City Arts News Friday 10 May 2019

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City arts developments

Hull Dance Transgressions

Friday 10 - Sunday 12 May
Various venues - Hull City Centre

Hull’s only Contemporary Dance Festival - Transgressions is back.
Leading companies from Lithuania join UK based dance artists for a weekend of performances in unusual spaces.

Transgressions asks the questions; how do people with dual-cultural heritage or, who are newly arrived in a country, use dance to find their identity as individuals and artists?  We want people to watch dance, talk dance, love dance.

Check out their website for more information


Changes to City Arts News publication dates

From Friday 2 August City Arts News will be published on a monthly basis, as opposed to fortnightly. We will aim to publish issues on the first Friday of each month from August. Can our contributors please note this change when submitting articles for inclusion.


The Critical Fish - launch of a new arts journal

Thursday 16 May, 6-8pm

Humber Street Gallery, Humber St, Hull

To empower the growing art scene in Hull, East Riding and beyond, a new artist-led journal is launching to support conversation and debate about art and visual culture in the city and beyond.

Produced by local artist Lauren Saunders and writer/educator Jill Howitt after recognising the need to continue the conversations initiated by UK City of Culture 2017, The Critical Fish is a new collaborative and inclusive forum that seeks to connect artists, writers, organisations and broad audiences. The first issue, titled Anchovy, has been funded by Arts Development and Arts Council England and supported by a number of local and regional arts and cultural organisations.

Attend the launch and pick up a copy of The Critical Fish and also have a chat with the producers, editors, writers, artists and other partners.  Click here for an online version of the invitation.


Hull City Council Grants to Arts funding

Check out our website for more information.  We can also help match fund an application to Arts Council England.


Advice and support

If you have an idea for an arts project in Hull we have experienced arts development officers who can help.  Part of our role is also to help develop local artists.

We can:

keep you informed of commission opportunities

help you develop your ideas

advise on pricing, effective budgeting and preparing funding bids such as Arts Council grant funding applications.

Complete the online form with your idea or development needs or email cityartsenquiries@hullcc.gov.uk

Music and theatre

Northern Academy of Performing Arts present:

Disney's High School Musical

To to Saturday 18 May, 7pm

At Northern Academy of Performing Arts 50, Anlaby Road, Hull, HU1 2PD

Disney’s High School Musical – Inter Musical Theatre

Wed class:10 & 11 May – 7pm

Sat classes: 17 & 18 May – 7pm

Pupils of Northern Academy of Performing Arts present this hit musical.

The Den

7 and 8 June, 7pm

Tickets £7

Junior Drama Production  -  Moving to a new area is hard for any 10 year old boy. It means fitting in a new school. Living in a new house and, of course, making new friends. But Robbie manages to deal with all of this by building a den in whatever place he moves to. This time though, Robbie discovers that his den possesses some strange magical power. The badly put together pile of twigs can transform people into anything it wants to! From cops an robbers to Trojan Warriors, if you walk into the den, there is no telling who you may become when you walk out the other side

Box office: Northern Academy of Performing Arts tel. 01482 310690

Visit the NAPA website for further information.


Grow Festival at Hull Truck Theatre

Tuesday 7 to Saturday 11 May

Grow is Hull Truck Theatre’s artist development programme for artists at any age or stage in their career, designed to provide opportunities and support exciting new performances.This year’s programme will feature new exciting work from local, regional and national artists and, for the first time, will include a series of Edinburgh Festival Fringe previews. Audiences are invited to see new work either in development, tour-ready or just a sapling of an idea.  

The Grow season will continue with a series of innovative performances extending into June.  For the first time, Grow will also include Edinburgh Festival Fringe previews right here, in the heart of Hull. The previews will feature performances by multi-award-winning comedian and Hull native Jack Gleadow, Edinburgh award nominee Lucy Beaumont, The Kagools, Middle Child, queer artist Nathaniel Hall, and Hull-born comedian Richard Stott.

Visit the Hull Truck website for full informationand to book tickets online.


Turn and Face the Strange

Until 4 May

At Hull Truck Theatre, Ferensway, Hull, HU2 8LB

£16.50-£24.50

For further information and to book tickets visit the Hull Truck website.

