100% unique. Trace monoprinting creates prints that look arty and atmospheric. We'll...   Sat 09 Sep 2017 Open afternoon Come along to the Artspace at Dewsbury Arts Group. Explore behind the scenes at our theatre, a former Victorian Quaker meeting house! Lots going on and all welcome between 12.30 p.m. and 3.00 p.m.   Sun 27 to Mon 28 Aug 2017 (2 days) Peter Pan in the Park Creative Scene presents an outdoor show by Wrongsemble. A swashbuckling adventure perfect for Lost Boys and Girls aged 3 to 103. Come with us on a theatre adventure for all the family as we fly “straight on ‘til mo...   Fri 08 to Sun 10 Sep 2017 (3 days) Rear View at Batley Festival Creative Scene presents a show by IOU Various times - Book online from July THE YORKSHIRE PREMIERE AND ONLY YORKSHIRE 2017 DATE OF THIS NEW WORK FROM HALIFAX BASED IOU. A mystery tour, with live performance for ...   Fri 18 Aug to Sat 30 Sep 2017 (1 month) Some Stuff Matters An exhibition of artwork made by several groups at HOOT, in Huddersfield and Dewsbury . Group sessions are led by practising artists and aim to support individual creative expression through a range of different artforms...   Sat 09 Sep 2017 THE ARTS JUST GOT BIGGER at Batley Festival Featuring Flame Oz The Whalley Range All Stars Dizzy O’Dare Axial Dance with Urban Canvas Mr Wilson’s Second Liners and more… It is a highlight on the events calendar for Batley folk and now in its 6th year, Bat...   Wed 30 Aug 2017 The Graffiti web - Storytelling & making Wed 30 August 2.00pm - 3.00pm Ages under 10 years (babies free) £3 - Children’s Summer holiday workshop Artist: Claire Walker Storytelling by author & artist Claire Walker Summer Holiday Family Storytelling...   Opportunities Thu 14 Sep 2017 Call for poems for shop windows at Marsden Jazz Festival Could you write a short poem to delight the thousands of visitors to the Marsden jazz festival? Marsden the Poetry Village is inviting submissions of original poems to be displayed on A3 posters in shops, pubs, cafés and...   Mon 04 Sep 2017 Call Out for Artists for The Civic Scratch, Barnsley The Civic Scratch - Saturday 30 September 2017 Call Out for Artists The Civic Scratch is an informal chance for theatre-makers, choreographers, spoken word artists, musicians, comedians, writers and performers to s...   Thu 12 Oct 2017 Child Protection & Safeguarding in the Arts & Cultural Sector Artswork is running a Child Protection & Safeguarding in the Arts & Cultural Sector course on Thursday 12th October 2017, 10am - 4.15pm at HOME in Manchester. The course will be of benefit to individuals and organisat...   News Tue 22 Aug 2017 Audio brochure available for Kirklees Concert Season 17-18 An audio brochure is now available for the Kirklees Concert Season 2017-18. Opera North and Kirklees Council present a fantastic and varied programme at Huddersfield and Dewsbury Town Halls from September 2017 to Ma...

