Recent activities        

Here are just a small selection of some of the activities I have provided in the last year.

	The Lights Arts Centre Andover	The Lights asked me to provide a Wonderland Wings activity as part of their childrens festival,
	New Forest extended schools services	Providing various workshops with family groups and a variety of different age specific groups. These include Christmas Decorations and Insect wing making.
	Mencap Winchester	Big Draw event exploring lots of different ways to draw and make a mark Mencap They also invited invited me to provide a rug weaving workshop at there information day event at Winchester Discovery Centre
	Eastleigh Borough Council Health and Community Team	Providing short taster activities for children and staff attending after school clubs in Eastleigh . These include making dream catchers, fabric weaving, junk mail painting, printing, insect badges,, decorating picture frames, crowns and tiaras  and making poi.
	D@rt Centre in Hedge End Eastleigh	Doodle over and over  and over Big Draw day In the morning I produced a large woven panel using recycled plastic and netting and asked participants to weave in their own section In the afternoon I worked on a cartooning activity with a difference ,together we worked added our faces to a large see through screen, participants also produced their own picture to take away.
	Portchester Keepsake Children's Centre	National Play Day Animal mask making activitys with local families.
	Crestwood College of Business and Enterprise, Eastleigh.	Providing a Textile  mini banner painting workshop  at   Community cultural open day event. and Making mobiles at their Cook up Family Day
	Wildern Performing Arts School in Hedge End	I was contacted by the school to ask if I would like to take part in their international week , when  students from Spain, France and Germany  would be joining the school, as part of the theme for the week they asked me to provide a day of Shakespear mask workshops. During the day I worked with  125 students aged 13 -14. and was invited to the school dance in the evening where many of the students wore period costume along with their masks.
	Recent long term project Southampton Scrapstore Community Builders Project	I worked as a community arts outreach project worker tasked to develop two new community based projects in the Test Valley. I developed and supported school garden project and a community wildgrounds project. For more details about the CB projects visit http://www.cbproject.blogspot.com/
	Hampshire Library Service	I was asked to provide a workshop with the title of create your own artwork at Chandlers Ford Library

 

In the may of 2008 my partner Glenn and I set of on our adventure travelling around central  Europe for six months in our motor home Babe we returned to the country at the end of the year.

Past Experience a few examples

	Schools Shirley Infant School Southampton Fairisle Infant School. Southampton     King Richard School, Portchester Hollybrook Infant School Southampton Crestwood College for Business and Enterprise (Eastleigh)	Dream catchers with year 1 and some very helpful parents Cane sculptures with parents and children from year2 .The children who had taken part in the activities  took their creations to the school assembly and explained to the other children how they had made them. A new experience for the school a fantastic experience and everyone had lots of fun and Making Animal Masks cats, hamsters and rabbits with yr r and mythological themed wings with yr 1 Giant Carnival Masks with a group of year 9 students Making tribal masks with yr r insect and bird wings with yr 1 and designing and making robots with yr2 at , we had lovely sharing assembly at the end of each day the children were so pleased with their creations they couldn't wait to take them home. Healthy living activity week, with years 7 and 8. I was asked to provide  an activity which explored the theme of the healthy food pyramid and the five healthy food groups.
	Community Groups Eastleigh Asian Welfare and Culture Association Elders group Pilands Wood Community Centre	Rag rug making workshop & Basketry skills workshop     Face painting workshops
	Community Festivals and events 2007 Boscombe Community Festival Bournemouth Endorset In Dorset Music Festival  Blissfields (B6) Music Festival (2006)(Bradley near Arlesford)	I had a fantastic time joining in with the children's team making Fairy wings, Dream catchers and Carnival costumes .Great fun was had by all Along with my team of willing volunteers we provided  wing and dream catcher workshops for families and young people . It was great fun being part of the children's area we made lots of new friends and met a few old ones. http://www.lgofestivals.com/information.php  I provided a wandering activity at the festival based around face painting  and making Chinese ribbons, Both  children and adults joined in with this activity.
	Local Arts events Hampshire Open Artist Open Studios August2007 Ropewalk Garden, Southampton   The D@rt Centre,Hedge End, Eastleigh sculpture park	I spent several busy days making a mini willow maze and peacock sculpture as well as exhibiting several pieces at the garden and I also provides introduction to willow basketry taster sessions with many of the local families from St Marys at the Ropewalk Gardens Community Fun Day. The theme for the day was linked to water so I decided to make a mermaid out of willow cane and ribbon , it  was great to hear the different interpretations of what it could mean, many of the children thought that she was a dancer whilst most of the adults decided that she was either a water spirit or a mermaid.
Workshops with the Southampton Scrapstore team		Coordinating the arts workshops and running several of the activities at the Eastleigh Music Festival 2007 organising and working alongside the team to provide a variety of workshops over the weekend. Carnival workshop series for Southampton Scrapstore the group made a variety of costumes, when the workshops were finished we held a St Nicholas parade and lots of people joined in (December 07) St Mary's Festival, Southampton  (July 07)  junk modelling activities Printing workshop as part of at Fareham Henry Cort Sculpture Park, West Street  family fun weekends ( July07) Making bird and butterfly feeders at 2 of Southampton Libraries The  Big Wild Read theme Summer workshops linked to the  BBC's "Breathing Places" campaign Thornhill Children's activities week providing a mask making workshop for primary aged children.

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