We are looking for a range of visual artists in the Black Country (within the Walsall, Sandwell, Dudley and Wolverhampton boroughs) to deliver creative sessions as a part of our Women’s Tuesdays group meeting on Tuesdays 10-12.30pm, May to December 2024.
We are especially keen to commission artists who use various creative means and media to respond to the natural world and explore diverse cultural heritage.
You will be working with a group of creative women from diverse backgrounds who enjoy learning about arts and crafts and using them as a way to engage with natural environment and other cultures.
The fee is £150 per session, with up to £50 for materials. We are keen to book blocks of two sessions, with various artists, the first being an introduction of an art form / medium and the second further exploration.
We are also looking to commission two artists to carry out larger projects at the Garden which lead to the collaborative creation of a work / body of works which will be installed in our outdoor space. We have £2000 for each of these projects and expect them to include at least two participatory workshops.
We are hoping the programme will end with a celebration and exhibition at the end of 2024 / beginning of 2025.
To express your interest, please e-mail Anna Webster at caldmoregarden@gmail.com with a short written proposal describing your creative experience and record of delivering creative projects and workshops (no longer than one page), visual examples of suggested work, and your availability (for example specific months). We are hoping to hear from you by 27th 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.
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.
A week of creativity, music, poetry and performing arts in Caldmore to light up all the community.
MONDAY 1st November
6PM LET THERE BE LIGHT – SWITCHING ON CALDMORE COMMUNITY GARDEN ILLUMINATIONS
Time to turn on the lights! Infamous Arts have been working tirelessly to light up the Garden and the Alleyway and open the celebrations of our Festival of Lights! Come and admire the secret wonder of Caldmore – let’s reclaim the night!
6:30PM – FIRE PERFORMANCE WITH HELTER SKELTER
An incredible fire performance by Helter Skelter Arts that will light up the Garden with its flames and daring stunts! A great show for all the family. (Keep an eye out for the duo around the Garden as well, as they paint patterns and images in the air with their amazing LED props!)
TUESDAY 2nd November
4-6PM PAGE, STAGE, DIGITAL AGE WORKSHOP – Make your own animated spoken word poem
Bring your gmail, your laptop and your yearning for spoken word development into the digital age. Live spaces at venue workshop and also zoom places for the live workshop webinar – to register e-mail caldmoregarden@gmail.com.
6:30PM – OPEN MIC POETRY
7PM – POETRY MINI SLAM – 4 poets leading to 2 head to head final 3 minutes each
7.30PM – WORKSHOP POETS SHOWCASE
8.15PM POETRY PERFORMANCE – DREADLOCKALIEN
We are calling all poets and word mischief-makers to take part in Poetry workshop, Open Mic and Slam at Caldmore Community Garden! The event will be led by DreadlockAlien – the slam and performance poet and former Birmingham poet laureate as well as a host of BBC Radio 4 Slam Poetry – and will finish with DreadlockAlien performing his own verse on the Garden stage.
WEDNESDAY 3rd November 7PM – LIVE MUSIC – RSVP BHANGRA BAND
Veterans of Glastonbury, WOMAD and Boomtown – and now performing at our Festival of Lights – RSVP Bhangra’s unique blending of Punjabi Indian music with dance beats and mainstream pop has created a new and irresistible sound that audiences everywhere love and keep on coming back for!
THURSDAY 4th November
10am – 1pm LANTERN WORKSHOP WITH SAM HALE – for all ages
Come and help us make lanterns for our Lantern Procession on Sunday! We will be working with artist Sam Hale to create willow structures covered with decorated plastic – everyone is welcome.
7PM – LIVE MUSIC – NOT QUITE DEAD YET
Not quite Dead Yet have been described as “a tin of Punk Rock Sardines spilling onto the stage” – it’s a bunch of punks, old and young, playing a mix of their own songs and old favourites on ukuleles. What a treat to see them return to Caldmore Community Garden after a few years’ break!
FRIDAY 5th November
5PM – LANTERN WORKSHOP WITH ARTIST SAM MACE
Join us for a creative lantern making workshop delivered at the Garden in partnership with New Art Gallery Walsall. Drop in, no booking necessary.
6:30PM – A STRING OF LIGHTS WITH PETER CHAND AND FOX & ROCHA
As the nights stretch out and a chill fills the air, join us for a very special evening mixing storytelling, music, and song.
At the time of Diwali, what better way to celebrate light and brightness with an amazing and lively event for the whole family. We will be mixing incredible storytelling with beautiful singing in various languages, and the magical sounds of harp, diatonic accordion, and a host of interesting percussion instruments. Join us as we celebrate the light and warmth that is all around us, even at the darkest times.
SATURDAY 6th November 6:30PM – MY SHADOW AND ME – SHADOW THEATRE WITH DREW COLBY
My Shadow and Me is like a cartoon created live out of nothing but darkness and light. One person (and his shadow) meet and go on an imaginative journey where creatures emerge, engage and transform beautifully. Little encounters between characters are explored and tiny stories unfold. Many are funny, some are sweet. The ever fascinating and adorable hand-shadow bunny makes an appearance as part of a simple magic trick, and the show ends with a colourful and impressive finale in which multiple shadow characters appear all at the same time – made with just two hands!
SUNDAY 7th November
4PM PUPPET OPERATING WORKSHOP FOR CHILDREN by The Fetch Theatre Company
Join us for 4pm to learn with The Fetch Theatre how to operate scrunch puppets made by pupils at Caldmore Primary Academy to join in with the evening performance.
LANTERN PROCESSION (5:45pm meet at the Garden)
Meet us at 5:45pm at the Garden to join in with the Lantern Procession to Caldmore Green and back to show the beautiful lanterns made by children from Caldmore Primary Academy, Garden holiday play scheme, and people from all the community. We will light up the streets of Caldmore and invite everyone to accompany us on our way back to the Garden.
6:45PM PUPPET SHOW WITH THE FETCH THEATRE COMPANY
The Festival of Lights culminates with a bespoke puppet performance by The Fetch Theatre.
This brand new performance that doesn’t yet have a name will be inspired by their previous show, Insect Safari, performed here at Caldmore Community Garden back in August. Expect creatures that might that creep, crawl, fly, flutter and buzz, all inspired by a wealth of fascinating insect facts and international stories that voice myths and folklore of insects from the farthest reaches of the globe.
Doors open half an hour before performance time – café will be open with drinks and refreshments.
Great news! We will be taking part in the Living Memory project during 2019/2020 hosting one artist and one bursary artists who will be developing exciting workshops and mini-projects in Caldmore.
We will be working with street photographer Farhad Berahman (check out his amazing work on his website – http://www.berahman.com) to host a series of free photography workshops at the Garden, stay tuned as we will be announcing them on our Facebook and website.
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