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A Little Piece of Me for the Whole of Us – free art workshops with Tina Hofman

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Yam From Here: Migration and the Making of the Black Country

Step into an inspiring world of stories, games and shared experiences in this free three part workshop series

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Step into an inspiring world of stories, games, and shared experiences with multidisciplinary artist Tina Hofman – performer, director, researcher, and co-founder of Notnow Collective and the Migrants in Theatre network. Born in former Yugoslavia, Tina’s work is rooted in movement and storytelling foregrounding questions of memory, chaos and fantasy, care, and migrancy.

Across three playful and immersive workshops, participants will explore themes of Home, Journeys, and Community. Guided by Tina’s signature approach – from participatory performance, dynamic storytelling, sensory experiences, and multilingual games – each session is an invitation to connect, create, and reflect together.

The workshops will culminate in the Tile Shifting Mural – a collective artwork built tile-by-tile, each representing personal identity, memories, and ideas related to the Yam from Here project. Through visual design and short audio descriptions, the mural becomes a shared space for dialogue, inclusivity, and discovery.

Expect laughter, learning, and a celebration of diverse voices. Whether through games, choral storytelling, or creative making, you’ll contribute “a little piece of me for the whole of us” – leaving with not just art, but a stronger sense of community.

Find out more: tinahofman.org | @hofmanica | notnowcollective.com

Delivered by the European’s Welfare Association

Funded by Heritage Lottery Fund

What?

A free workshop series exploring Home. Journeys and Community in the Black Country hosted by theatre-maker Tina Hofman.

From storytelling, performance-art and tile-making, each session is an invitation to connect, create and reflect together.

When?

September 6th                  2.30-6.30pm

September 19th               6pm – 9pm

October 11th                      2.30pm – 6.30pm

Where?

Caldmore Community Garden

12 Careless St

Walsall, WS1 3RH

Job Opportunity – Creative Projects Co-Ordinator at Caldmore Community Garden (2 days a week)

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We’re recruiting a Creative Projects Co-Ordinator to join our friendly team. You will work closely with artists and partners, help put on events, and engage with the local community, community groups, volunteers and creatives. You will contribute to the planning, evaluation and delivery of the arts programme.

The successful applicant will have a passion for creative arts, poetry, performance and strong co-ordination and admin skills. You will be experienced in working creatively with a range of artists and organisations and be committed to working with communities and artists in Walsall.

Contract: 2 days a week, June to December 2024.

Salary: £14-£15 per hour (£25,480 – 27,300 pro rata), depending on skills and experience.

Download the Recruitment Pack as a Word Document or PDF below to find out how to apply. If you’d like to talk with someone in the team before you apply, e-mail caldmoregarden@gmail.com.

Email your completed application to Anna Webster at caldmoregarden@gmail.com by 8am on Monday 13th May 2024.

The arts programme at Caldmore Community Garden is funded by West Midlands Combined Authority’s Inclusive Communities Programme operated by the Heart of England Community Foundation. The poetry project is co-funded by Black Country Touring.

Free wreath making workshop at Caldmore Community Garden – 5th December 10am – 1pm

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Make a Christmas wreath using natural vine wreath base which can be reused, collected sprigs of pine, fir holly and other greenery and traditional aromatic Christmas dried orange and cinnamon.
Add a few reusable artificial berries and ribbons.

Led by Deb Slade, Community Arts Worker. Deb rally enjoys gathering the greenery, drying orange slices etc at the start of the Christmas month.


You are welcome to bring some of your own greenery – Deb will bring plenty of holly for everyone, so look out for the more unusual, blue greens and lime greens for contrast. If any one has any eucalyptus, bring loads!

The workshop is free, but spaces are very limited and booking is essential! To book, e-mail caldmoregarden@gmail.com or message / whatsapp Anna on 07871813252.

The workshop is funded by The National Lottery Community Fund. 

Willow Workshops with artist Kate Morrell at Women’s Tuesdays

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WILLOW WORKSHOPS
WITH ARTIST KATE MORRELL

Learn to sculpt your own small willow animal at Caldmore Community Garden and get involved in making some bigger sculptures for everyone to admire! Kate will show us the techniques she uses to make the sculpture from start to finish – feel free to bring along any pictures to work from to make your own piece.

Come and join us for a fun and relaxed willow weaving as a part of our creative Women’s Tuesdays group. We can work indoors or outdoors (weather permitting).

Kate Morrell is an experienced willow artist based in Leicestershire. She set up her workshops 4 years ago and has met some wonderful people who have sculpted the most fantastic sculptures.
Kate’s website: https://katemorrellwillowworkshops.co.uk

WORKSHOP DATES:

Tuesday 18th April 10am – 1pm
Tuesday 25th April 10am – 1pm
Wednesday 3rd May 10am – 4pm
Wednesday 10th May 10am – 4pm

Please aim to attend all 4 workshops as they are seen as a process – we start from learning to how make a small sculpture for our own garden, and proceed to make a few larger ones to install at the Community Garden.

We will be working in small groups, so you will get help and support both from Kate and from other women.

To book a place, please e-mail calmoregarden@gmail.com or text 07871813252.

The workshops are one of the creative projects funded by The National Lottery Community Fund as a part of our Reaching Communities Project.