Hull Ladies Choir – concert

Friday 10 May, 7:30pm

The Guildhall, Alfred Gelder St., Hull, HU1 2AA, £6

Tickets available to buy from Gough and Davy, Paragon St., Hull, or Barkers of Hallgate, Cottingham.

Email: info@hullladieschoir.org.uk


Swansea City Opera Cosi Fan Tutte

Saturday 18 May, 7.30pm
Bridlington Spa, YO15 3JH
Adults £17.50, Concessions £15, Children £5

Beautifully staged by Swansea City Opera and sung in English with elegant 19thC costumes, Così fan tutte contains some of Mozart’s most ravishing music.
Box office: Bridlington Spa 01262 678258

Check out their website for more information


Hulljazz presents: 

The Hot Club of Lincoln

Wednesday 15 May, 8.30pm

£5 £3 NUS unemployed. Children welcome. under 18s free if accompanied by a paying adult.

The Goodfellowship Inn, Cottingham Road, Hull, HU5 4AT
The Hot Club of Lincoln play Gypsy Jazz in the style of Django Reinhardt and the Hot Club of France, plus classics from the Great American Songbook. With Graham Eadie: lead guitar, John Le Voi: rhythm guitar, Pete Barnaby: double bass and featuring vocalist Moll Amour

The Ben Crosland Quartet

Wednesday 29 May, 8.30pm

£10 £5 NUS unemployed. Children welcome. under 18s free if accompanied by a paying adult. The Goodfellowship Inn.
A welcome return from this sizzling outfit featuring saxophonist Rod Mason with Jez Platt - Keyboards, Ben Crosland - bass and Dave ‘Rocky’ Tyas - drums.

Email address: jazzinhull@davenlee.karoo.co.uk


Hull Choral Union presents Choral Classics in The Avenues

Wednesday 22 May, 7:30pm

At St Ninian’s & St Andrew’s URC, Chanterlands Ave., Hull, HU5 4DJ

Music by Brahms, Vivaldi, Handel, Mendelssohn & more

Conductor:  Paul Dewhurst

Musical interlude by St Mary’s College Students

Tickets £6.50 All Adults, £2.50 Children & Students including refreshments.  Available from Choir members or Gough & Davy or pay on the door

Visit the Choral Union website for further information


Hull Truck Theatre presents The Hired Man

23 May to 15 June

£24.50 - £10

At Hull Truck Theatre, Ferensway, Hull

Based on the stirring novel by Melvyn Bragg, The Hired Man was turned into a musical in 1984. The production features a superb score of rousing foot stomping rhythms and soaring choruses by the award-winning composer Howard Goodall.

For further information and to book tickets visit the Hull Truck website or call the Box Office on 01482 323638. 


Journeys Senior Drama Showcase
Friday 24 May, 7pm, £7.00

Journeys Senior Drama Showcase
Friday 24 and Saturday 25 May, 7pm and Sunday 26 May, 2pm

Northern Academy of Performing Arts 50, Anlaby Road, Hull, HU1 2PD

Join our Senior and Intermediate students as each class tells their own unique story centred around a journey. Set in a range of time periods, the stories will feature different people and places that all embark on a journey to overcome a personal or societal barrier. The featured students will show off the skills they have developed in lessons by using a mixture of genres and styles of performance to create moving, stimulating and original pieces of theatre.

Box office: Northern Academy of Performing Arts 01482 310690

Email address: napa@northernacademy.org.uk

Check out their website for more information

Dance

Inclusive movement and dance
For Adults with Additional Needs – Age 18 upward
Friends, families, carers also welcome - pre booking essential

Beverley High School Dance Studio, Norwood, Beverley HU17 9EX
Friday evenings 6.30-8pm commencing 5 April

Happy Futures, Scarborough, Afternoons dates tbc plus some holiday sessions
Beverley High School Dance Studio- come for a half or full day.
Thursday 30 May and Friday 31 May 11 - 12.30 & 1-2.30pm
Cost: Voluntary fee £2 per session

Sessions take place in a fun, friendly, warm & supportive atmosphere.

