Event type: Workshop

Algerian Dance Workshops with Hayet Am...

In these interactive dance workshops, explore Algerian Folk dance with Hayet Amar – a specialist in North African traditional dance forms – and Liverpool Arab Arts Festival:

Chaoui [sha-wi] Dance Workshop
Sunday 29 September, 1-2pm
Price: £7.21 (including booking fees)
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This workshop will explore a traditional dance from one sub-group of the indigenous people (Amazigh) of North Africa, known as the Chawia. This group is home to the region of the Aures mountains in East Algeria. Chaoui dance is maternal and grounded, truly symbolic of this tribe’s respect to the divine energy of nature and agriculture. Famously known by the “bounce” of the belly, this style is danced with strong isolations in the pelvis area.

Kabyle Dance Workshop
Sunday 29 September, 3-4pm
Price: £7.21 (including booking fees)
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This class will explore the Kabyle, an Amazigh group of Northern Algeria. This dance is heavily grounded on the feet, connected to nature, and is known for its with strong hip reverberations or “shimmies”.

A cultural form thousands of years old, we connect with a dance from a community that has been a strong leader in cultural preservation of the Amazigh culture, language, and history in Algeria.

To bring: Regular scarf to tie around your hips + another scarf (preferably square)

Chaoui [sha-wi] Dance Workshop

This workshop will explore a traditional dance from one sub-group of the indigenous people (Amazigh) of North Africa, known as the Chawia. This group is home to the region of the Aures mountains in East Algeria. Chaoui dance is maternal and grounded, truly symbolic of this tribe’s respect to the divine energy of nature and agriculture. Famously known by the “bounce” of the belly, this style is danced with strong isolations in the pelvis area.

Hayat Amar Bio:
From her earliest days, Hayet harboured a fervent love for Algerian dances. She honed her skills in Kabyle dance, blending her innate talent with formal training from a professional folk ballet in Kabylia, Algeria. In addition, she underwent instruction in other Amazigh Algerian dance forms, including Chaoui dance.

Her artistic mission is to preserve the genuine techniques of Algerian Amazigh dances, ensuring their transcendence through future generations in their purest traditional form.

Produced by Culturama in association with Liverpool Arab Arts Festival.

Part of DzFest 2024 – The Algerian festival for Arts & Culture.

Introduction to Multi-Colour Lino Cut

Learn the basics of Linocut and how to design, carve, register and print an edition of 2-colour lino prints.

During this one day course you will be guided through the basics of Linocut, an enjoyable process that makes a perfect introduction to printmaking. You will learn how to transfer an image onto your lino, carve your lino blocks and create a small edition of 2-colour prints. You will also gain insight on the materials and tools used, and how you can continue the process as home.

On this course for beginners you will be guided through every step of the process from start to finish, leaving with confidence in linocut printing and having created a finished edition of prints to take home with you.

Useful Information:

All materials are provided on the day and included in the price of your ticket.

Feel free bring a simple image or drawing with you on the day as a source of inspiration to create your design from.

Lunch is not provided in the cost of your ticket, however there will be a lunch break during the course and the Bluecoat Cafe will be open for food and refreshments.

Their studios are environmentally friendly and use greener methods of printmaking where possible.
Attendees must be 18+

Tickets: £60

Printmaking for Beginners

This 3 week evening course is a perfect taster session into 3 different print techniques; monoprint, linocut & drypoint etching. You’ll learn the basics of all 3 techniques and create prints using each technique.

The course is designed for beginners who would like an introduction to printmaking and those who would like a taster of various techniques before committing to a day course. It’s also great for creating work for a portfolio.

The course schedule is as follows:

Week 1: You will learn all about monoprint. The session will guide you through the process of creating a beautiful monoprint while learning about the history, tools, materials and techniques used.

Week 2: You will learn all about linocut, and use the session to create your own linocut print whilst learning about the materials, tools and techniques of the process.

Week 3: You will learn all about drypoint etching and be guided through the process of creating a drypoint etch, including using our beautiful 100-year-old press to print your plates.

£125 (for 3 sessions, all materials included)

Neil Cooper Drum Clinic

Head along and join them at Outpost, Renshaw Street, Liverpool at 2pm on Sunday 13th October for an exciting Drum Clinic with the legendary Therapy? drummer Neil Cooper!