Women’s Tuesdays: Nature linocut project with Alix Almond

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Inspired by the flora and fauna of Caldmore Community Garden we will create linocut prints celebrating the diversity of the garden and the beauty that can be found. Linocut is great for focusing on the details and texture found within nature. We will carve and print greetings card and print designs – experimenting with colour and technique – and exhibit our finished prints and well as hand-printing our work to sell as cards and prints – unique designs for a unique setting.

Over seven weeks we will explore the techniques of linocut; starting with a single colour print that can be used to print greetings cards and then moving on to creating prints that use several colours; either through a layered print technique or a reduction linocut technique.

It doesn’t matter if you are a complete beginner – this versatile technique will bring out the artist in everyone! We will be using non-toxic inks and learning hand printing techniques to ensure that this is a really accessible process. Prepare to be bitten by the printing bug!

Workshop dates:

  • Tuesday 4th October 10am -1pm
  • Tuesday 11th October 10am -1pm
  • Tuesday 25th October 10am -1pm
  • Tuesday 1st November 10am – 1pm
  • Tuesday 8th November 10am – 1pm
  • Tuesday 15th November 10am – 1pm
  • Tuesday 22nd November 10am – 1pm

To book, e-mail caldmoregarden@gmail.com, txt / Whatsapp 07871813252, or send us a message. Spaces are limited and booking is advisable!

Free entry!

Alix is a printmaker and artist based in Coventry. She is a full time artist and splits her time between making art and teaching linocut workshops at venues around Coventry and Warwickshire. Alix is a predominantly self taught printmaker; she began printmaking after attending a workshop in November 2015 at Birmingham Printmakers and the bug was well and truly caught! She creates single colour, multi-block and reduction linocut prints. She also creates pencil and pencil crayon drawings. Her drawings are ‘true to life’ but her linocuts have a more contemporary feel. Alix enjoys creating images of animals and birds and takes inspiration from nature. She captures the character and detail of the animals, forgoing background to concentrate on the beauty, patterns and textures that can be found. She works from home – printing in her kitchen, usually with a spoon! Recently she has begun to experiment with a multi-layered coloured technique using translucent inks and a printing press. She aims to be as environmentally friendly as possible in her printing methods and materials.

Contact details:
www.alixalmond.com
Instagram: @alixalmond
Facebook: @AlixAlmondArt
alixalmond@hotmail.co.uk

Funded by The National Lottery Community Fund and People’s Health Trust

Vacancy: External Evaluator

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CALDMORE VILLAGE FESTIVAL ARE LOOKING FOR AN EXTERNAL EVALUATOR FOR CALDMORE COMMUNITY GARDEN AND OUR “GARDEN FOR ALL” PROJECT

Role: External Evaluator

Fee: £6,000.00 to £7,000.00 for the full engagement period (paid in two annual installments).   

Engagement period: July 2022 – February 2024

This is freelance self-employed post, spread over two years.

Place of work: Remote working and visits to the project in Walsall

We are looking for an evaluator who has experience in the arts and participation to carry creative evaluation of our flagship project – Caldmore Community Garden with activities and events funded as a part of Reaching Communities’ “Garden for All” project. If you do not fit all the criteria but do have relevant experience that could make you a great candidate, we would still love to hear from you and encourage you to apply. We welcome applications from people with a range of experiences and skills.

We promote equality, diversity and inclusion throughout our projects and our workplace. We actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply. We aim to make the application process as accessible as possible.

To apply, please email your CV and a one page cover letter to:  Anna Webster –  caldmoregarden@gmail.com by Friday 24th June.

Please note, applications will be reviewed as they come in as we are looking to appoint this post as soon as possible.

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We are re-opening after lockdown #2!

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TIER 3:

We are delighted to tell you that will be re-starting our outdoor activities in groups of up to 6 from Thursday 3rd December. 

Our Programme in December and January:
– Thursdays 10am – 2pm – join us for gardening activities!
– Mondays 10am – 12pm – Men’s Shed
– Tuesdays 10am – 12pm – Women’s Tuesdays
– Garden Saturdays – 11am – 2pm – family sessions, booking in advance requiered.

We are also open Monday – Friday 10-2pm if you just want to enjoy the Garden and use the playground. 

Please remember to use the hand sanitiser, sign in using the NHS Track and Trace app OR a sign in sheet, keep 2 m distance from others, and please do not attend if you have any COVID-19.

Let’s keep everybody safe and enjoy winter in the Garden!

Calling all Walsall Dinner Ladies!

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Caroline Molloy is a photographer based at Caldmore Community Garden. She is making a small scale research project in Walsall that raises the visibility of dinner ladies – there is a family connection there, as her own grandmother was a dinner lady, too. She aims to share personal narratives and photographs about Walsall based Dinner Ladies. 


She is looking for personal contact to start this research and is available on Wednesdays, and can either interview at the Caldmore Community Gardens (although times are restricted to opening times which are 10-4pm), in own homes or in a place of work. She is looking to conduct an interview, scan any photographs and at some point make a photo portrait. 


If you are interested in taking part, please get in touch with Caroline on 07889 987 991, e-mail carolinemolloy@hotmail.com or message Caldmore Community Garden.