Transform into detectives this summer! Choose from three exciting ninety-minute mysteries and get stuck into clues, challenges and of course, great stories. Perfect for mini Sherlocks aged 4-9.
What does The Storybarn love more than anything? That’s right, books!! One of our most important books has been stolen and we need it back! Can you help us follow the trail of missing pages and find the culprit. We will transform into detectives, create our own detective decoder book marks to solve the case and share this special story with you.
Transform into detectives this summer! Choose from three exciting ninety-minute mysteries and get stuck into clues, challenges and of course, great stories. Perfect for mini Sherlocks aged 4-9.
The Case of The Cryptic Message: A cryptic message has appeared in The Storybarn but we don’t know who left it or what it says. Can you help us solve this case? Put on your detective hats, we will be sharing stories and making up our own invisible messages.
Join in with a creative project all about Colliers Moss Common, 130 hectares of habitats on the site of the old Bold Colliery and Bold Power Station.
Working together with collaborative art duo Juneau Projects, you’ll help create a guide and activity book that will be available free to local residents. The book will contain information and illustrations about local wildlife, history and things to do on the Moss.
You can take part by making illustrations (no art experience needed!) and by chatting about your experiences and observations on ‘the Moss’.
Colliers Moss artworks and stories
Wednesday 30th August, 11am – 1pm and 2pm – 4pm, Derbyshire Hill Family Centre
A creative workshop where you’ll make wildlife and landscape illustrations using paint, paper-cutting and more. You’ll also have the chance to share stories and memories of the Moss.
Suitable for families.
Part of A Sense of Green.
Work with collaborative art duo Juneau Projects to make wildlife and landscape illustrations using paint, paper-cutting and more and share your stories and memories of the Moss.
Join in with a creative project all about Colliers Moss Common, 130 hectares of habitats on the site of the old Bold Colliery and Bold Power Station. Working together with collaborative art duo Juneau Projects, you’ll help create a guide and activity book that will be available free to local residents. The book will contain information and illustrations about local wildlife, history and things to do on the Moss.
You can take part by making illustrations (no art experience needed!) and by chatting about your experiences and observations on ‘the Moss’.
Explore the Moss
Tuesday 15th August, 11am – 1pm and 2.30pm – 4.30pm, Colliers Moss Common
Walk with the Moss’ ranger to look at the wildlife of the moss. Activities will include photography and drawing. We’ll supply the magnifying glasses and clip-on phone lenses, as well as clipboards and drawing materials.
If it’s too wet for a walk, we’ll meet inside instead for a wildlife talk from the Moss’ ranger, with a painting and drawing activity.
(Meeting point will be shared with attendees ahead of the event)
Join Paul Harfleet as he shares his artistic practice and create perfectly beautiful drawings inspired by nature.
‘Accidental activist’ and award-winning interdisciplinary artist Paul Harfleet, uses art, illustration and design to educate and inspire bird lovers and promote creativity, kindness and acceptance.
Join Paul as he shares his artistic practice, including the story behind his gentle references. You’ll hear him read his debut book Pansy Boy, and take part in some drawing workshops, where – whatever your skill level – you’ll create perfectly beautiful drawings inspired by nature. Paul will be on hand to offer guidance, so get your questions ready!
Anyone who takes part is invited to join them on Saturday 16th September for an Avian Amble through Court Hey Park, to share your ‘gently referenced’ bird-inspired creations.
Families welcome, suitable for ages 6+.
Part of A Sense of Green.
Join Paul Harfleet as he shares his artistic practice and create perfectly beautiful drawings inspired by nature.
‘Accidental activist’ and award-winning interdisciplinary artist Paul Harfleet, uses art, illustration and design to educate and inspire bird lovers and promote creativity, kindness and acceptance.
Join Paul as he shares his artistic practice, including the story behind his gentle references. You’ll hear him read his debut book Pansy Boy, and take part in some drawing workshops, where – whatever your skill level – you’ll create perfectly beautiful drawings inspired by nature. Paul will be on hand to offer guidance, so get your questions ready!
Anyone who takes part is invited to join them on Saturday 16th September for an Avian Amble through Court Hey Park, to share your ‘gently referenced’ bird-inspired creations.
Families welcome, suitable for ages 6+.
Part of A Sense of Green.
Are humans inherently good or evil? A blinding light in the night sky and an alien encounter gifts Inuyashiki Ichirou, an office worker, with alien technology and limitless powers.
After being down on his luck, it turns out that these strange, new changes are just what Ichirou needs to take a new lease on life and now it seems like there’s nothing to stop him from being a hero worthy of the respect that he never had before… unless there was someone else out there who also experienced similar changes.
Inuyashiki is a 2018 Japanese superhero film based on the manga series of the same name written and illustrated by Hiroya Oku.
Doors: 18:30. Screening: 19:00
A.MAL Projects bring you a day of workshops, performances and talks exploring ARD – an Arabic word which encompasses earth, ground, soil and territory – led by artists based in the UK, Morocco and Egypt.
A.MAL is an art and research initiative exploring ecology, migration and globalisation, that casts a critical eye on past and present global issues while seeking to harness human connection and creativity to imagine better, more hopeful futures.
They create opportunities for collaboration and experimentation through paid artist residencies, workshops and talks, and touring exhibitions across Europe/North Africa. A.MAL bring emerging and mid-career artists/creatives from Europe, North Africa and the diaspora, to engage in reciprocal learning and experience sharing.
Stand By Me meets I-Origins in first-time director Jake Wachtel’s retro-future coming-of-age tale.
In order to save his family home, 13-year-old Leng Heng enlists his friends and the streetwise Srey Leak to hunt down a long-lost golden Buddha. But as their treasure hunt gathers pace, Leng Heng is pulled deeper into the world of a brilliant neuroscientist who is desperate to unlock the key to the mysteries behind karma and reincarnation. Leng Heng just might be the answer he has been searching for.
