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Yorkshire Sculpture Park promote their creative art workshops with my lively event photography
Read MoreDry stone walling workshop at Yorkshire Sculpture Park
“I’ve heard it’s a really skilled job that…” I’d wager that’s probably one of the most common statements to emanate from city dwellers taking leisurely strolls in the countryside, but I’ll raise my bet and speculate that few people ever get to see the process happening right in front of them. Well on the 15th September, a group of aspiring sculptors did just that as they took part in a course teaching the art of traditional dry stone walling at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. The workshop was conducted under the careful guidance...
Read MoreArt as environment at Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Given the changeable late summer weather, it was touch and go as to whether we’d have any takers for the Art as Environment family workshop at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, running as a ‘drop in’ event for passing children and adults. Luckily, a school trip of young children were keen to get involved with all the cardboard and sticky tape up for grabs. The sculpture event was hosted by artist and Feiweles Trust Bursary holder Emily Speed. Children were invited to represent themselves as different types of structures based on self-portraits which would represent their...
Read MoreWood carving sculpture workshop at Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Brooding ‘summer’ rain clouds managed to hold off for a few hours on Saturday, just long enough for me to poke my camera lens about at a wood carving sculpture workshop at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. The workshop was well attended, its populous sprinkled with a talented group of attentive sculptors taking on varying levels of artistic ambition. Work ranged from simple human forms through to a full size two-seater bench. I was invited along to subtly capture people and process, for use in marketing and promotion of future events through their web site or printed material....
Read MoreOrb Community Arts at FEVA 2010
This Sunday I had the pleasure of being invited to provide a spot of live event photography for an all day arts and music festival hosted by Orb Community Arts in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire. Orb ran the event as part of the FEVA Festival of Entertainment and Visual Arts 2010 and it took place at Henshaw’s Arts & Craft centre. The outdoor event offered a mixture of guest bands, workshops as well as giving members of the Orb community a chance to perform on stage and show the world the skills and talents that Orb, creative arts mental health charity, has helped them to develop....
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