Further details & Booking Michaela: 07981690215
E.Mail: thecommunitydanceproject@hotmail.co.uk

Sessions Facilitated by Michaela Bullivant M.A.Dance-Movement Psychotherapy, B.Ed. Dance, Somatic Movement Educator SME
International Course Leader-Trainer & Practitioner for Sherborne Developmental Movement UK


Adult Contemporary Dance Class

Every Wednesday, 7-8.30pm, State of the Arts Academy, High Street

Check out their facebook site for more information


Steps in time, Dance Company for 50+

Alternate Mondays at either the New Theatre or the Mortimer Suite in the City Hall. 

£5 per session. Ist session free

Always wanted to dance? Stopped at 16? The Dance Company for older dancers is perfect for beginners or those who haven't danced for some time. We come in all shapes & sizes, levels of fitness and between 50 abd 74. We cover Ballet, Contemporary, Creative Dance and Jazz. Comfortable clothes, bare feet or socks are best. Come and join us. Please check on 07946099083 or carolhancock1@yahoo.co.uk for current dates and venue as the venue changes depending on the New Theatre and City Hall availability.


Northern Ballet – Puss in Boots

Tuesday 14 May, 12 noon, 2pm, 5pm*

Bridlington Spa, South Marine Drive, Bridlington, YO15 3JH

Performances at 5pm – is a relaxed performance

Adults £7, Children £6

Box office: Bridlington Spa, Tel: 01262 678258

Visit the Brid Spa website for full information

Youth arts

Fruit Factory (Ages 6 - 10) at Humber Street Gallery

Saturday 1 June, 11 am

Humber Street Gallery, Hull, HU1 1TU, £10 per session

For further information visit the Humber Street Gallery website


Fruit Factory (Ages 11 - 15)  at Humber Street Gallery

Saturday 8 June, 11 am

Humber Street Gallery, Hull, HU1 1TU, £10 per session

For further information visit the Humber Street Gallery website

Events and exhibitions

Synthesis at Studio Elevent

Preview Saturday 11 May, 1pm - 3pm

Exhibition runs 9 May–7 July

Studio 11, Humber Street, Hull, HU1 1TG

Studio Eleven Gallery presents the third exhibition of 2019 entitled Synthesis. Featuring Barry Stedman, Ceramicist and Lesley Williams, Painter.

Visit the Studio Eleven website for further information http://www.studioeleven.co.uk


Awakening at HIP Gallery

Awakening - a solo retrospective by Francesco Jacobello.

Check out their facebook site for more information


Is This Planet Earth?

to 28 July, free
Ferens Art Gallery, HU1 3RA

Is This Planet Earth?, invites visitors to consider how our actions in the present will impact on our habitat in the future, and what our world might look like from other perspectives. A Tŷ Pawb touring exhibition, curated by Angela Kingston.
Telephone number - 01482 300300

Check out their website for more information


Cut

Exhibition runs until 19 May

Humber Street Gallery, Hull, HU1 1TU

Artists and hairdressers Richard Houguez & Graham Jones present Cut, a residency project exploring themes of social expression and the acts of self-care centred around their practice of hairdressing. The project takes form of a sculptural installation and events programme where haircuts and client interviews are gathered to create sound and sculptural artworks. 

Visit the Humber Street Gallery website for further information.


Microbes

18 May - 1 September, Free Entry
Ferens Art Gallery, HU1 3RA

Our Gallery will be transformed by a glowing landscape of suspended inflatable microbe pods of differing shapes and sizes. This interactive exhibition is inspired by the beautiful microscopic imagery of bacteria and cells that live within us.
Telephone number - 01482 300300

Check out their website for more information


No.44 - Fine Art Degree Show - Hull School of Art & Design

Opening 31 May, 6-9pm,

Exhibition runs 3-19 June 2019, 9-5pm with late night opening on Monday and Wednesday until 9pm

At Hull School of Art & Design, Wilberforce Drive, Queens Gardens, Hull, HU1 3DG

Fine Art BA Hons students present ‘No.44’, their ‘degree show’ exhibition.

Proud to be the 44th group of Fine Artists creating out of Hull School of Art and Designs Queens Garden’s Campus, the No.44 artists have worked hard to make this exhibition a degree show to remember. Between them, these artists work across sculpture, collage, printmaking, installation, sound, painting, drawing, photography and mixed media. The issues they address include industry, ecology and the environment, the process of making, moments in time, human identity and the juxtaposition between innocence and evil.