Get ready to be blown away by his incredible skills and learn some new tricks to up your drumming game.

This in-person clinic is a must-attend for drum enthusiasts of all levels. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to see Neil in action and pick up some valuable tips.

Neil will be demonstrating his skills by drumming along to numerous well known Therapy? tracks along with some Beyond tracks for the old skool and there’s also an opportunity for a Q&A.

Bring along your fave Therapy? Beyond, Gorilla or Cable items and get them signed on the day as well!

Trauma Informed Practice for Participa...

Although it’s very important to maintain the distinction between art and therapy, participatory artists are often in positions where they need to support their participants’ mental health.

This training is specifically for artists and facilitators and takes a person-centred approach to understanding trauma and incorporating this understanding into your creative practice.

This training will:

Provide an overview of the physiology of trauma and an insight from the perspective of a clinical psychotherapist;

Unpick popular perceptions and misuse of language around trauma and PTSD;

Offer practical tips for creating safe spaces for participants and avoiding practices which may retraumatise participants;

Create a space to explore problem solving using real-life scenarios.

This event is aimed at artists working in communities, theatre-makers and activists interested in using the arts as a tool for positive change.

For attendees supported by their organisations the full price of a ticket is £55.00 For freelancers and individuals from non-regularly funded organisations attendees the price of a ticket is £35.00

For those on low or no income the ticket price is £18.00. They also have a small number of bursary places available for those with limited funds, please email info@collective-encounters.org.uk

Please Note: Ticket sales will end 24 hours before this event is due to start.

Applying For DYCP Funding

Develop Your Creative Practice (DYCP) funding from Arts Council England (ACE) supports cultural and creative practitioners who want to take time to focus on their creative development.

Join this free workshop to gain insights into successful applications and discover resources to assist you in drafting your own.

A representative from the Arts Council and artists who have received DYCP funding will be on hand to offer valuable advice and guidance on both DYCP and Project Grants, with plenty of opportunities for questions.

Find out more about DYCP funding

Grounded

Supported by Liverpool One Foundation. Grounded is a series of FREE workshops and activities during 2024 and 2025 supporting teenage mental health and wellbeing in nature.

During the summer holidays, the programme will launch with a series of spoken world workshops supporting teenage mental health and wellbeing in nature. The sessions will take place during the summer holidays at Sudley Walled Garden on 22, 23, 24 August 1-3pm (students should be to attend all 3 workshops before booking) and will be led by writer and performer Helen Jeffery

SRD 2024: Health, Medicine and Transat...

This workshop invites members of the public to help shape future displays at the International Slavery Museum.

It concentrates on artefacts connected to the history of medicine and transatlantic slavery and explores how these should be represented at the museum. The workshop contemplates some of the ways that contemporary health inequalities experienced by Black communities are legacies of transatlantic slavery.

Illustration by Tinuke Fagborun.

Slavery Remembrance Day 2024 Events Programme

SRD 2024: CSIS Symposium Space and Place – Building on the Past Panel (21 August)

SRD 2024: Dorothy Kuya Memorial Lecture – Fiona Compton

SRD 2024: A Walk of Remembrance (23 August)

Look After Your Knees Workshop

Join Nat for a workshop exploring some of the techniques and approaches she used making her new solo show, co-created with Jamie Wood.

The workshop will be an opportunity to play, share and experiment, in a supportive environment, with new, old or yet to be conceived ideas.

They’ll move, write and hopefully do some stuff they can’t even imagine at this point.

 

100 Years of Creativity – Drypoi...

As they get ready to celebrate 100 years since the Bluecoat became an arts centre, be inspired by a century of creativity and create your own unique artwork using Drypoint Etching.

In this taster session, you’ll be shown how to create a drypoint plate, how to etch your own design into the plastic surface, ink it up and print a small edition of unique artworks on their 90 year old etching press.

The Bluecoat became an arts centre in 1927, the first in the UK. Find out more here.

Sat 7 Sep, 11am – 12pm & 1pm – 2pm
Free, booking required

Suitable for young people aged 14-18.