Community Art Workshops – Chapeltown Arts Festival 2016
Healthy Diet for Healthy Art
Address: Jamaica House, 277 Chapeltown Rd, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS7 3HA
Date & Times: Monday 4th July 2pm-5pm & Friday 8th July 10am – 1pm
Cost: Free, but donations welcome, booking essential.
A baking workshop focussing on healthy eating run by Dr Kathleen Wright from University of Leeds.
Flower Arranging at St Martins Church
Address: St Martins Church, St Martins View, Leeds LS7 3LB
Date & times: Tuesday 5th July 2pm – 4pm
Cost: £4, booking essential.
Gain the skills to make an all round floral arrangement with a candle in the middle which can be used as a centerpiece.
SAA UK Taster Workshop in Dhol/Gidha Boliyan
Address: Bracken Edge Primary School, Newton Rd, Leeds LS7 4HE
Date & Time: Tuesday 5th July, 6.30pm – 7.15pm with performance at 7.15pm-7.45pm.
Cost: Free but booking essential.
Learn about the history of the Punjabi folk music and perform as a group. Suitable for beginners. All ages welcome.
Singing & Song writing with Christella Litras
Address: Union105, Chapeltown Rd, LS7 3HY
Date & Time: Tuesday 5th July, 6pm-8.30pm
Cost: £10, booking essential
Founder member of the Caution Collective vocal group, Christella Litras, will lead this singing / song-writing workshop where you will learn about different vocal techniques, voice projection and choral singing and will explore how to combine poetry and music.
On Sanity | Cartoon & Zine Making
Address: Union105, Chapeltown Rd, LS7 3HY
Date & Time: Wednesday 6th July, 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Cost: Free but booking essential.
Participants will make a simple visual narrative about life and experience with mental health and contribute to a collective zine. This workshop is for those who have affected by mental health issues.
105 Women Making Day
Address: Union105, Chapeltown Rd, LS7 3HY
Date & Time: Thursday 7th July, 12pm-5pm
Cost: Free – Drop in, no need to book.
A day of making, sewing, painting, drawing, talking and exploring with the 105 Women collective.
Botanical Dye and Eco Painting on Textiles workshop with Carol Sorhaindo
Address: Roscoe Methodist Church, Francis Street. LS7 4BY
Date & Time: 8th July 1pm – 3.30pm
Cost: £10 per person, booking essential
A day of dying and painting fabrics using plants that you might find in your garden!
Felting Workshop
Address: 31 Potternewton Lane, Leeds, LS7 3LW
Date & time: Friday 8th July, 10.30 am – 12.30 pm
Cost: £3.50 – £5
N.B Contact Inkwell directly on 0113 3070108 to book
Learn how to felt using both wet felting and needle felting techniques.
Singing & Song writing with Steve Canoville
Address: Inkwell, 31 Potternewton Lane, Leeds, LS7 3LW
Date & time: Friday 8th July, 1.30pm – 3.30pm
Cost: £3.00
Learn the basics of songwriting with Steve Canoville and have a chance of performing at our monthly Instrumental Gigs.
N.B Contact Inkwell directly on 0113 3070108 to book
Unless otherwise stated, please contact Lotte on lotte@esamail.org.uk or call 0113 262 6633 to book a place on the workshops.
Progamme for the festival week:
Monday 4th July
2pm – 5pm
Healthy Diet for a Healthy Art workshop
Jamaica House
Free – Donations welcome
Tuesday 5th July
2pm – 4pm
Flower Arranging Workshop with St Martin’s Church
St Martin’s Institute
£4.00
6.30pm – 7.15pm
Taster Workshop in Dhol/Gidha Boliyan with SAA-UK
Learn the energetic Indian Dhol drum
Bracken Edge Primary School
Free – Donations Welcome
7.15pm – 7.45pm
Performance – SAA UK
Bracken Edge Primary School
Free – Donations Welcome
6.00pm – 8.30pm
Singing and Song writing workshop with Stella Litras and Caution Collective
Union 105
£10 per person – Booking essential
Wednesday 6th July
5pm – 7pm
History of Black Music and It’s Power to Move with Urban Mohammed – Talk/Presentation
Leeds West Indian Centre
£3.00 on the door
6.30pm – 8.30pm
On Sanity
A Cartooning Zine Making workshop with Jack Fallows & Louisa Parker.