Top Rated This Week Individual: Love Without Sound / audiovisual artists Business: Huddersfield Music Society / Huddersfield Music Society Place: Yorkshire Sculpture Park / YSP News: In the Guardian Event: Story Boat Workshop with Lisa Stubbs Opportunity: iAMDigital funding deadline extended (England excl. Gr London) Space: Creative Arts Hub Studios Image: Poster for Sept 1st Video: Pat Fulgoni & Keeno "As One" Audio File: Goblin Market   Creative Kirklees Newsletter 15 August 2017 We’ve highlighted a number of workshops and courses for you this week – some are one-off workshops, others are weekly courses, but either way there’s a great range to choose from.  Perhaps you’ve always fancied making clay pendants, trying pyrography, or creating your own book cover – you can find these workshops at Create Space in Huddersfield.  If you enjoy photography take a look at David Speight Photography’s one day courses taking place across Yorkshire.  Or if you’ve never drawn or painted before or would like to improve your art technique go along to the weekly Art Club at Crafty Praxis starting on 16 August.  You can find more workshops, courses and events on our What’s On page. Remember, items in the newsletter are picked out from the Creative Kirklees website and these are added by artists or creative organisations with a profile.  If you find an event is missing information or the information isn’t clear please let them know by contacting the profile owner.  If you have a profile and add events make sure you include as much detail as possible so your audience can find all the information they need.   Events Thu 17 Aug to Thu 14 Sep 2017 (1 month) (1) Improve Your Well-being Through Dance This class is an introduction to different styles of dance including basic warm up exercises, hip hop routines and coordinating body movement to music. The sessions will show that dance is a really fun way to get fit an...   Thu 14 Sep 2017 Abstract Florals: Mixed Media with Miriam Laville Workshop Details Abstract Florals Creating floral designs with the expressive fluidity of watercolours, picking out detail with pen and ink. In this workshop we shall be drawing from fresh floral arrangements, focusing...   Wed 16 Aug to Wed 20 Dec 2017 (4 months) Art Club /Artist in Residence If you have never drawn or painted before or you would like to improve your art technique do come along. All are welcome of any age. Each individual can pursue whatever subject or media they desire: water colour, acry...   Wed 23 Aug 2017 Clay Pendants & Decorations Workshop For this session we'll be working with oven dry and air dry clay. We'll be decorating them with stamps, textured rolling pins, inks, metallic powders and more. As well as working with a wide variety of cutter shapes...   Tue 26 Sep to Tue 05 Dec 2017 (2 months) Discover and Develop Watercolour Discover and Develop Watercolour short courses, 5/10 weeks 10 week Evening course Tuesday (26 Sep, 3 Oct, 10 Oct, 17 Oct, Half Term 31 October, 7 Nov, 14 Nov, 21 Nov, 28 Nov, 5 Dec) Cost £180 To book please email...   Sat 02 Sep 2017 Experimental Aluminium Etching – CREATE! Workshop Day workshop Saturday 2nd September 2017 11 – 3 £40.00 Tutor: Kate Desforges Come and do some experimental etching! This short day workshop is all about getting away from the idea of etching as a long, labour-in...   Fri 04 Aug to Fri 08 Dec 2017 (4 months) Giddy Aurora Young People's Theatre FRIDAYS Mini Actors (reception - yr 2; 4 -7yrs) 6 - 7pm Junior Theatre (yr 3 - 7; 7-13yrs) 7 - 8.30pm Drama groups working on acting technique and putting on shows and plays   Tue 22 Aug 2017 Inky Fingers - Print Club - 8-12 years Tue 22 August 2.00pm - 3.30pm Ages 8 -12 years £6 - Children’s Summer holiday workshop Artist: Kim Searle Summer holiday children's workshop exploring Monoprint and relief printing Layering and combining p...   