Creative Kirklees

With details of upcoming events, here is the latest Creative Kirklees newsletter:

Top Rated This Week Individual: Fabric Lenny / Artist, Animator, Illustrator, Collaborator Business: The Craft Workshop / The Craft Workshop Place: Oakwell Hall / Country Park News: Survey: Working in the Arts & Mental Wellbeing Event: Block Printing and Lino cuts Opportunity: Classical Guitar Teacher Vacancy Space: The Craft Workshop at The Gallery cafe Honley Image: Globe Arts Family Workshop - Slaithwaite Video: WOVEN video - the story so far Audio File: Lullaby - Sonic Cradle Creative Kirklees Newsletter 18 June 2019 Hi there Well the weather may not be great just now, but come rain or shine you will find lots of creative activities going on in the area! There are a delightful selection of workshops around at the moment - a few here in the newsletter with many more on the website - do have a browse, we are sure you will find something to tempt you!  And with a great choice of music, theatre, poetry, talks, walks, exhibitons and more, there's definitely lots to choose from to keep you busy! Enjoy your week - whatever the weather! ps. Don't forget you can get updates throughout the week if you follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Events Sat 22 Jun 2019 Beginners Crochet - June 2019 Designed for complete beginners, come along and learn the basics you need to crochet from first knot to fastening off. Saturday 22nd June 10:30 - 15:00 Day Workshop *There will be a break for lu... Wed 26 Jun 2019 Chapterhouse Theatre in the Walled Garden: Secret Garden Chapterhouse Theatre Company stage this classic children’s story in the walled gardens of our Elizabethan Hall. The gardens will be open from 6.30pm for viewing and picnics. Please bring your own seating but no tables... Wed 12 to Sun 30 Jun 2019 (3 weeks) Choose To Refuse It's time for Huddersfield to become PLASTIC CLEVER! What will you choose to refuse. In community workshops held in the demo zone at Queensgate Market fairandfunky created a landscape of Huddersfield using recycled ma... Tue 18 Jun 2019 Cinder Well + DBH live at West Yorkshire Print Workshop Cinder Well is the haunting folk project of Amelia Baker. Her songs are nostalgic and moving, centered around memory, loss, place, and longing. While heavily influenced by traditional American and Irish music and song, C... Thu 20 Jun 2019 Concrete Plant Pots Workshop at Holmfirth Tech Learn how to mix, pour and decorate your own pots using a combination of upcycled and geometric pots. While the pots dry out (it can sometimes take overnight and may need collecting the next day humidity/temperature dep... Sat 22 Jun 2019 Fabric Lenny Join artist Fabric Lenny in this fun hands-on family workshop where you'll combine photography and drawing techniques with cool graffiti inspired materials to make an original artwork and make your mark. Children mus... Wed 01 May to Fri 26 Jul 2019 (3 months) Growing Cultures: Conversations About Creativity What is culture? How can we grow and nurture the culture we want in Huddersfield? The Growing Cultures project, commissioned by Temporary Contemporary, invites you to imagine, dream, talk about what tomorrow’s cultur... Thu 20 Jun 2019 Guided Walk of Huddersfield’s Significant Buildings What do Huddersfield’s town centre buildings tell us about its history? Chris Marsden, architectural historian and author of ‘Huddersfield in 50 Buildings’ will lead a guided walk on Thursday 20 June at 7.00pm. B... Tue 02 to Tue 23 Jul 2019 (3 weeks) Intermediate Crochet - July 2019 Come along and develop your skills: we will cover pattern reading, crochet in the round, making shapes, seams and joining techniques. This course is designed for people who can already create stitches but who want to fur... Sat 22 Jun 2019 Lindley: Old and New A guided exploration of the hidden history of Lindley. Bring an adult on our Lindley trail and share stories of the past on our doorstep. A Kirklees family storywalk in partnership with Lindley Library community grou... Fri 21 Jun 2019 Louis Louis Louis - Small Seeds, Huddersfiedl 'Friday Night Jive' presents Louis Louis Louis Classic rhythm 'n' blues, doo-wop and ska with thumpin' slap bass, honkin' horns, raucous four-part vocal harmonies and a driving piano boogie. Free entry. Fri 21 Jun 2019 Patrick Monahan Multi-award winning comedian and Edinburgh Fringe Favourite, Patrick Monahan, presents his brand new stand up show, #Goals. We all have life goals, whether it’s to win the lottery or marry up, make it your goal to com... Sat 22 Jun 2019 Poetry Readaround in Greenhead Park Poets and poetry-lovers are invited to a readaround in the Greenhead Park Pavilion by the bowling greens on Saturday 22 June from 1pm to 3pm. This friendly session is open to all - just bring along two or three poems you... Sun 23 Jun 2019 Run for Jo and Family Fun Day 9.30am-4pm Join us at this special event in honour of Jo Cox MP. All money raised will go to the Jo Cox Foundation and includes an afternoon full of music, food and festivities. Race entries via RaceBest www.r... Thu 20 Jun 2019 The Art of Rabindranath Tagore Lecture by Dr John Stevens at 