For adults who have experienced mental health illness/issues.
Union 105
Free – Booking essential
Thursday 7th July
12pm – 5pm
105 Women – Making Workshop.
A day of making, sewing, painting, drawing, talking and exploring with the 105 Women collective.
Union 105
Free Drop-in
6pm – 9pm
Open Studios
Explore the studios, meet the artists and see behind the scenes of some of Chapeltown’s creative spaces.
Union 105 & Workshop Press Gallery
Free – Drop-in
Friday 8th July
10am – 1pm
Healthy Diet for a Healthy Art workshop- Dr Kathleen Wright
Jamaica House
Free – Donations welcome
1pm – 3.30pm
Botanical Dye and Eco Painting on Textiles workshop with Carol Sorhaindo
Roscoe Methodist Church
£10.00 per person – Booking essential
10.30 am – 12.30 pm
Felting Workshop
Inkwell
£3.00 – Booking essential (contact Inkwell directly on 0113 3070108)
1.30pm – 3.30pm
Singing & Song writing workshop with Steve Canoville
Inkwell
£3.00
Saturday 9th July
10am – 4pm
Floral Display at Roscoe Methodist Church
Roscoe Methodist church
Free – Donations Welcome
11pm – 5pm
Festival in the Park
– Show & Sell – Arts & Crafts Fair
– Jonathan Turner’s ‘Tintype Portraits’ mobile photography studio – Tickets: £2.00
Norma Hutchinson Park
Free – Donations welcome
11pm – 4pm
Zine In a Day with Footprint
Inviting the local community and festival attendees to contribute a written or drawn page for our very own Chapeltown Zine.
Union 105
Free- donations welcome
12pm – 5pm
Open Studios
Explore the studios, meet the artists and see behind the scenes of some of Chapeltown’s creative spaces.
Union 105 & Workshop Press Gallery
Free – Drop-in
2pm – 4pm
Celebrating Mandela
The Legacy with RJC Dance and others
Mandela Centre
Free – Donations Welcome
3pm
Unveiling of Street Art in Chapeltown
See Website for locations
Cllr Dowson, S. Whyles, L. Shaw and Aneesha Green
Sunday 10th July
11pm – 3pm
Chapeltown Word Junction
A celebration of Chapeltown’s writers, poets and literary achievements.
Inkwell
Free – Donations welcome
3.30pm – 5pm
Launch of Chapeltown Visual Art Exhibition
Group exhibition Chapeltown Artists and Creatives
Inkwell
Free
Throughout the week:
Street Art
Aneesha Green
Painting Virgin Media communication boxes in Chapeltown
Chapeltown Road – See website for locations
Sholebrokerie 16 – Jayne Thorpe
Garden Art Installation
Sholebroke Place
Wednesday 6th – Saturday 9th July
Northern School of Contemporary Dance – Graduation
7.30pm
Tickets £8 (£5)
A vibrant evening of exciting and challenging dance produced by the final year BPA students and a range of visiting artists, reflecting the diversity of the contemporary dance scene today.
Info point:
If you need any information about Chapeltown Arts Festival 2016 throughout the festival week then feel free to drop into Union105 and ask a member of staff. We will have programmes for the festival and more information about all the events as well as a small exhibition of works from Union105’s latest projects including ‘What, didn’t you bury me? But you forgot that I was a seed’ & the ‘Chapeltown Tourist Office’.
Union105, 105 Chapeltown Rd, LS7 3HY
0113 262 6633
Workshop bookings:
To book onto the workshops please contact Lotte on lotte@esamail.org.uk or phone 0113 262 6633