MAY - AUG 04
SUMMER-SCHOOL
JUL - AUG 04
ARTS AND MEDIA SUMMER-SCHOOL | AGES 4-10 | WATERFRONT HALL | AUG 9-13 | 10AM-4PM
WheelWorks are co-ordinating this week-long
programme in visual arts, digital photography
and animation for children aged 4-10.
For cost, booking and further information
contact WheelWorks on 028 9020 0878.
DJ-ING SUMMER-SCHOOL | AGES 11-18 WATERFRONT HALL | AUG 2-6 | 10AM-4PM | £20
DATE:AUG 2 - 3 AGE:11 - 14
DATE:AUG 4 - 5 AGE:15 - 18
AUG 6 ALL (rehearsal and performance)
WheelWorks are pleased to announce our first
major collaboration with Sonic DJ Academy. Based
in Belfast, Sonic DJ Academy is Ireland’s first
dedicated DJ training academy, run by professional
trainers and DJ’s working in the UK and Ireland.
This week-long beginner’s course led by Kevin
Traynor and Sonic DJ Academy staff will break all
of the essentials of DJing down into manageable
sections to allow you to take your first steps to
becoming a DJ. The course will cover the following
areas: set up; beats, bars, rhythms & phrasing;
beat matching; mixing: EQs and levels; tricks and
CD mixing.
Girls and Young Women are particularly welcome.
Early booking is advised as numbers are strictly
limited, a number of subsidised places are also
available.
For further information contact WheelWorks on 028 9020 0878.
PROGRAMMES WITH 4-12 YEAR OLDS
WheelWorks will be re-focusing a major part of our programmes during 2004 on the creative development of 4-12 year olds. This is being piloted through 2 new visual arts and multi-media projects: ‘When I Grow Up’ and the Multi-Media Schools Programme. Both programmes are available for booking by schools and community groups.
WHEN I GROW UP | AGES 5-8
‘When I Grow Up’ is a fun and engaging film project for 5-8 year olds designed by Artists Stephen Mullan and Alacoque Davey. The project combines live action, art, design, photography and pixilation and aims to encourage Children to creatively express what they want to do when they become adults. This project was recently piloted at Woodvale Community Centre where eight 5-7 year olds brought to life their dreams and ambitions ranging from hairdresser to fire-fighter, soldier and angel! During the May-June period Children from the afterschools project at Divis Community Centre will participate in the second ‘When I Grow Up’ project. Watch out on the website for the final cut of both these projects.
CLASS PICS AND FLICKS
AGES 8-10 | KEY STAGE 2
This 6 week multi-media residency programme for Primary Children combines visual arts with digital photography and stop motion animation. Developed by Artists Sheelagh Colclough and Alacoque Davey the project will explore an extensive range of visual elements including colour, form, tone, texture and pattern with the basic elements of digital photography, image editing and stop motion animation. Each residency programme will result in a short animation and a book, wall hanging or frieze for permanent exhibition in the school and as a resource for teachers.
WOODVALE COMMUNITY CENTRE
As a follow on from the recent ‘When I Grow Up’ Project, WheelWorks will be developing 2 further projects with children and Young People at Woodvale’s Kids Club. A film and a digital music/sound project with 8-11 years and 12-13 years.
FLYING HORSE WARD YOUTH ARTS PROGRAMME | AGES 13-25
WheelWorks will be developing a range of arts and media based projects in the Flying Horse Ward of Downpartrick between April 2004 and January 2005. This 10 month programme aims to support and increase Young People’s confidence and capacity to explore and depict issues that are relevant to themselves and their immediate community. May 2004 sees the commencement of this exciting programme following on from a period of consultation with participating Young People. For further information contact Tanya Kirk on 028 9020 0878 or 028 4483 8972.
CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
AGES 13-25
WheelWorks Cultural Development Programme, operational between 2002 and 2005, will engage with Young People aged 13-25 in a series of creative arts and multi-media projects encompassing music, radio production, photography, film making and visual art. This season WheelWorks will be carrying out 3 projects as part of the CDP programme, a music/ graphic design project in Rathenraw Youth Scheme in Antrim, a visual arts project with the Chinese Welfare Association based in Belfast and a film project with Dungannon Youth Resource Centre. WheelWorks continue to seek declarations of interest from youth based organisations wishing to be considered for involvement and would be particularly keen to hear from organisations working with Young People who fall within Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act (1998). For further information contact Lizzie Devlin on 028 9020 0878.
MULTIPLE REALITIES
DIGITAL STEP PROJECT | AGES 16-25
Multiple Realities is a 12 month project working with Young People from different ethnic backgrounds, of different sexual orientation and Young disabled people.To date three of the six projects have taken place. Young People from the Dyslexia and Dyspraxia Support group in Maghera have created short animation movies with original music soundtracks reflecting their personal experiences of how society reacts to them. Members of the Black and Ethnic Minority Children and Young People's Project based in Belfast have also been creating short animations exploring identity and challenging cultural stereotyping, while young gay men from the Rainbow Project in L/Derry are exploring through film their different experiences of ‘Coming Out’ in rural and urban areas across Northern Ireland. The current Artistic Team developing the Multiple Realities project are Animation Artist Veronica Tate, Photographer Andy Berndt, Artist Sally Young, Filmmaker Stephen Mullan and Musician Paul O’Hagan. Creative collaborations will continue in April 2004, when Young People from the Chinese Welfare Association, the Fallswater Group of Young People with a learning disability and Gay and Lesbian Youth Northern Ireland will be working on visual art, film and music projects. For further information contact Lucy McCullagh on 028 9020 0878.
BALLYMENA COMMUNITY SAFETY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMME
PROJECT SHOWCASE | AGES 13-16
DES ALLEN SUITE | BALLYMENA SHOWGROUNDS
MAY 6 | 7.30 PM
The aim of this project in partnership with the NEELB Youth Service and Durlston Pastoral Care Centre was to engage vulnerable and excluded Young People in a programme of positive activity which enabled them to develop their artistic skills and encourage the exploration of personal development, citizenship and community pride. The project has resulted in 4 high quality unique artworks and sound recordings each reflecting the theme of community safety interpreted by the Young People using a range of arts and media techniques. Young People in Harryville worked on an original music / graphic design project produing a music CD complete with an artwork designed cover. At Dunclug Pastoral Care Centre, Young People worked to produce a thoughtful documentary film accompanied by an original soundtrack reflecting their lives in Dunclug estate. In Ballykeel, Young People were introduced to the art of portrait photography and created portraits of various members of the local community, including family and local policemen and firemen. Unique final artworks were created by printing the images onto fine sheets of paper clay. Young People from the Doury Road area created an original Radio Broadcast CD and artwork cover including quality mini programmes and interviews with members of the local fire brigade and the Police Service of Northern Ireland. WheelWorks would like to thank all the participating Young People, Community Leaders: Ian Black, Lorraine Woods, George Foster and Amelia Brown and the BCSP Artistic team: Musician/ Sound Artist Paul O’Hagan, Film-maker Stephen Mullan, Visual Artist Alacoque Davey and Photographers Andy Berndt and Sonya Whitefield. For further information contact Sonya Whitefield on 028 9020 0878. |
