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July 9th 2012 »» Dutch graffiti artist ZEDZ creates sculpture with youth group

Dutch graffiti artist ZEDZ creates sculpture with youth group

Dutch graffiti artist ZEDZ came over for a week long residence with a group of young free runners from Accrington Blaze.
He helped them design and build an obstacle for a performance they are currently working on.
The young people had input throughout the entire process, and [...]

June 19th 2012 »» Austrian Workshops

Austrian Workshops

We returned again this year to the Austrian town of Bad Ischl, to hold a series of workshops with school children and young people from throughout the local area.
Workshops were held in Breakdance / Street Dance / Photography / Graffiti / T-Shirt design / Leather [...]

June 15th 2012 »» Alan Turing puppet for Manchester Day Parade

Alan Turing puppet for Manchester Day Parade

We worked with two puppet makers and three youth groups to create a puppet for the Manchester Day Parade.
It was decided that we would creat a puppet to celebrate Alan Turing’s centenary.
Through consultation with all three groups, the design that was chose was Turings compter, [...]

December 1st 2011 »» Eurocultured Exhibition

Eurocultured Exhibition

EUROCULTURED CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION
9th / 10th / 15th / 16th / 17th / 19th December 12 – 6pm

An exhibition of prints, paintings and drawings from our friends Matt Sewell, Krek, Savwo, Hammo, Guy Mckinley and many more….

Unit 4A of Four Piccadilly Place, Manchester, M1 3BN [...]

October 26th 2011 »» Eurocultured Festival Film

Eurocultured Festival Film

We had a very busy few months around May, holding one of our Eurocultured festivals in Turku, Finland, then the following week here in Manchester.
Click HERE for a great 20 minute film showing both festivals.
Or visit www.eurocultured.com

October 25th 2011 »» Oswaldtwistle photography project

Oswaldtwistle photography project

As part of a project linked to the cultural olympiad that celebrated the textile heritage of Lancashire. Photographer Scott Kershaw worked with a group of young people to document local stories and people associated with the old mills in the area.
The resulting images and stories [...]

September 17th 2011 »» Giant puppets

Giant puppets

An exciting new series of projects for us here at Spearfish. Working with an international artist, puppet makers and various schools. The students research the country of the artist and come up with ideas to reflect their culture. Puppets are then designed, built and created [...]

August 29th 2011 »» Blaze Festival, Accrington

Blaze Festival, Accrington

We worked with Accrington Blaze to produce a one day festival, showcasing local bands, a skate/bmx/scooter competition, parkour demos on a piece of equipment designed by Dutch artist Zedz, free workshops and classes.
It was a huge success and will surely be repeated in 201

August 20th 2011 »» Severn Vale Housing mural

Severn Vale Housing mural

We were asked by Severn Vale Housing Association to work with their residents on the creation of a mural. Having recently purchased a site for development, the hoardings around the site were in need of brightening up. Over 4 days we transformed the site, with [...]

July 20th 2011 »» Trading Cards

Trading Cards

Working with years 7 and 9 of St Ambrose school, our artists helped them creat a trading card game.
The basis of the project was to find a way to introduce the ethos of the school to new students, as well as helping them to interact [...]

February 28th 2011 »» Screen printing workshop

Screen printing workshop

Working with one69a printing, we helped two classes at Peel Hall Primary school design and create their own custom screen printed T-Shirts

October 11th 2010 »» RSPB Dearne Valley

RSPB Dearne Valley

Our second project for the RSPB in the Dearne Valley
Click HERE for a video clip of the project

August 24th 2010 »» Fleetwood dance project

Fleetwood dance project

B-Boy Mouse worked with groups of young people at Fleetwood Sports College over 4 sessions to create breakdance and street dance routines.

July 8th 2010 »» All Saints School Rossendale

All Saints School Rossendale

We were asked by All Saints School in Rossendale to come in and work with a small group of male students who were finding it difficult to engage within lessons and were at risk of being excluded.
An artist, DJ and MC worked with them to [...]

July 8th 2010 »» Fleetwood mural

Fleetwood mural

Working within the local community, our artists spent 2 sessions consulting teenagers, children and adults in the area, to come up with a design that showed certain issues faced on the estate.
Previously the wall was constantly vandalized and was an eyesore.
The mural was painted over [...]

June 10th 2010 »» Eurocultured Slovakia workshops

Eurocultured Slovakia workshops

As part of the Eurocultured Project we recently embarked on the Slovakian strand of the event programme. DJ G-Kut and B-Boy Mouse from the UK worked with one of Bratislava’s top dance academies to create a brand new choreographed piece of dance music that was [...]