For more information about the exhibition, or the No.44 artists work, visit their website 


Performance evening with HP Parmley

Thursday 30 May, 6pm

Humber Street Gallery, Hull, HU1 1TU

Join artist HP Parmley for an evening of sound performance. Reserve your place here via Eventbrite. 

On the same night, there's an exhibition preview for local artist Ella Dorton’s Journey to the Centre of the Couch (Couches and Other Good Ideas) in the project space. This preview is a unticketed open event, so if you have booked a space to HP Parmley’s performance you are free to attend the Ella Dorton’s preview.

Visit the Humber Street Gallery website for further information.


Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2018

Exhibition runs until Sunday 2 June

Wednesday – Monday 10 am – 5 pm Tuesday 10 am – 7 pm

Exhibition Space, Brynmor Jones Library, University of Hull, HU6 7RX

Visit the culturenet website for further information


Masterpieces in Focus from the Royal Collection: Hans Holbein the Younger, Sir Thomas More – at the Ferens Art Gallery

Until 23 June in gallery 3

The Gallery is open Monday – Saturday, 10am – 4.30pm, and Sunday, 11am – 4pm.

Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, HU1 3RA

Part of Masterpieces in Focus from the Royal Collection. There is a programme of talks and events to the complement the exhibition. To find out more about these events visit the Ferens Art Gallery website.


A Tittle-Tattle Tell-A-Tale-Heart

Until 30 June

Humber Street Gallery, Hull, HU1 1TU

Athena Papadopoulos’ first major institutional presentation in the UK. Using her recent two-part novel, of the same title as a point of departure the artist will create a narrative that combines the use of free-standing sculpture, sound installation, costume and performance.

Visit the Humber Street Gallery website for further information


Journey To The Centre Of The Couch (Couches & Other Good Ideas)

Saturday 25 May – 7 July

Humber Street Gallery, Hull, HU1 1TU

Hull based artist Ella Dorton will expand her fabric collage-based practice with her first major project at Humber Street Gallery. Typically using found fabrics, old clothes, bedsheets, curtains and paint, the artist composes portraits that reflect the people of Hull.

Visit the Humber Street Gallery website for further information


Conversations Series II: Other Transmissions

Exhibition runs until 21 June

At Artlink, 87 Princes Avenue, Hull, HU5 3QP

Exhibition featuring work by resident artists at Venture Arts alongside works from The Whitworth's Outsider Art Collection.

Visit the Artlink Hull website for further information

www.artlinkhull.co.uk

Films and screenings

Hull Independent Cinema screen a variety of film

Check out their website for more information


WeWatchFilms screening classic movies back on the big screen at Cineworld in Hull every month. 

Visit this google drive link below for the January – March 2019 season of classic films.

Comedy

Literature and talks

Festival of Words Event - Romantic Fiction "Read Dating"

Saturday 18 May
The Treasure House, 12.30 - 3.30pm

Local Authors from the Romantic Novelists Association will pitch their books in an attempt to win your affections. This quick fire afternoon is sure
to leave you with a long and romantic reading list.

Book online or call 01482 392699 Monday - Friday 9am - 4pm.


Heritage Slide Shows with Q&A

Tuesdays 4 June, 6 August, 1 October, and 3 December, 7:30pm

Off the Road, Live Lounge," corner of Princes Ave, Hull HU5 3RU

Bi monthly talks, by local author and historian, David Zander Smith. We explore the history of Hull, it's buildings, culture and quirky characters.  All welcome. A huge collection of local heritage photo prints can also be browsed. Info via. mikeclive1945@gmail.com 


The bond of family: Slavery, commerce and culture in the British Atlantic world

Thursday 2 May, 4:30pm

Free admission - all welcome

Wilberforce Institute Oriel Chambers, 27 High Street, Hull, HU1 1NE

Box office: Culture Campus tel: 01482 465683

For further details visit the culturenet website


Mini Festival of Words Event

Saturday 11 May

At Bridlington Spa, Marine Drive, Bridlington

For further information and to book places visit the Brid Spa website.