Sun 20 Aug 2017 Making Tracks - PATTERNS IN NATURE Making Tracks is a series of FREE outdoor art workshops along the narrow canal at Slaithwaite, accessible to wheelchair users. You don’t need any previous experience, all materials are provided, and you can use one of ou...   Fri 25 Aug 2017 Marbling & Book Binding Workshop During the Marbling & Book Binding Workshop you will create unique swirling patterns with brightly coloured marbling inks on a variety of papers and cards. These will act as a cover for a hand bound book, we’ll be usin...   Tue 12 Sep 2017 Masterclass in Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing) in Metals Additive Manufacturing (AM or 3D Printing) in metals is becoming a method of choice for some major manufacturers, particularly in high-value, low-volume industries such as specialist automotive, motorsport, aerospace, me...   Sat 19 to Sun 20 Aug 2017 (2 days) Open Studios Open Studio weekend Meet the makers at the Loft Space from 10.30am until 5pm on 19 & 20 August.   Fri 01 Sep 2017 Photography Course - South Pennines Sunset West Yorkshire Photography Course/Workshop - Sunset in the south pennines This location in The Southern Pennines is a stunningly dramatic boulder strewn landscape in an elevated position above Rochdale. It is only a s...   Sat 26 Aug 2017 Photography Course/Workshop Yorkshire Dales The Yorkshire Dales are rightly renowned for their amazing and distinctive Geology. The Yorkshire Dales area was carved from the land some 350 million years ago by massive retreating slabs of melting ice. These Glaciers ...   Tue 22 Aug to Tue 12 Sep 2017 (3 weeks) Pyrography (Wood Burning) Course Discover new ways to personalise and decorate wooden items using pyrography ‘wood burning’ tools! *All equipment and some materials will be provided but please bring with you any other items you would like to work on...   Tue 22 Aug 2017 Socktopus Socktopus is a sunny 45min summer show for young children and their families. Grandy the Pirate performs amazing magic tricks and plays hornpipes on his accordion. He tells a magical story with a puppet mermaid and a pe...   Sun 20 Aug 2017 Summer Music in Greenhead Park - Slaithwaite Band Slaithwaite Band bring the Friends of Greenhead Park summer season of free concerts on the park's bandstand to a grand finale on Sunday 20 August, 2pm to 4pm. As usual limited seating will be available and you are a...   Sat 02 to Sat 16 Sep 2017 (2 weeks) Wire Jewellery Course (September) During this Wire Jewellery Course we will be producing the following: ● A basic swirl ● A chain ● Rings ● A coil and double coil of wire to be used within jewellery. ● Pendants ● Earrings ● Wrapped beads Pleas...   Tue 22 Aug 2017 Wood Engraving in Illustration – Printmaker’s Toolkit Session Morning session Tuesday 22nd August 2017 10.30 – 11.30 £10.00 Tutor: Gillian Tyler To complement our summer exhibition ‘Frogs, Bears and Unicorns: The Art of Children’s Illustrations’, we’re really excited to w...   Sat 09 Sep 2017 WORKSHOP: Chasing The Whale WORKSHOP: Chasing The Whale as part of the 4TH WORLD CONGRESS OF PSYCHOGEOGRAPHY 15.00 - 16.00 By: Gopal Dutta “Whale” is a graffiti artist active in Manchester. I do not know the artist. I have seen his/her/their...   Opportunities Wed 23 Aug 2017 Gift Aid, Grants and Government Bods – FREE workshops Third Sector Leaders Kirklees and Business in the Community bring you a morning of FREE workshops for charities and community organisations to get valuable, practical information from those in the know. Workshops will b...   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...   News Mon 14 Aug 2017 Can success on the pitch revive Huddersfield’s fortunes? Really interesting and honest article by Julian Coman in the Observer recently about Huddersfield and how promotion of the Terriers into the Premier League might revive the town's fortunes and bring more prosperity. For...

