ITS THE START OF THE COMMUNITY TORCH RELAY

Today is the 1st day of the Community Torch Relay.
For 2 weeks before half term we worked with 30 schools at Derby Silk Mill Museum, making the basic torch structure and working on ideas .......then they went away and put the finishing touches to their own unique torch. 
We haven't seen the results until now 
They are FABULOUS
Look at Derwent Community School's torch, we love the figures around the bottom and wonderful flames on the top.
Well done!!!


Photograph source  on twitter #communitytorchrelay@DerbyCitySSP 

A Run Of Olympic Workshops

Over the next few weeks Spiral Arts are delivering a marathon of Olympic and Non-Olympic themed workshops.

Come along and join in the creative fun.

See details below

Derby Community Torch Events

Sunday 10 June - The Big 1 Chaddesden Park - Mini Torch Making - 11-3pm
Sunday 17 June - Get Ready - Sinfin Moor Park - Olympic Pompoms - 1-4pm
Saturday 23 June - Family Fun Day Alvaston Park - Mini Torch Making - 11-3pm
Sunday 24 June - Derby Triathlon Osmaston Park - Mini Torch Making - 10-1pm

Derby Olympic Well Dressing

Monday 25 June - Thursday 28 June
Derby Quad Arts and Media Centre, Derby Market Place 10-4pm in the Participation Space

Other Free Workshops and Events

Art in the Park - Derby Arboretum Park
Monday 4 June - Queen's Jubilee Big Lunch - Jubilee Crowns 12-3.30pm in the Orangery
Saturday 28th July - Love Parks Week - All you need is Lovely Flags - Time TBC

Derby Arboretum Arts and Crafts for Deaf and Hearing Families
Saturday 16 June - Bouncing Butterflies and Beetlebug Kites - 1-3pm
Tuesday 31 July - Holiday Notebooks and Summer Postcards - 1-3pm
Heart of the Park Building (next to the cafe)

Derby Carers Event
Thursday 21 June - Derby Quad in the Box - 10-3pm
Find out the activites that are available for carers in Derby and book free places

Leon Baptiste @ a Spiral Arts workshop :)

We ran some mini Olympic torch making workshops  at Derby Moor Community Sports College the other week with pupils from
6 of their feeder schools attending.
Working in groups of 3 they had 1hr and 40 minutes to make a torch and I think you will agree looking at the photos below they all did a very good job too :)
Also at some of the workshops we had sporting champions dropping in to chat to the children.
We managed to photograph Leon Baptiste who had brought his Gold Medal  - won in the 200metres  at the 2010 Commonwealth games in Delhi. He spent a long time chatting to all the children and even let some of them try the medal on which was really amazing.
Thanks Leon I think we all voted you a real champion!!

Jub-Olympic Bunting

Over the last couple of weeks we have had a great time working with the young people from the Cantelupe Youth Club in Ilkeston. We showed them how to make bunting which they can use for  their Diamond Jubilee or Olympic celebrations, or in fact any other parties or events they have.
First of all they painted some fabric, then cut it up and sewed it into strips of bunting. Using the sewing machines became a very sociable event with one person operating the foot pedal while the other person fed the fabric through the machine.

                                           

Find Out the FACS

Last week we were one of 9 micro provider art organisations  who put on an event at Derby Dance Centre helping promote art activities for carers and cared for people who are shortly going to be responsible for managing their own wellbeing budget.

It sounds a huge and somewhat daunting task as people don't necessarily know what's out there and available to them.

For our part we ran a simple stencilling workshop and participants got to take away a length of bunting made out of their stencilled piece of work.

We had a really lovely time and met some interesting folks.

International Women's Day 2012

We had a stand again at the International Women's Day. This year it was held at the Assembly Rooms, Derby in the Darwin Suite, and this year we were there on behalf of the CO OP who are supporting this campaign.
With help from a lot of women, some children and yes, a few men..... we made a collage of the campaign poster.
We even had some help from a group of young people from the Hoverla Ukrainian Dance Ensemble.

At the start

The finished collage

Where did March go?

Well this month has fairly whizzed past and we have been busy with various workshops.
We spent a morning of stamping and stencilling with some lovely ladies from the Derbyshire Carers.....