Tag: yorkshire
Dry stone walling workshop at Yorkshire Sculpture Park
[quote]”I’ve heard it’s a really skilled job that…”[/quote] 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…
Art 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…
New business address
It’s with great pleasure (and relief) that I can announce I’ve finally got my cheeks behind a hot desk in Leeds city centre at Old Broadcasting House. This refurbished historic building was once the base of BBC Yorkshire before they moved on to their new larger home, hence the name. NTI Leeds run the hot…
Wood 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…
Orb 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…
How a blog helps your charity
It’s time to turn the spotlight on one of my charity clients: Orb Community Arts in Knaresborough. I spend a few hours on-site per week, copywriting interviews, writing about upcoming events and making exciting announcements to the Orb community from their creative musicians and artists then putting it all together on the Orb Community Arts…