7.30pm. (Doors open 7.00pm) Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) is arguably the most important Indian artistic figure of the modern era. The first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, cla... Thu 20 Jun 2019 The Great Get Together - Jewellery Making You can make a piece of jewellery of your choice (eg. Necklace, earrings, or bracelet) in a nice relaxed environment. You're welcome to bring an old piece of costume jewellery you would like to convert into a new pie... Sat 01 to Sun 30 Jun 2019 (1 month) The Human Figure / Art Exhibition This exhibition showcases the work of artists who are members of West Yorkshire Print Workshop and who use the Human Figure in their work. Each one approaches their medium and their subject in diverse ways. For some, t... Sat 22 Jun 2019 Tie dye tee-shirt family workshop Fantastic, fun family workshop. We'll be trying out the fun and funky tie dye technique to make a great tee shirt. Perfect for the summer holidays. Saturday 22nd June £7 per person Thu 04 Jul 2019 Wet Felting workshop Ideal for both beginners and more advanced. Lianne Woodward will teach the wonderful art of wet felting and look at combining other textures into the felt. A fun and relaxed atmosphere for anyone wanting to learn a new... Thu 20 Jun to Tue 09 Jul 2019 (3 weeks) Writing: Making Your Mark Cleckheaton Our Writing: Making Your Mark exhibition draws on the themes of a new British Library exhibition, which spans five millennia and five continents, to deconstruct the art of writing and consider its future in the digital a... Fri 07 Jun to Sat 13 Jul 2019 (1 month) Yan Tan Tether Yan Tan Tether is a series of public exhibitions and events exploring how we experience and interact with the various landscapes around us; from the historic, to the geological, economic to the digital. The title refe... Wed 10 Apr to Sun 21 Jul 2019 (3 months) Yorkshire rival poets Philip Larkin and Ted Hughes ‘Larkin and Hughes: Poets and Rivals’ is an exhibition, on display in the University’s Heritage Quay, is a “major contribution to Hughes-Larkin story” – The exhibition runs to the 21 July THE two men widely regarded a... Opportunities Tue 31 Mar 2020 Market Showcase: showcase opportunity for artists/creatives Temporary Contemporary is a partnership project between Queensgate Market, Kirklees Council and the School of Art, Design and Architecture, University of Huddersfield. The University of Huddersfield are programming ... Tue 31 Mar 2020 The Arts Council's Developing Your Creative Practice Fund Are you an independent artist or creative practitioner looking to make a step change in your practice? Developing Your Creative Practice is the Arts Council's new development fund designed to support independent creative... News Tue 18 Jun 2019 Huddersfield Repair Café needs you! Are you interested in helping to run a monthly repair café in Huddersfield Queensgate Market? If you're a fixer of things - for electrical goods, computers, kids’ toys, bikes, wooden bits and random stuff - or can help ... Fri 14 Jun 2019 Shortlisted! Well chuffed to have been shortlisted for the Refresh Art Prize, and international art award! I got down to the final 24 artists but didn't grab the prize. But had a fantastic show down at 5th Base Gallery in London's B...

Top Rated This Week Individual: Jamie Frost MRSS / Jamie Frost MRSS Business: Holmfirth Arts Festival / Creativity in the Landscape 14th-16th June 2019 Place: WOVEN / Innovation In Textile News: Recycling Through Print - FREE Family activity - 8 & 15 June Event: FREE Drop In Workshops for Holmfirth Arts Festival Parade Opportunity: Classical Guitar Teacher Vacancy Space: Globe Studios Image: Holmfirth Arts Festival Banner Parade Video: Launch of WOVEN in Kirklees Audio File: Lullaby - Sonic Cradle Creative Kirklees Newsletter 11 June 2019 There is a lot going on in Kirklees this week to celebrate the WOVEN festival! Why not pay a visit to Batley or Dewsbury to view ‘Ripping Yarns,’ featuring six short films by Alistair Macdonald, telling us the story behind the textile recycling business! Or maybe a social media masterclass with Sara Tasker is more for you? In addition to this, there is also Holmfirth Arts Festival on this weekend, with numerous events taking place there is definitely something for the whole family. Perhaps going to see SEED by Pif Paf? Or maybe the Textile Banner Parade, taking place through the streets of Holmfirth this Sunday. The next Temporary Contemporary Happening is taking place this Friday 14 June 5 – 7:30pm. Make sure to visit Queensgate Market for a look at the latest photography exhibition, the textiles artists exhibiting and a talk linked to Ripping Yarns, all part of the WOVEN festival. Events Sat 15 Jun 2019 Circus Raj at Holmfirth Arts Festival 2019 Street circus performers by CIRCUS RAJ (India) Free street theatre performance Fresh from filming for Tim Burton in Disney’s live action remake of Dumbo, this cast of aerialists, acrobats, musicians, slack-rope wa... Wed 01 May to Fri 26 Jul 2019 (3 months) Growing Cultures: Conversations About Creativity What is culture? How can we grow and nurture the culture we want