workshops Archives - Blackpool Social Club

26 Jan

The Old Electric showcase Blackpool’s emerging scriptwriting talent

Linda Hampton0 CommentsTheatre, Dance & PerformanceBlackpool, Blackpool and the Fylde College, blackpool arts scene, performance, the old electric, Theatre, workshops

Local actor and writer Linda Hampton was invited to take part as a reader for this live event hosted by The Old Electric, on a cold January night. Each year at the culmination of the annual scriptwriting course offered by The Old Electric performing arts organisation in Blackpool, participating writers are invited to show their work-in-progress to a live audience. Six Blackpool-based writers – George Bamber, Angela Murphy, Amanda Webster, Joshua Shaw, Lyndsey Barlow and Lydia Warrilow - have been developing their stories under the guidance of Melanie Whitehead, Artistic Director of The Old Electric. She has been helping the…

07 Aug

Young people in Blackpool get set to Make a Change

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsLocal News, OpportunitiesActivism, community, learning, workshops

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] This Wednesday, Blackpool’s Activist Alliance is launching a series of workshops that will help young people learn about activism and community organising. The first event has been organised by Blackpool-based community arts organisation Aunty Social and will include a variety of experts and local activists. The idea is to help young people explore and take action on the social issues that affect them. They may want to take action on climate change, they could be worried about feeling safe or they might not be getting the support they need to stay healthy or in education. These workshops will help…

04 Feb

Creative Opportunities & commissions for February 2022

Catherine Mugonyi0 CommentsLocal News, Opportunitiescommission, jobs, opportunities, workshops

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A round-up of opportunities available to creatives based on the Fylde Coast in February 2022. These include grant funding, commissions, jobs, consultations, research projects and more. New opportunities will be added to this page as they arise. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="34451" img_size="large" alignment="center" title="Help Musicians’ Coronavirus Financial Hardship Fund 2022"][vc_column_text] The Help Musicians’ Coronavirus Financial Hardship Fund has confirmed a further £1m to help musicians struggling to make ends meet. ACE and DCMS have provided £650k of hardship funding so that Help Musicians is able to extend hardship funding into 2022, making further payments to musicians facing financial hardship due to…

26 Oct

Make! Craft! Live! The Halloween Crafternoon Tea Party

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsVisual Arts & Exhibitionsceramics, crafts, LGBT, LGBTQ, LGBTQIA, workshops

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] On their 50th anniversary, the Crafts Council has announced that they have selected Blackpool's Aunty Social as a Make! Craft Live! partner. The Crafts Council celebrates this special birthday from October 2021 to October 2022 with a season of nationwide exhibitions, learning events, fairs, and digital activities that celebrates the value of craft to empower, enrich and connect our society. These craft activities will take place at venues across the UK such as craft studios, museums, galleries, schools and community centres. Aunty Social is pleased to be selected as one of the Crafts Council’s partners. Working together we will…

30 Aug

Discover your Clown Spirit: Free online workshop

Linda Hampton0 CommentsOpportunities, Theatre, Dance & Performanceartist, clown, entertainment, performance, spirit, transformation, workshops

A FREE online workshop for people of all experience levels who want to unlock the transformational power of clowning. Have you always wanted to try your hand at clowning? Are you a secret clown at heart? Would you like to find out more about what being a clown is really about? Then read on-this could be your chance to run away and join that beckoning circus. Barnaby King has dedicated his life to the art of clowning since 2000. He’s written books, made shows and convened festivals. But he tells us that his greatest joy is passing on the spirit,…

11 Jun

Call for makers – Craft School: Yinka’s challenge

Catherine Mugonyi0 CommentsOpportunitiesCraft, education, workshops

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Join the Crafts Council and multi-disciplinary artist Yinka Ilori in leading a series of CPD workshops for teachers on Friday 9 July. The Crafts Council is proud to announce a nationwideCraft School challenge for learning practitioners wishing to engage their students with craft thinking and making. Created in collaboration with Crafts Council trustee Yinka Ilori, the creative challenge will celebrate three vital themes; Play, Storytelling and Empowerment. Ahead of the challenge launch this summer, they are looking for three craft educators or craft makers to deliver one practical session on each of the themes. They will be uplifting and…

01 Mar

MAN’s Guide to Prospecting: Online Workshop

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsVisual Arts & ExhibitionsArt, artist, Blackpool, workshops

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Material, things, stuff. Material Arts Network (MAN) is a growing group of artists and makers who believe that looking closely at material can tell us more about each other and the world around us. Based at Abingdon Studios in the heart of Blackpool, MAN was founded by Ellie Barrett and Kerry Tenbey, two artists who explore material meaning in their practice and research. They want to bring together artists, curators, critics, writers, researchers and makers to discuss and share ideas about material meaning and engagement. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Launch event To get things going, MAN is hosting a two-part launch event…

05 Feb

Aunty brings Aardman Animations workshops to the Fylde Coast

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsLocal News, Visual Arts & ExhibitionsAardman, animation, Blackpool, children, clay, families, Fylde Coast, model making, online, workshops, wyre

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] This February, Blackpool-based community arts group Aunty Social are hosting online model making workshops with the fantastic Aardman Animations. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] Fylde coast residents are invited to join expert model maker Jim Parkyn for a fun, hands-on clay modelling workshop where participants will make their very own model of Shaun the Sheep – The unusually bright and clever sheep who lives at Mossy Bottom farm. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Jim has been a freelance sculptor and model maker for Aardman Animations for over 20 years. He's lead on several series of Shaun the Sheep and you can see his work in a variety of Aardman…

17 Jan

Unique outdoor photography festival is coming to Preston this spring

Claire Griffiths0 CommentsLocal News, OpportunitiesExhibition, festival, Lancashire, photography, preston, workshops

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A new outdoor photography festival is set to bring some of the UK’s best documentary photographers to the streets of Preston. Lancashire Photography Festival, created by Preston-based photographer Garry Cook, will display brilliant photography projects in the city this spring, with all images able to be viewed in a safe, socially-distanced way from the street. Photography projects exhibited will also include historical images of Preston and several projects by local Lancashire photographers, who will take part in the festival via a series of free documentary photography workshops.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="31507" img_size="large" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"][vc_column_text]The festival has been organised with lockdown conditions in…

21 Oct

Pencils at the ready for the Big Draw 2020

Catherine Mugonyi0 CommentsLocal News, Visual Arts & ExhibitionsArt, artist, drawing, life drawing, online, the Big Draw, workshops, zoom

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Every October, the world’s biggest celebration of drawing takes place across the globe. Since launching in 2000, organisers of The Big Draw Festival have helped to encourage over 4 million people in 25 countries back to the drawing board. So get your pencils at the ready for the Big Draw 2020. October seems to be *the* month to get creative, not only is it Inktober (create 31 drawings in 31 days) but it's also home to the Big Draw Festival. The Big Draw's mission is to help people express themselves through the universal language of drawing. Each year hundreds of partners…