Events
Zoo Arts Childrens Art Club
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Zoo Arts is starting again offering children aged 7 - 11 the opportunity to take part in quality arts activities. The young people do a range of different creative activities including sculpture, painting, drawing and crafts.
Zoo Arts meets every Wednesday @ 3.30 - 5.30pm
Please contact box office to book a space on 0131 315 2151
Autumn/Winter Shows for Children
SHOW: Paperbelle
COMPANY: Frozen Charlotte
DATES/TIMES
Friday 24th September @ 10am
Saturday 25th September @ 10am & 11.30am
Tuesday 28th September @ 10am & 11.30am
Wednesday 29th September @ 10am & 11.30am
AGE: 2 - 5 yrs RUNNING TIME: 50 mins
DESCRIPTION: Paperbelle's world is blank and plain and she likes it that way. She's heard of colour; but would prefer things to stay as they are - blank and plain. The colours, on the other hand, want to play games and they want Paperbelle to join in.
SHOW: We Dance, Wee Groove
COMPANY: Starcatchers
DATES/TIMES
Thursday 7th October @ 10.30am
Friday 8th October @ 2pm
AGE: 0 - 4 yrs
DESCRIPTION: Music to move too for you and your funky young things. A chance to get on down and enjoy an amazing slection of fabulous tunes.
SHOW: If I was a Mouse, I'd Hide in your Hood
COMPANY: Reeling & Writhing
DATES/TIMES
Friday 5th November @ 11am
Friday 5th November @ 1pm
AGE: 3 - 6 yrs RUNNING TIME: 45 mins
DESCRIPTION: The acrobatic tale of an ordinary mouse dangles deliciously before us... Snuggle up and cosy in for an enchanting tale of imagination, friendship and discovery. Mouse wants to play games, ask questions, fly to the moon and go to the party. But she's shy. If I was a mouse is an intimate adventure told by two performer-puppeteers; it's made of tricks and tales, puppets and people, music, mice and friends. Mouse's world is brought to life with more than a whisker of fairy tale magic.
SHOW: Lapin Wants to See Santa
COMPANY: Le Petit Monde
DATES/TIMES
Wednesday 8th December @ 10.30am
Thursday 9th December @ 10.30am
Friday 10th December @ 10.30am
Saturday 11th December @ 10.30am
AGE: 3 - 8 yrs RUNNING TIME: 40 mins
DESCRIPTION: It's Christmas! Lapin has decided to invite Santa for hot chocolate. Will pap Noel have time to accept his invitation?
Le Petit Monde has been developed by Tania Czajka, a native French speaker and qualified nursery nurse, living in Edinburgh for nealry 20 years. The philosophy of Le Petit Monde is based on a simple concept, which we are proud to put in practise through puppetry before anyone else. Our stories are in English, carefully dotted with French words repeated throughout. Children enjoy following lapin (who only speaks French) and his friends (who speak both languages) in their adventuires, often without realising they have just learned something new. Developing language skills becomes effortless and such fun!
TICKET PRICE FOR ALL SHOWS
£5/£4 (cons)/£3 (good neighbours)
Visionary Cityscape Exhibition
Visionary Cityscape Exhibition
Venue: North Edinburgh Arts Project Space
Thursday 26th August - Friday 15th September
Local community members and artists have created our visionary cityscape from a range of recycled materials.
The project encouraged people to assess the shape and form of old packages and recycled materials and use them to create these existing structures resembling buildings and architectural designs.
This project is part of NEA's public art project "Your New Home". This is a Scottish Arts Council funded project that commissions artists to engage, influence and inform the community and planners about the possibilities for public art to be integrated into the planned regeneration of Pennywell and Muirhouse.
The World Cafe Storytelling Event
CORE - Community Organistaion for Race Equality has been running a monthly world cafe for over a year here at North Edinburgh Arts. This is a wonderful event in the heart of North Edinburgh and opportunity to sample cultural foods from around the world.