in Huddersfield? The Growing Cultures project, commissioned by Temporary Contemporary, invites you to imagine, dream, talk about what tomorrow’s cultur... Thu 13 Jun 2019 Hashtag Authentic: A social media masterclass with Sara Tasker A social media masterclass with Sara Tasker, a social media influencer, writer and creative business consultant who credits Instagram with changing her life. To book click here: http://bit.ly/HashtagAuthenticTickets ... Thu 13 Jun 2019 Ripping Yarns - Dewsbury Six short films by Alistair I MacDonald telling the stories behind some of our most innovative textile recycling businesses; turning old jeans into car interiors, creating yarn from nettles, and recycling 1000's of weddi... Wed 12 Jun 2019 Ripping Yarns – Batley Six short films by Alistair I Macdonald telling the stories behind some of our most innovative textile recycling businesses: turning old jeans into car interiors, creating yarn from nettles, and recycling 1,000’s of wedd... Fri 14 Jun 2019 Rose Condo: The Geography of Me at Holmfirth Arts Festival 2019 The Geography of Me by ROSE CONDO (UK/Canada) Where in the world is Rose Condo? A solo spoken word show by multiple slam winning Canadian poet (and self-proclaimed map nerd) Rose Condo. Rose takes audiences on... Sat 15 Jun 2019 SEED by Pif Paf at Holmfirth Arts Festival 2019 SEED by PIF PAF Free street theatre performance. SEED is a fantastical exploration of our relationship with the long suffering plants that keep us fed, sheltered and breathing. The performance, built around int... Fri 14 Jun 2019 Spectacular Showcase of Textile Innovation The Spectacular Showcase of Textile Innovation will shine a spotlight on the incredible scientific and creative innovation taking place in the textile industry today. Scientists, businesses and artists are continually ex... Fri 14 Jun 2019 Talk: Ripping Yarns with Alistair I MacDonald Ripping Yarns is a series of short films from the Kirklees textile trade by Alistair I MacDonald which explore the innovative businesses in Kirklees who are pioneering practices such as recycling unwanted clothes in orde... Fri 14 Jun 2019 Temporary Contemporary Happening 14 June Join us for our monthly Temporary Contemporary Happening event on Friday 14 June, 5 - 7.30pm in Queensgate Market. Take a look at the latest photography exhibition in the gallery and browse the textiles artists exhibiti... Thu 20 Jun 2019 The Art of Rabindranath Tagore Lecture by Dr John Stevens at 7.30pm. (Doors open 7.00pm) Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) is arguably the most important Indian artistic figure of the modern era. The first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, cla... Wed 12 Jun 2019 Tree Time at Bagshaw Museum and Wilton Park Take a glimpse behind the scenes of this Victorian mill owner's house and a mindful walk. Enjoy a private viewing of textile artifacts from the archives with a museum curator, followed by a slow and meditative walk g... Sat 15 Jun 2019 Wired by George at Holmfirth Arts Festival 2019 Wired by George by TIN ARTS (UK) Free performance Wired is about George’s bedroom and all the electrical things he has in it. From the comfort of his room George forges connections to all that is special to him:... Sat 15 Jun 2019 Woven in Film As part of Woven, Creative Scene will host Ripping Yarns and Kirklees Through Textiles, a series of free pop-up short film screenings at Brigantia in Dewsbury and Holme Bank Mills in Mirfield on 8 and 15 June 2019. Fo... Tue 18 Jun 2019 Year of Music 2023 Consultation - Dewsbury Join the discussion on 18 June at Dewsbury Town Hall about how we can build a world-class music offer that contributes to the identity, economy and communities of Kirklees – and let us know how you could be part of the Y... Opportunities Mon 24 Jun 2019 Batley Festival Commission Call Out, Top Table THE TOP TABLE – A Creative Feast for Batley Outdoor Arts Festival, West Yorkshire. This is a new and significant opportunity for an artist, collective of artists or arts organisation to create something truly special fo... Wed 10 Jul 2019 Colne Valley Business Network Meeting - 10 July Colne Valley Business Network (CVBN) is a networking group that was started by Kirklees Council that aims to help businesses & organisations in the Colne Valley learn more about each other and though it has been dormant ... News Tue 11 Jun 2019 Kirklees Concert Season 2019-20 has launched! The new programme for the 2019-20 Kirklees Concert Season launched last week. Once again, the new Season showcases some of the finest talent from around the world in Huddersfield and Dewsbury Town Halls. Gordon S... Tue 11 Jun 2019 Makers Market in Huddersfield this weekend Pop in to Huddersfield this weekend for the WOVEN Makers Market at the Byram Arcade and the Lawrence Batley Theatre courtyard. Come and browse local crafts and makers on Saturday 15 June. Tue 11 Jun 2019 WOVEN textile artists in Queensgate Market Textile artists have taken over some of the vacant stalls in Queensgate Market during the WOVEN festival 8-16 June. The work on show gives an example of the range of work that textiles covers - 3D, 2D, floor pieces and ...