Top Rated This Week Individual: adele d / juicywatercolours artworks, demonstrations, workshops & retreats Business: Satellite Arts / Satellite Arts Place: Kirklees Libraries / Libraries News: One in three think classical music must drop ‘elitist’ tradition Event: Make me a story workshop with Gillian Tyler Opportunity: Gift Aid, Grants and Government Bods – FREE workshops Space: Studio / Room Hire Image: Kirklees Concert Season 2017-18 Video: Cabinet Of Millionaires "Serve Me (ft Pat Fulgoni)" Audio File: Goblin Market   Creative Kirklees Newsletter 8 August 2017   Hi everyone, we hope you are all getting involved in lots of creative activities and that you are finding the articles in our Newsletter useful – please get in touch if you have any comments, we would be happy to hear from you! As usual, we have highlighted a selection of creative things to see and do over the coming week in the Newsletter but do take a look at the site itself to see What’s On over the weeks and months ahead, so you can get things booked in your diaries and not miss out on anything that takes your fancy. This goes for News and Opportunities too –  remember items are added to the site on a daily basis! For example, coming up in September (8th-10th) is the 4th World Congress of Psychogeography which is back in Huddersfield for a second time.  The Festival, organised by the Huddersfield Psychogeography Network, offers free events with over 40 presenters from several countries.  Psychogeography is about how different environments make us think and feel as we pass through them, and how we in turn can have an effect upon them – to find out more about it and about the events available, visit the event page. Also, coming up on 23 September is the Onwards Festival – ‘Onwards’ is a multi-venue music festival showcasing the unique ‘sites’ and sounds Huddersfield has to offer! Likened to a pub-crawl with music; ‘Onwards’ guides the participants on a journey of musical encounters. Utilising some of Huddersfield’s best venues and pubs, ‘Onwards’ provides a much-needed opportunity to celebrate its diverse range of community and bubbling local talent. A definite date for the diary for music lovers out there! Have a great week and do keep checking the site!   Events Mon 14 to Mon 21 Aug 2017 (1 week) Bold in Watercolour Professional artist Audrey Erbany will lead you through some of the many possibilities Watercolour has to offer. She will share some of her favourite methods and exciting ideas, to encourage you to explore this traditio...   Thu 10 Aug 2017 Computer coding to make live music This beginners workshop with Liz Dobson is part of a summer school in music technology specifically setup for girls aged 11-16yrs. You will: – learn the principles of programming music – learn computer ...   Fri 11 Aug 2017 Creating your performance workshop This beginners workshop with Marlo DeLara is part of a summer school in music technology specifically setup for girls aged 11-16yrs. You will learn about: - setting up technical equipment - handling signal flow ...   Sat 12 Aug 2017 Huddersfield's Big Masala Tea Party Save the Date! Our community event to mark the 70th anniversary of the partition of India into the independent nations of India and Pakistan is coming on Saturday August 12th. It's a chance for the community to come ...   Wed 09 to Wed 23 Aug 2017 (2 weeks) Kid's Coding Sessions-Various dates/Locations To tie in with this year’s Animal Agents theme, the children will learn coding activities based around how to communicate in secret messages and sending simple morse code messages using Micro:bits and Raspberry Pi. We...   Fri 04 to Fri 25 Aug 2017 (3 weeks) Kid's Sculpting Sessions - Various dates/locations Holmfirth based sculptor Mick Kirkby-Geddes will be helping children to make their own animals from recycled plastic components, wire, tape and other junk. Suitable for ages 8+ Friday 4th August Almondbury Libra...   Thu 10 Aug 2017 Steve Cole - Huddersfield The writer of Astrosaurs, Doctor Who, Young Bond, Secret Agent Mummy and many more, will be hosting an adventure in slime and space. (Includes a book signing after the event). 