Creative weaving at the Arts and Crafts day

This was a very well attended day with several other activities going on too.

 We cannot show any general photos of how busy we were as they would show vulnerable adults, but here are some close ups. 

                    

Arts and Crafts Day

World Mental Health Week 2011

Arts & Crafts Day

Thursday October 13th from 10am to 3pm

RESOURCE CENTRE DAY HOSPITAL,
London Road, Derby
 
A day of visual arts aimed at showing how creativity can aid recovery  
 

Come and do some creative weaving with Spiral Arts using ribbons, lace and plastic bags!

Lots of other activities too.

Hope to see you there

DERBY FESTE - something fishy

Family Craft Activity - create sea-themed masks and headgear
Quad Participation Space
Saturday 24 Sept 2011
11am til 4pm


Drop in to Quad's Participation Space to 
create sea-themed masks and headgear with Jenny and Maureen 
to join in the Sarruga parade from 8pm.


The activity is free and under 12's must be accompanied by an adult.


Hope to see you there.

Artworks at Wirksworth

We spent a busy 2 days up at the Wirksworth Festival being arty with Wirksworth's young creatives.

Animal Art ~ Monkey Masks, Crazy Crocodiles, Weaving Birds

Puppet Art ~ Pop-up Insect Puppets, Jumping Jack Horses, People Puppets

Musical Art ~ Groovy Guitars, Shiny Shakers, Twirling Drums

Flying Art ~ Whirling Windsocks

Everyone very busy creating

Very attractive monkey masks!

Woven Birds

Insect Pop Ups

Groovy Guitars

Pour the lentils in here Maureen!

Choosing smiley face stickers.

A big thank you to Headteacher Mrs Poyser

for allowing us to the school and for making us feel so welcome.

Exciting news!!

We are so so pleased to announce that we have now got a base here at the Silk Mill museum. Along with several other creatives ( who we have not met yet). We are to be part of an experimental enterprise and for the next few months will have a space for meetings, and workshop prep and who knows what else!!!!

    shall we be in this space.....

    or this space..... we decide, it's an experiment and it's so exciting!!!

Under the Sea at Quad

Spiral Arts delivered an 'Under the Sea' workshop at the Quad Arts and Media Centre in Derby
Woven fish, stretchy fish, mobile fish, spiral jellyfish...very fishy indeed!

Cultural Olympiad Banner for Landau Forte newslink

Read about the Brilliant Banners in the Landau Forte's Newsletter on the link below
scroll down to see the China Banner and the artists and students who took part.

http://www.landau-forte.org.uk/newslink/#/19/zoomed