The World Cafe & North Edinburgh Arts is proud to present a unique storytelling event. Guest storyteller Kamini Ramachandran shares tales from the Malay and Indian folk traditions, as volunteers from around the world serve up a delicious buffet in North Edinburgh Arts welcoming cafe.
Friday 29th October @ 5.30 - 7.00pm
Each month CORE will be providing you with a unique vegetarian and non-vegetarian buffet menu from around the world including Algeria, Nigeria, Sudan, Venezuela, Colombia, China, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Kurdistan, Spain and France.
Options include Greek Salad, Tabouli, Piemontaise, Lamb Spinach with boiled Yam, Beans and Sweet Corn with Fried Plantains, Indian and Chinese Curries, Aubergine dishes, Noodles and much more!
The WORLD CAFE happens on the last Friday of every month from 5.30pm—7.00pm
PRICES: Adults £5.00, Children £2.50
Refreshments on sale - Fruit Juice, Wine, Beer, Tea & Coffee
Don't miss this opportunity to enjoy a relaxing family atmosphere, mix with other local people/workers and try international food.
Places are limited, so please book in advance to avoid disappointment. Please contact 0131 467 7990
Create: North Edinburgh Arts Project for under 5's
Create: Art and Play Development for under 5's and their families
This project, running from April to June 2010 offers local families the opportunity to participate in a series of Creative Play workshops, a series of Fun Cook Cafe workshops alongside four development days for parents, carers and family support practitioners.
The Creative Play activity will inculde messy play, exploring visual and tactile art, colour and texture, role play and storytelling as well as creating play environments from scrap material. The FunCook Cafe will provide a relaxed and friendly environment for parents, carers and their children to enjoy fruit smoothies, tasty soups, fillings, spreads and dips, and new ideas for fun and nutritious lunch boxes. All the workshops are led by experienced practitioners aiming to raise participants' confidence and self-esteem, and supporting them to work collectively to explore and address any challenges they may be facing.
The development days will enable parents and carers, and arts, family and health practitioners to share practical arts and play skills, and address key parenting issues. These may include; dealing with conflict, healthy eating, setting clear boundaries, praise and positive language. These events also aim to establish on-going networks and support groups for participating parents and carers. This project has been funded by the Fairer Scotland Fund and the Community Health Development Fund.
For more details contact Ekua Bayunu, the Create Project Leader, at Artsteam@northedinburgharts.co.uk
Dates of Sessions
Saturday 28th August 10 - 11.30am: Messy Play & Arts Drop - In
Associate Artists: Looking for New Recruits
The Associate Artists group has been running for over a year. This group was started to respond to the needs of local artists and provide a space where they could meet up, share skills and get creative together. Importantly this group represents arts practitioners in all fields; painters, sculptors, graphic designers, jewellers, writers, hobbyists etc... This collective determines the direction and activities of the group. These have included:
- Practitioner talk on History of the Arts in Muirhouse
- Framing, Mounting and Exhibition Hanging Skills Workshop
- Copyrighting Art Workshop
- Monthly trips to The Drawing Room workshops with the National Gallery of Modern Art
- Free Arts Sessions (with many mediums available to use)
- Moari Carving Workshop with The National Museum of Scotland
The group are working on hosting an exhibition themed Regeneration here at North Edinburgh Arts in June. If you live locally and would like to be part of NEA Associate Artists group please contact Angela for further information. You dont have to be a professional artist to join - Everyone is welcome!
The dates for meetings/events over the next month are as follows:
Thursday 10th June: Drawing Room Event - National Gallery of Modern Art
Thursday 17th June: Arts Session - NEA
Thursday 24th June: Exhibition Prep - NEA
Tuesday 29th June: Exhibition Prep - NEA
Thursday 1st July: Exhibition Opening - NEA
Please contact Angela on: marketing@northedinburgharts.co.uk