10:30am-12pm Suitable for ages 5-11   Tue 15 Aug 2017 Story Boat Workshop with Lisa Stubbs Summer Holiday Children’s workshop: Story Boat Workshop with Lisa Stubbs Tuesday 15 August 2pm – 3.30pm Storytelling and Visual arts Workshop for 8 – 12 year olds. Make magic paper boats and set sail on an...   Sun 13 Aug 2017 Summer Music in Greenhead Park - Hade Edge Band The Friends of Greenhead Park 2017 season of free summer afternoon concerts on the bandstand continues with a performance by Hade Edge Band on Sunday 13 August, 2pm to 4pm, on the Greenhead Park bandstand. A colle...   Fri 11 to Sun 13 Aug 2017 (3 days) Summer School: Japanese Water-Based Woodblock Printing (Mokuhang 3 day course Friday 11th / Saturday 12th / Sunday 13th August 2017 10 – 4 £205.00 Tutor: Lucy May Schofield Spend an immersive three days learning the traditional Japanese art of water-based woodblock printing! ‘M...   Fri 11 Aug 2017 The Smith Sisters - Small Seeds, Huddersfield 'Friday Night Jive' presents... THE SMITH SISTERS Friday 11th August - Small Seeds, Huddersfield FREE ENTRY Family folk group The Smith Sisters, Jess, Han andElly joined by honorary sister Aidan Kilroy layer beaut...   Thu 10 to Thu 17 Aug 2017 (1 week) Weave a Wall-hanging Course Are you looking to learn something new? Or have you got a cupboard full of crafty odds and ends you’d like to use up? Then come along to the Weave a Wall-hanging Course and learn to make a wonderful, unique, woven wall-...   Opportunities Sat 09 Sep 2017 Batley Open Art Exhibition Fancy having your work on show at Batley Art Gallery from mid-September onwards? Entry forms are now available for the open art exhibition, for which artists can submit up to three pieces for display. Entry is free; eith...   Tue 29 Aug 2017 Front of House Team Member Do you have a passion for delivering customer service? We are looking for a Front of House Team Member to help with the successful running of our thriving bar and room hire operation. For more information on the role...   Tue 05 Sep 2017 Without Walls - Open Call for artists Without Walls is delighted to have been awarded National Portfolio Organisation funding from Arts Council England for 2018/19- 2021/22. This recognises the artistic achievements of the past ten years and how outdoor a...   Thu 31 Aug 2017 Workspace available Workspace available in Slaithwaite from October, sharing with at least two others. Around £200 pcm, wi-fi, teaching possible. No dust, naked flames or fumes - suit jewellery, textiles, baskets, wood carving etc. Conta...   News Mon 07 Aug 2017 Employment in culture up 20% in past five years A boom in employment means the Government must prioritise the creative sector in Brexit negotiations, the Creative Industries Federation has said. Employment in the cultural sector has grown steadily over the past fi...   Sun 06 Aug 2017 THE 4TH WORLD CONGRESS OF PSYCHOGEOGRAPHY It's back for a second time! After an unexpectedly well-attended debut in 2016, Huddersfield's Festival of flaneuring is back in a bigger and better form, from 8 to 10 September 2017. In a festival of free events w...   Thu 03 Aug 2017 Tickets go on sale for the 17/18 Kirklees Concert Season Tickets for the Kirklees Concert Season 17/18 are now on sale and the new brochure has been announced with a sensational range of orchestral, organ and chamber concerts at Huddersfield and Dewsbury Town Halls. Deliver...   Fri 04 Aug 2017 WYPWcourses- Summer School – Reduction Linocut Our next course coming up this month is our 'Reduction Linocut Summer School' with printmaker Scarlette Homeshaw. Join artist Scarlette for this three-day immersive course exploring the reduction method of lino print...

Top Rated This Week Individual: Nat Williamson / Surface Pattern/Illustration/Graphic Design Business: Denby Dale Ladies Choir / Denby Dale Ladies Choir Place: New Picture House / New Picture House News: Data protection changes - A burden and an opportunity Event: Grumpy Feet Storytelling with Lisa Stubbs Opportunity: Call for puppetry theatre submissions, Beverley Puppet Festival Space: New Picture House Image: Personlalised artwork Video: Cabinet Of Millionaires "Serve Me (ft Pat Fulgoni)" Audio File: Goblin Market   Creative Kirklees Newsletter 1 August 2017 What takes your fancy on Creative Kirklees this week? You’ve got plenty to choose from. For the adults there’s performance