SPLIT, the first exhibition created and curated by our group of young artists, Creative Youth has almost finished installation and will open this weekend. We hope to welcome various people over the week and share this brilliant work by young people from the region. More to follow…
Join us on the 5th of November where we will be running a drop-in Bonfire Night activity for kids in SPACE (not the cosmos, our small unit in Fareham Shopping Centre). For a £1 contribution kids can colour in a Guy Fawkes mask and make a card Capotain hat as worn by the Gunpowder Plotters including Guy Fawkes.
Younger ones can join in and help us make a big firework-inspired picture for the wall, blowing paint around with straws, flicking paint with toothbrushes and using other every day items to create all manner of fireworks!
Art Play will still be on and donations are appreciated for this!
We will be running from 10:30 to 1pm so come down and see us!
We were delighted last week to welcome Hampshire singer-songwriter and workshop facilitator, Jim Chorley to SPACE to run our 2 workshops with local young people to create a song for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Jim’s interest is in how the Queen and in particular, her seventy-five years on the throne have fostered a sense of community and how this can be explored through song. Working together Jim and our young people created a song entitled Lovely Jubbly Jubilee. You can find the lyrics and listen to the song below.
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Lovely Jubbly Jubilee
The Queen lives in London
The Jubilee was on Thursday
We had lots of fun
She slayed the day away
Chorus:
Let’s have a lovely Jubbly Jubilee
Seventy years of Majesty
Lovely Jubbly Jubilee
Her favourite dog is a corgi
She loves all animals
She created the dorgi
Maybe the next will be camels
Chorus
There are Monarchs all over the world
But none as cool as our Elizabeth
Her hair looks great straight or curly
And she’s got many private chefs
Chorus
She’s never without her pearls
She loves to wear the colour blue
Her hair is worn in curls
How about you?
Chorus
We were really excited to welcome Funkformat to SPACE the other day to run our JUBILATION! Dance workshop. Over half a day, Sasha from the dance company joined a small group of young people to create and workshop a dance to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Thanks to all those who took part
Our poetry workshops culminated in an in-person session today, a nice change from our online sessions. We’re so proud of our workshop group and the brilliant way they’ve worked together and on their own poems over the last few weeks and we look forward to showcasing their work in the JUBILATION! poetry work we’ll be publishing over the summer.
Huge thanks to Lucy Flannery who took today’s session and who has been running our outreach sessions with a local school. We’re busy going through all the poems from these at the moment and are looking forward to including as many as possible in our eagerly awaited book of children’s poetry.
We’ll be updating here as soon as possible with details of the upcoming book!
This week our lead artist has mainly been in SPACE working on the giant art piece for the culmination of JUBILATION’s Art Course for 7-11+ year olds.
This has involved many hours of painstaking work, cutting, gluing and stitching, and not to mention choosing where to arrange and how to assemble pieces
As part of our exciting Spring project we have a great opportunity for a dance company or choreographer with a current DBS certificate (within 6 months) to work with us this Spring over the Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend.
The selected candidate will spend a half-day working with children/young people to create a piece that tells a story and celebrates the 70 years of the Queen’s reign. The time spent will total 3 hours including two 10 minute breaks. The piece will be performed to a small audience at the end of the session. We are looking at the possibility of this performance taking place outside (weather dependent).
We will pay a total of £200 for the 3-hour session and up to £50 to cover expenses for the day (including travel, money towards childcare if required, and food). This will be payable after an invoice is raised and will be paid by the Tuesday following receipt of the invoice.
To apply please do fill out this short form, including a link to your related work
Alternatively, if you wish to discuss this further please email beth@liveartlocal.co.uk and leave any details, plus a phone number and we will call you back to discuss.
Due to when funding was confirmed and the short timeframe we have for this project we aim to let the successful candidate know by 17th April.
Due to funding for a new project this summer (details embargoed by funder until 11th April) we are looking for a musician/songwriter to work with us.
This opportunity would involve two 1 3/4 hour workshops with children/young people to create a song (details about the theme will be given upon application) that they will then perform in Fareham this June. The workshops will take place once a week in the final two weeks of May (exact date to be confirmed).
The main requirements we have for the selected musician is that they hold a current DBS certificate, or if they have a BASIC DBS that it is within the last 6 months; and that they have experience of running workshops and working with children and young people.
We will pay the selected musician/songwriter £150 per workshop and up to £20 expenses per session.
It would be nice if the selected musician could attend their performance of the piece, however, this is not mandatory and we are unable to pay for attendance as it will fall outside the time of the workshops. However, we may be able to cover travel expenses.
To apply you can complete the form here. Please remember to insert a link to examples of your work
To discuss any aspect of this opportunity please email beth@liveartlocal.co.uk and leave your phone number for an informal chat.
This is a fast-moving project and we will get back to people by the 17th April
As part of a new project (further details embargoed until 11th April) we are seeking a poet, or poets, to work with us. This opportunity will take you into schools in the Fareham area in the summer term to deliver five one hour sessions supporting pupils to craft poems around a specific theme (further details will be made available upon expression of interest as we are not permitted to share this at the present time due to the aforementioned embargo).
For each session, you will be paid £100 for the hour and we can accommodate up to £20 in expenses per session. The chosen candidate/s will be asked to invoice us after the session and we will make payment by the following Tuesday to a nominated bank account.
You can apply for this role here:
Alternatively, expressions of interest are to be emailed to beth@liveartlocal.co.uk. Please include your name, a link to a website or to a site that hosts your work and a CV. Selected applicants will need experience of running workshops with children and/or young people. Please also email and questions you have and a phone number if you would like to discuss this opportunity.
The selected applicant/s will be informed by the 17th April
If the pandemic has taught us anything it’s the importance of two things, one, community, and two, the value of the internet in making human connection possible even when there are barriers that pre-internet would of been insurmountable.
The relaxation of all Covid measures means that the world is opening up again and in-person meetings and networking are possible again. However, this is not the case for all, the extremely vulnerable, those with disabilities, those with mental health issues and those in remote locations have found our newly discovered, but now ubiquitous platforms, such as Zoom, a lifeline in reaching out to others and building their networks, and fostering new communities. What a shame if all that were to go now that Boris has deemed it “safe” to mingle again.
That is why, we at Live Art Local are creating the Chinwag Virtual Network. A network for creatives and arts/culture professionals from all over to connect virtually once a month to discuss new projects, build partnerships and to share advice/have a good old moan. This network will be free to attend but donations will be greatfully received to support the running/administration costs.
The first meeting will be on Tuesday 22nd February at 6pm GMT and we then hope to meet once a month thereafter on the Tuesday closest to the 22nd. The session until we secure funding will last 40 minutes.
Please sign up via Eventbrite, the link is here