Information and news

Funding and opportunities

Carnival Crew – Volunteers Call Out

Fancy helping create carnival in Hull?
Volunteering is a great way to get involved and support Hull Carnival Arts. We have many and varied roles that offer hands on opportunities for enthusiastic volunteers, helping out at our Pop-up Parades across Hull, and behind the scenes making and preparation.
To Join The Hull Carnival Arts “Carnival Crew” come along to one of our inspiration spark days and meet the team, for further details and applications email: hullcarnivalcrew@outlook.com
Application deadline Monday 20 May, volunteers will be selected on 21 May.

All selected volunteers will need to be available for induction and training on the following days

Tuesday 28 May 10-4pm – Initial Induction, and carnival make & mend skills (essential)
Wednesday 29 May 10-4pm – Carnival costume making (optional)
Thursday 30 May 10-4pm – Carnival event facilitation (essential)

Carnival Crew Volunteers will have a variety of opportunities to get involved with Hull Carnival Arts work across the summer Season, at live events and behind the scenes from 1 June – 1 September.

Hull Carnival Crew is a project jointly funded by Hull City Countil Arts Development and The Arts Council of England


Amy Johnson Arts & Engineering Awards

We are delighted to announce that the Amy Johnson Arts & Engineering Awards are now open for applications. Funded by the proceeds from the Moth for Amy auction, the Awards aim, among other things, to encourage the participation of women in the arts and engineering and so are particularly targeted at women practitioners. They are open to people living and working in Hull and East Yorkshire.

Each year for the next four years there will be two Awards each with a maximum value of £4000. Each year we will ask applicants to focus on a different aspect of engineering. In 2019, the engineering content of the projects should be drawn from the sphere of computer and digital science and engineering, including areas such as robotics and artificial intelligence.

Full details of the Awards together with the Application Form are available on their website . The application deadline for the 2019 Awards is Friday 31 May.


Call out to writers and artists

Wrecking Ball Press are pleased to announce an open call-out to writers to submit short prose pieces (max. 1500 words) and poetry for publication in a special edition anthology in 2019. Focussing on the life and work of poet, novelist, and singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, we invite you to submit to us your writing inspired by the Ladies’ Man himself: what he meant to you, how he inspired you, how he influenced you. Words born in the emotions invoked by Cohen’s writing and music, from short stories and poems to brief autobiographical experiences.

Did you ever meet Leonard Cohen, or see him in concert? Where did he take you with his words and his songs? We would also like to invite any photographers or artists who have original work or images of Leonard Cohen from any point in his career to send submissions, too, with permissions for credited print within the anthology.

Submissions will be shortlisted and selected by poet and comedian Kate Fox, and Wrecking Ball Press editor Shane Rhodes.

Submissions to be sent to: editor@wreckingballpress.com Please title the email with: Leonard Cohen Submissions

Submission deadline: 17 May 2019


Volunteers Required

Studio Eleven Gallery and Workshop, 12 Humber Street Fruit Market Kingston upon Hull, HU1 1TG

Volunteers required in lovely gallery & workshop in Hull’s Cultural Quarter. A great opportunity to work in an artist led gallery exhibiting contemporary ceramics, painting, craft & print. There’s many benefits including: great way to gain experience in the arts sector, access to ceramic and printmaking facilities, invitation to previews and to work alongside artists.

For more details please contact us: Tel: 01482 229600 Email: info@studioeleven.co.uk

Check out their website for more information

Courses and workshops

Middle Child Writers' Group

May-July 2019, free
Venue - Darley's, Porter Street, Hull, HU1 2JE

Find your voice and write your first play in this introduction to playwriting course, in association with Hull playwright, Tom Wells.
Deadline of events or opportunity - Monday 29 April

Email address - reverb@middlechildtheatre.co.uk

Check out their website for more information


Courses at Studio Eleven Gallery and Workshop, HU1 1TG

Decorative Screen Printing using Stencils
Saturday 18 May, 11am - 4pm
£45 or £40 for members
Plan your design and screen print the outcomes with print – maker Diane Chatterton Hyam. Includes all materials.

Decorate Clay with Scraffito
Saturday 25 May, 10.30am - 12.30pm
£25 or £20 for members
Scraffitto (Italian – “to scratch”), is a decorating pottery technique produced by applying layers of colour to pottery, then scratching off layers to create contrasting images, patterns and texture and reveal the clay colour underneath.

