Hi all, it’s been a busy few weeks during which I have personally visited the majority of primary and secondary school in Middlesbrough, Stockton, and Redcar & Cleveland. New projects have been planned, and some have begun.

John E Batty Primary in Redcar has enjoyed the first half term of after school arts workshops. Club Creative will be working which each year group over the course of the school year, ensuring all pupils have the opportuntity to access after school creative activity.

Marton-cum-Grafton school near York has just finished 6 weeks of after school art club, with demand strong for the club to continue after half term. This is the first time Club Creative has worked in the school and we have enjoyed every minute.

Our partnership with Kilton Thorpe Special school continues to develop with weekly full day film making workshops every Friday. We can’t wait to see the finished results!

We continue to provide creative activity for the Main Project social clubs, and we begin weekly Short Breaks provision for children and young people with disabilities. Catering for all disabilities, this club is by direct referral via social workers only and is designed as respite care funded by the Aiming High for Disabled Children Fund.

Half term activity in Oakfields School in Middlesbrough signals the start of what we hope will be a significant and long lasting partnership with the school. Club Creative is providing film making, street dance and art sessions for a range of ages.

With cartoon clubs in Egglescliffe and St Mary’s schools underway,  art clubs and a Thornaby’s Got Talent club in Thornaby CoE Primary, an amazing project with East Coast Training to engage their young people with an artist to create a permanent piece of steel sculpture, Arty Parties planned with Tees Valley Leisure, and much more in the pipeline, it’s going to be a busy end to year!

That’s all for now.

Neil.

Club Creative is working in partnership with the Main Project to provide a regular Saturday Club for children and young people with disabilities. The service is by referral through a social worker only and will provide breaks for families of children and young people with a wide range of disabilities.

Club Creative would like to invite creative practitioners from the following disciplines to register their interest in providing 2hr sessions. The aim will be to engage the group effectively with creative activity and in the longer term to teach new creative skills and techniques. The most important requirement however will be to provide quality, engaging, participative creative sessions for a pan disability group.

Creative areas are as follows: Drama, Visual Arts, Film Making, Circus Skills, Drumming/percussion.

Because the exact nature and requirements of the group is unknown at this stage, it is likely that we will initially provide a range of taster sessions. Once we have feedback from the group, we will then book in up to 6 weeks of sessions in one particular activity.

The start date and location are currently still TBC but the Main Project are working hard to get everything confirmed and it is hoped that the Saturday Clubs will start within the next month. The location will be in the Teesside area. It is thought the clubs will run from 11am – 3pm, to include two different 2hr sessions.

If you are interested in being involved please register your interest here and include your name, details of past experience, the nature of the workshop you would offer, and of course your contact details.

As well as a fee for delivery, there will be training opportunities in how to deal with disabilities offered through the Main Project.

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Hi again, our Shakin Summer drama summer school got off to a great start with a small but perfectly formed group of children at Layfield School in Yarm on Monday. The children will learn drama techniques, develop the script and dialogue, make costumes and design the set then perform for family and friends at the end of the week.

The mosaic project at Saltburn Learning Campus concludes today. A group of children from the primary and secondary school have been working with two artists to produce two mosaics which will be hung in the entrance and in the main entrance corridor to act as a welcome to the school. We can’t wait to see the results.

As previously mentioned, the Club Creative 2010/11 academic year wall planners are ready to be despatched. If you would like to order one, or your organisation would like a bulk order, please get in touch. A1 and in full colour, They make a much more  attractive calendar than your standard office wall chart!

Hi all. All the summer activity is going incredibly well. There are still places on the ‘Shakin Shakespeare’ summer school next week so please get in touch if you are interested.

By tomorrow we will have worked with 400 children at the Step Up 7 Transition Days in Pickering & Malton. We’ve employed 4 artists, 8 assistants and a co-ordinator every day and a huge thanks goes out to them for all their hard work and enthusiasm. Look out for images and video of this fantastic multi arts summer school soon.

The workshops for Guisborough Police have been a huge success, enabling young people to engage with positive activity and learn new creative skills whilst helping to reduce the  instances of anti social behaviour. Graffiti Art has been the most popular to date!

Kilton Thorpe Special School arts summer school went really well with a wide range of workshops and activities. We look forward to resuming our excellent working relationship with film making workshops in September.

Workshops for Extended Schools in Great Ayton, Northallerton and Filey have been going OK, however numbers seemed low across the board in Filey and Northallerton. Extended Schools are looking into their publicity for next time.

Look out for news on Club Creative Merchandise coming soon!!

Neil

Lots of Club Creative activity happening this summer. Starting next week at Roseberry Primary School Great Ayton with a week of activity including circus skills, jewellery making, cartoon workshop, t-shirt design and African drumming.

We also have fantastic workshops through Extended Schools happening in Filey, Northallerton, and two weeks in Malton & Pickering where we are running the Step Up 7 Transition Days for Y6 kids who are moving up to the four secondary schools in September.

Guisbrorough Police have asked us to provide creative workshops for young people as part of an initiative to reduce anti social behaviour during the summer holidays.

We have a great mosaic project happening over a week in Saltburn Learning Campus. 20 pupils from the primary and secondary school will work together to produce a mosaic and a mural which will installed in the school entrance to welcome everyone in to the new term in September.

With a week long summer arts school in Kilton Thorpe Special School in Brotton and our own Club Creative Shakin Shakespeare drama school at Layfield Primary Yarm, it’s going to be a busy busy summer!

If you are interested in any of these activities please get in touch.

Please download the attached document advertising an opportunity at Kilton THorpe Special School in Brotton. Please contact the school directly. This is not a Club Creative position.

Thanks!

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artist search

PLEASE CONTACT REDCAR & CLEVELAND ARTS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTLY. FULL DETAILS ON ATTACHED DOC.

Dear All

Opportunity: Redcar & Cleveland Arts Development -Tuned In! 2 Creative Links project are looking for an artist to deliver a big art project to decorate a fence at Zetland Park, Redcar.  Deadline for proposals is Tuesday 25th May 2010.

Kind regards

Donna and Jo

Donna Harding
CREATIVE LINKS OFFICER
Arts Development
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
Telephone: 01642 496442
E-mail: donna_harding@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk

Joanne Hodgson
Arts Development Officer
Regeneration Directorate
Kirkleatham
Kirkleatham Museum
Redcar
TS10 5NW

Club Creative continues to work with The MAIN Project across the Tees Valley to provide engaging, stimulating workshops for young people with autism. Circus Skills have already proven a hit and last night we tried a drumming and percussion workshop which was received very well indeed. More sessions are planned along with a singing workshop for a young man with a gifted voice tomorrow night.

If you know of a young person with autism who you think would benefit from some creative activity please get in touch here. You can visit The MAIN Project’s website here.

Watch this space for more developments.

Some images from the after school drama club we ran at Preston Primary, Eaglescliffe.