http://www.spearfish.co.uk Cultural workshops, events and festivals Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:06:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 Just over the footbridge from ... http://www.spearfish.co.uk/recent/eurocultured-exhibition 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 [gallery link="file"] http://www.spearfish.co.uk/recent/eurocultured-festival-film 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 were pasted on to a ... http://www.spearfish.co.uk/recent/oswaldtwistle-photgraphy-project 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 by the students and artists.[gallery ... http://www.spearfish.co.uk/recent/giant-puppets 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 2012[gallery link="file"] http://www.spearfish.co.uk/recent/blaze-festival-accrington 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 local kids and young people ... http://www.spearfish.co.uk/recent/severn-vale-housing-mural 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 between peer groups by playing ... http://www.spearfish.co.uk/recent/trading-cards Working with one69a printing, we helped two classes at Peel Hall Primary school design and create their own custom screen printed T-Shirts.[gallery link="file"] http://www.spearfish.co.uk/recent/screen-printing-workshop [gallery link="file"] Our second project for the RSPB in the Dearne Valley Click HERE for a video clip of the project http://www.spearfish.co.uk/recent/rspb-dearne-valley [gallery link="file"] B-Boy Mouse worked with groups of young people at Fleetwood Sports College over 4 sessions to create breakdance and street dance routines. http://www.spearfish.co.uk/recent/fleetwood-dance-project