Telephone number - 01482 229600
Email address - info@studioeleven.co.uk

Check out their website for more information


Fancy helping create carnival in Hull?

Come and join the Hull Carnival Arts Carnival Crew Volunteers this Summer.  Find out more and how to apply, at our inspirational weekends featuring work by top UK carnival artists and Hull Carnival Arts.

Saturday 11 May 10am-4pm Spark Day
Hull Afro Caribbean Centre 25/26 Park St, Hull HU2 8RR (Free entry all welcome)  Meet the Hull Carnival Arts team and find out how to Join The Carnival Crew Volunteer team this summer.
Presentation of work by Lewis Hunter * (EMCCAN), and Hull Carnival Arts. A chance to see carnival arts artefacts and costumes up close, and try a costume on in Selfie Corner!
Dance and movement taster workshops with Lewis Hunter including a short talk about wearing large costumes and dance tips in costume.
Get your groove on and join our Pop-up Carnival Parade with Lewis Hunter and Hull Carnival Arts giant puppets for a finale of the days activities through St.Stephens Shopping Centre TBC.

Sunday 12 May 10am-4pm Artists Masterclass - Carnival costume backpacks with Lewis Hunter (EMCCAN)
Hull Carnival Arts - Scrapstore Studios HU3 5DB
Registration via Eventbrite recommended via this link.

Suitable for makers and carnival artists with an interest in large scale costume, this practical masterclass will involve team work. An amazing full day hands on workshop hosted by Hull Carnival Arts featuring visiting carnival artist Lewis Hunter and the EMCCAN team (East Midlands Caribbean Carnival Artists Network). The workshop will cover the following skills:
Designing large costumes for dancers, and achieving movement/animation in them.
Backpacks and building simple large costume makes
How to make big things that pack down - rodding & pipe technology
Finishing and decoration techniques
Short presentation/talk on large makes on castors and their design & construction

This is a practical masterclass workshop, please wear appropriate clothing. Drinks will be available but you will need to provide your own lunch. Please let us know any access needs in advance of the workshop via hullcarnivalcrew@outlook.com

Saturday 18 May 10am-4pm Spark Day
Hull Carnival Arts - Scrapstore Studios HU3 5DB (Free entry all welcome)
Meet the Hull Carnival Arts (HCA) team and find out how to Join The Carnival Crew Volunteer team this summer, and see the work of Hull Carnival Arts, opportunities to try on costumes in the Selfie Corner!
Presentation of work by Nottingham based Can Samba (12:45-2:15 & 2:30-4:30pm) A chance to see carnival Mono-Floats built on mobility scooters up close, have a test drive and move to music in one of Can Sambas special carnival mono-floats (weather permitting)

Sunday 19 May 10am-4pm Artists Masterclass - Carnival Mobility Scooter Floats with Can Samba
Hull Carnival Arts - Scrapstore Studios HU3 5DB
Registration via Eventbrite recommended.
Suitable for makers and carnival artists with an interest in large scale carnival makes, this practical masterclass will involve team work, covering the following skills:

A short presentation/talk by Can Samba on their mono-floats, design & construction.
Hands on constructing mono-float structures and how to rig to mobility scooters
How to make big things that pack down -rodding & pipe technology
Finishing and decoration techniques
This is a practical masterclass workshop, please wear appropriate clothing. Drinks will be available but you will need to provide your own lunch. Please let us know any access needs in advance of the workshop via hullcarnivalcrew@outlook.com

Hull Carnival Crew is a project jointly funded by Hull City Countil Arts Development and The Arts Council of England


Saturday Sing - vocal harmony workshops

At Artlink, 87 Princes Ave, Hull:

10:30am to 12.00pm on Saturdays 11 May, 25 May, 22 June*, 6 July, 20 July and 27 July 2019.

At Albemarle Music Centre, Ferensway, Hull:

10:30am to 12.00pm, on Saturday 8 June

Free your voice and explore joyful harmony singing for pure enjoyment in the latest series of workshops.  Retaining an emphasis on exploring voices in harmony, while creating beautiful music together. Led by experienced community choir leader Clare Drury, you will sing a variety of material including dipping into contemporary, folk, and world music.  All songs are taught by ear, so there’s no need to read music, nor to have any previous singing experience.  All you need is a desire to free your voice, and a willingness to join in with others in this friendly group and have fun.