poetry with Lisa Luxx in Milnsbridge, a contemporary horror film ‘Get Out’ at the New Picture House in Dewsbury, world music with Sushi at Small Seeds in Huddersfield or a 3 day summer school at the West Yorkshire Print Workshop in Mirfield. For the youngsters take a look at Steam, a dance and free running show, with Creative Scene in Dewsbury, join the Make me a Story workshop wtih Gillian Tyler in Mirfield or take part in the Computer Coding to Make Live Music workshop in Huddersfield. Below we’ve listed events over the next week and picked out a few workshops that start in a few weeks to give you time to get yourself booked on. We've also included two news items added last week after the newsletter went out - we thought you'd like to read them. Keep searching the What’s On section for new events and follow us on Facebook and Twitter to keep up-to-date in the week.   Events Fri 07 Jul to Sat 12 Aug 2017 (1 month) 'Engage in Colour' - abstract art exhibition ‘Engage in Colour’ is an abstract collaborative exhibition, in which members of ARTbound Community feature their works with accompanying artists, photographers and sculptors at Creative Arts Hub in Mirfield, West Yorkshi...   Mon 14 to Mon 21 Aug 2017 (1 week) Bold in Watercolour Professional artist Audrey Erbany will lead you through some of the many possibilities Watercolour has to offer. She will share some of her favourite methods and exciting ideas, to encourage you to explore this traditio...   Sat 05 Aug 2017 Brusho Art Workshop with Carrie McKenzie Workshop Details Carrie will demonstrate how to use Brusho paints in a variety of ways to get different results, as well giving personal one-to-one help throughout the day. This is very much a 'hands-on' workshop where ...   Sat 05 Aug 2017 Chicken Scratch at Small Seeds Mr Dangerous and Robert Pineapple bring you their unmistakable mix of Reggae, Ska, Dancehall, Dub and many more nuggets from around the world at the amazing Small Seeds venue, Huddersfield. Free entry, great pizza, boss ...   Wed 23 Aug 2017 Clay Pendants & Decorations Workshop For this session we'll be working with oven dry and air dry clay. We'll be decorating them with stamps, textured rolling pins, inks, metallic powders and more. As well as working with a wide variety of cutter shapes...   Thu 10 Aug 2017 Computer coding to make live music This beginners workshop with Liz Dobson is part of a summer school in music technology specifically setup for girls aged 11-16yrs. You will: – learn the principles of programming music – learn computer ...   Mon 31 Jul to Sat 02 Sep 2017 (1 month) Exhibition: Frogs, Bears and Unicorns Sat 15th July – Sat 2nd September 2017 Frogs, Bears and Unicorns: The Art of Children’s Book Illustration presents prints, sketchbooks and drawings from publications by artists and WYPW members Lisa Stubbs and Gillian...   Fri 04 Aug 2017 Get Out (15) Dewsbury's cinema, the New Picture House, is screening contemporary horror film "Get Out" on Friday 4th August. A young man makes a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries when he visits the family of his new gir...   Fri 18 to Fri 25 Aug 2017 (1 week) Imagination Gaming-Various dates/locations This will be 'Animal Agents' themed games workshops where there will be a fantastic range of games themed with animal antics to excite children of all ages. Friday 18th August Almondbury Library 10am-12pm Kirkhe...   Tue 08 Aug 2017 Make me a story workshop with Gillian Tyler Tuesday 8 Aug 2pm – 3.30pm Children’s Summer holiday workshop for 8 – 12 year olds. Invent and illustrate your own hand made story books with children’s book illustrator Gillian Tyler. This summer West Yorkshir...   Sun 30 Jul to Sun 06 Aug 2017 (1 week) New Original Collection from Tonie Rigby on Sunday Tonie Rigby is a contemporary artist with a passion for paint, mainly acrylic but also inks and watercolours. Recurring themes in her work are landscapes and relationships. Tonie's contemporary landscapes always include ...   Sat 26 Aug 2017 Photography Course/Workshop Yorkshire Dales The Yorkshire Dales are rightly renowned for their amazing and distinctive Geology. The Yorkshire Dales area was carved from the land some 350 million years ago by massive retreating slabs of melting ice. These Glaciers ...   Sat 05 Aug 2017 STEAM Creative Scene presents a show by Urban Playground Delight in the energetic performance of this dance and free-running show by Urban Playground Team. Follow their 900-mile railway journey across India teaching and per...   Fri 04 to Sun 06 Aug 2017 (3 days) Summer School – Innovative Intaglio Printmaking 3 Day Summer School Friday 4th / Saturday 5th / Sunday 6th August 2017 11 – 5 £205.00 Tutor: Michelle Keegan Download the course information sheet: Summer School Innovative Intaglio Course Info Join our 2014 ...   Fri 11 to Sun 13 Aug 2017 (3 days) Summer School: Japanese Water-Based Woodblock Printing (Mokuhang 3 day course Friday 11th / Saturday 12th / Sunday 13th August 2017 10 – 4 £205.00 Tutor: Lucy May Schofield Spend an immersive three days learning the traditional Japanese art of water-based woodblock printing! ‘M...   Fri 11 to Sun 13 Aug 2017 (3 days) Summer School: Reduction Linocut Three-day course Friday 11th / Saturday 12th / Sunday 13th August 2017 11 – 5 £205.00 Tutor: Scarlette Homeshaw Join artist Scarlette Homeshaw for this three-day immersive course exploring the reduction method o...   Fri 04 Aug 2017 Sushi live at Small Seeds 'Friday Night Jive' presents SUSHI Friday 4th August - Small Seeds, Huddersfield FREE ENTRY World music infused live Sushi Drum'N'Bass, rolled with earthly rhythms, succulent bass, soaked in melodies and harmonies...   Thu 03 Aug 2017 The 4th Brain Lisa Luxx’s debut spoken word show is a musical and poetic journey that searches for connection in the modern day. Exploring tech addiction, online insecurities, real-life community and the role of the web in the new la...   Wed 02 Aug 2017 Wacky Wednesday Seaside Special Join us on National Play Day for a Wacky Wednesday Seaside Special. A morning of storytelling, rhymes, craft activities and songs. Seaside themed crafts commemorating seaside holidays of yesteryear. Includes t...   Thu 10 to Thu 17 Aug 2017 (1 week) Weave a Wall-hanging Course Are you looking to learn something new? Or have you got a cupboard full of crafty odds and ends you’d like to use up? Then come along to the Weave a Wall-hanging Course and learn to make a wonderful, unique, woven wall-...   Sat 05 to Sat 26 Aug 2017 (3 weeks) Wire Jewellery Course (August) During this Wire Jewellery Course we will be producing the following: ● A basic swirl ● A chain ● Rings ● A coil and double coil of wire to be used within jewellery. ● Pendants ● Earrings ● Wrapped beads Pleas...   Thu 03 Aug 2017 Woven Pendant Workshop In our Woven Pendant Workshop create your own unique pendant and learn skills you can continue to put into practice at home. - Discover a variety of weaving techniques. - Learn how to use textured and novelty yarns in ...   Opportunities 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...   Thu 31 Aug 2017 Public Engagement Volunteers Kirklees Museums and Galleries are now recruiting Public Engagement Volunteers. If you like connecting with people, and are interested in art or history this could be the role for you. Volunteering with Kirklees Museums ...   Wed 20 Sep 2017 Wingate Foundation Music Grants Programme (UK) The Wingate Foundation has announced that its Music Grants programme is open to applications. The Music Grants programme supports those areas of music performance and education which do not readily attract backing from c...   Mon 02 Oct 2017 Women Make Music Grants Programme (UK) Women songwriters and composers of all genres and backgrounds have until the 2nd October 2017 to apply for the next round of the Women Make Music programme. The programme supports the development of outstanding women ...   News Fri 28 Jul 2017 Frogs, Bears and Unicorns: The Art of Children’s Book Illustrati This summer West Yorkshire Print Workshop celebrates the Art of Children’s illustration with Frogs Bears and Unicorns exhibition. Showcasing prints, sketchbooks and drawings from publications by artists and WYPW members ...   Thu 27 Jul 2017 MORE NEWS ABOUT HUDDERSFIELD MASALA TEA PARTY Save the Date! Our community event to mark the 70th anniversary of the partition of India into the independent nations of India and Pakistan is coming on Saturday August 12th. It's a chance for the community to come ...