A welcoming group for singers of all ages and abilities.

£5 per session, concessions £4, children £1 (all under 16s must be accompanied) 

*  Our session on 22 June is specially themed for Yellow Day.

Please contact Clare 07774 961811 or email: SingwithClare@outlook.com to discuss your needs or just turn up to a session. Join us on Facebook to see what we're up to.

Clare's work is based on the principles of the Natural Voice Network, who believe that singing is our birthright and in a natural approach to voice.   


The Summer Term Potters Club

At Avenue’s Centre, Park Avenue, Hull HU5

Thursday 2 May – 18 July 2019 (12 weeks)

Membership £45 (1 year) 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm, £180

Potters Club available for potters with sufficient experience to work self-directed. Includes technician support with Sarah Johnson and basic materials.

To book a place or to request more details please contact: Studio Eleven Gallery. 12 Humber Street, Fruitmarket, Hull. 01482 229600 Or email info@studioeleven.co.uk

Visit the Eleven Gallery website for further information.


Feral Art School - Courses starting soon

May onwards

Various venues across the city

High quality learning experiences for adults over 18.

Visit the Feral Artschool website for further information


Child Protection & Safeguarding in the Arts and Cultural Sector

Thursday 4 July, 10 am- 4.15 pm, Yorkshire Dance, Leeds

Of benefit to individuals and organisations looking to update their understanding of child protection legislation and best practice, this course provides a full update on current child protection legislation, including the Disclosure and Barring service, the Duty to Refer and Working Together.

The day will provide in-depth practical advice to help you develop sensible structures and build confidence around child protection issues, within the context of developing and delivering creative and cultural projects for children and young people. The course also includes a “safe touch” section, exploring how child protection guidelines can be maintained within more physical art forms such as dance and theatre.

For further information and bookings please visit their website or contact a member of the Professional Development team via: 02380 332491 / training@artswork.org.uk

This course can also be delivered in-house and tailored to meet the specific needs of your organisation. To find out more get in touch via: 02380 322491 / rachelhall@artswork.org.uk


Traenerhus workshops

Stained Glass Mirror or Abstract Piece

Saturday 18  May, 9.15am - 1.45pm

£50.00

Fancy Trying your hand at Stained Glass? Why not give it a try at Traenerhus with Gloria Biggs at this workshop. Gloria is a qualified Tutor with 21 year’s experience. You will make a small mirror with a stained glass border or an abstract piece. All materials and light refreshments are provided.

Macrame Air Plant Hangers

Tuesday 14 May 1pm - 3pm

£12.50

Traenerhus, High Street, Hull,  HU1 1NE

Making Macrame and wooden air plant hangers at our regular ‘Crafty Tuesday’ class at Traenerhus. Sessions are friendly and informal and you can work at your own pace. All materials will be provided.

Animal Silhouettes with Ingrid Holborn

Saturday 25 May, 10am-12 noon

£15.00

Join artist Ingrid Holborn and make an animal silhouette illustration, inspired by her very own style. This workshop is suitable for beginners through to more experienced creatives. Learn several of the techniques Ingrid uses. Be inspired to create your own and take away a beautiful illustration to keep for yourself or give as a unique gift. Ingrid’s style of teaching is relaxed and fun.

Bookings can be made online, by phone or by popping into Traenerhus tel  (01482) 324596.  Visit the Traenerhus website for further information.

Jobs

Hull’s Northern Academy of Performing Arts is looking for a new CEO

This is a fantastic opportunity for a natural and inspirational leader to join the NAPA family as Chief Executive.

With a track record spanning over 15 years, NAPA is the lifeblood of youth performing arts in East Yorkshire.  If you’ve got what it takes to build on our success and take us to the next level, we’d love to hear from you.

Napa is an equal opportunities employer.

To find out more about the charity, please write enclosing your current CV by Wednesday 15 May to:  Peter Duffield, Chair of Trustees, NAPA, 50 Anlaby Rd, Hull HU1 2PD

For more information about NAPA visit their website



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