For artists

Drawing – An exploration of materials and mark-making

This is an inspiring course which aims to explore and experiment with a variety of materials and processes. The course aims to free up predetermined ideas of drawing and sets out to investigate the relationship between materials and mark-making through an open and imaginative exploration, both hands-on and through discussion about drawing. The use of materials will include large scale paper and card, charcoal, pencil, ink and paint.

Date: Monday 8th July to Thursday 11th July 2013
Time: 10am – 4.30pm (6-hour session with 30 min lunch break)
Tutor: Clementine Neild
Duration of course: 4 days
Cost: £190
Painting – An exploration of techniques and materials

A wonderful discovery of surface, colour and abstraction. This course delivers a lively approach to the examination of painting and colour through dialogue and the exchange of ideas. Decorative patterns, musicality of colours, abstraction and personal consideration will contribute to a rich and stimulating time. Working in an enjoyable atmosphere with support and guidance, we will explore colour, shapes, ideas, feelings and personal interest to develop a body of work.

Date: Monday 8th July to Thursday 11th July 2013
Time: 10am – 4.30pm (6-hour session with 30 min lunch break)
Tutor: Marie-Claire Hamon
Duration of course: 4 days
Cost: £190
Printmaking – An exploration of mono printing, collograph and drypoint

This dynamic course offers spontaneous and inspiring methods to transform sketchbook ideas or photos into personal imagery. With simple but highly effective techniques we will create plates from which we can produce a range of colour prints. All themes from abstraction, landscape and figure can be explored and it will suit those new to print as well as the experienced printer. It benefits from sharing ideas and will result in a large body of work suggesting a wealth of new directions for your artwork. We will also look at artists’ prints in Cornwall and beyond.

Date: Monday 8th July to Thursday 11st July 2013
Time: 10am – 4.30pm (6-hour session with 30 min lunch break)
Tutor: Jesse Leroy-Smith
Duration of course: 4 days
Cost: £190
Photography – Black and white photography and darkroom printing

Throughout this course you will learn how to shoot negatives, process them and create black and white photographs in a traditional darkroom setting.
We will be using a 35mm film camera applying a variety of techniques and using the full range of camera settings to produce a set of black and white negatives. You will learn how to process your negatives and make contact sheets to assess their quality developing a critical awareness to evaluate your images for further use. In the darkroom you will learn the basics of darkroom printing involving traditional dish processing and enlarging negatives into final prints.

Date: Monday 15th July to Thursday 18th July 2013
Time: 10am – 4.30pm (6-hour session with 30 min lunch break)
Tutor: Martin Jackson
Duration of course: 4 days
Cost: £ 190
Textiles – A creative and inspiring response to machine embroidery

This course will cover creative free-machine embroidery for all levels of experience, from the basics of setting up a machine, to confident and experimental stitching based on your own designs and sources of inspiration. You will learn design skills based on colour, line, texture, and you will explore a variety of materials and techniques. By the end of the course you will have a portfolio of samples, notes, research and designs.

Date: Monday 8th July to Thursday 11th July 2013
Time: 10am – 4.30pm (6-hour session with 30 min lunch break)
Tutor: Hazel McGregor
Duration of course: 4 days
Cost: £190

Fashion Design – Illustration techniques

Throughout this course you will learn how to develop your own original figure templates, using them to create fashion illustrations that show garment detail and fabric, mood and style. We will explore mixed media techniques, traditional drawing and computer aided design to allow you to develop your illustrations and story boards in exciting and creative ways.

Date: Monday 8th July to Thursday 11th July 2013
Time: 10am – 4pm (5-hour session with 1 hour lunch break)
Tutor: Natalie Bennett
Duration of course: 4 days
Cost: £190

Graphic Design: Working with Design Software Photoshop
In this workshop you will learn about design processes and how to develop and manipulate artwork and ideas using the design software Photoshop, the course will teach you about layers, filters and effects that will enhance art work and photography.
These skills can be used for many applications, such as designing your own promotional material, posters, game covers, T-shirt, book covers or just to earn these skills for personal development and have fun.

Date: Monday 8th July to Thursday 11th July 2013
Time: 10am – 4pm (5-hour session with 1 hour lunch break)
Tutor: Ali Hoswell
Duration of course: 4 days
Cost: £190
Mixed Media – An exploration of materials and techniques
This course will allow you to work creatively with a range of mixed media materials; these will include different types of paper, card and tissue as well as a range of media such as graphite, ink, charcoal, paint, wax, glue, plaster and latex. The course aims to develop ideas through a spontaneous response to imagery taken from photographs or sketchbooks into new interpretations. Throughout the course there will be the opportunity to review the work that is created and share ideas. If you have any images of current work that you would like to use please bring these with you.

Date: Monday 15th July to Thursday 18st July 2012
Time: 10am – 4.30pm (6-hour session with 30 min lunch break)
Tutor: Lisa Downing
Duration of course: 4 days
Cost: £190
Constructing Textiles- A variety of approaches to felt-making

This hands-on course will teach the creative processes needed to make 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional felt from both colourful and natural sheep fleece. It will also include the use of a variety other fibres for surface decoration and for the construction of silk paper, which can then be incorporated into your felt pieces as part of a design. As well as the practical exploration of felt making techniques, we will cover design work, colour mixing, line and surface texture.
This course would combine well with the stitch course below, as the samples made could then be worked into using free machine embroidery.

Date: Monday 15th July to Tuesday 16th July 2013
Time: 10am – 4.30pm (6-hour session with 30 min lunch break)
Tutor: Hazel McGregor
Duration of course: 2 days
Cost: £95

Textiles – A creative and inspiring response to machine embroidery

This course will cover creative free-machine embroidery for all levels of experience, from the basics of setting up a machine, to confident and experimental stitching based on your own designs and sources of inspiration. You will learn design skills based on colour, line, texture, and you will explore a variety of materials and techniques. By the end of the course you will have a portfolio of samples, notes, research and designs.

Date: Wednesday 17th July to Thursday 18th July 2013
Time: 10am – 4.30pm (6-hour session with 30 min lunch break)
Tutor: Hazel McGregor
Duration of course: 2 days
Cost: £95

Beginning chair restoration and upholstery

During this course you will be able to bring in your own dining chair (or similar) with a drop-in seat. We will strip the existing finish back to bare wood and refinish with layers of shellac and wax. We will then remove the upholstery from the seat frame and learn the traditional methods of reupholstering a drop-in seat to a high standard. You will be able to work at your own pace in a safe and relaxed environment and at the end of the course you will be able to take home a restored piece of interior.

Date: Monday 15nd July to Thursday 18th July 2013
Time: 10am – 4.30pm (6-hour session with 30min lunch break)
Tutor: Kym Accleton
Duration of course: 4 days
Cost: £190

Fashion Design – Garment construction techniques

This course will give you an insight into a range of techniques involved in garment construction, including how to create different types of boning, inserting zips and sleeves for different purposes. You will gain technical skills that will enable you to construct garments.

Date: Monday 15nd July to Thursday 18th July 2013
Time: 10am – 4.30pm (6-hour session with 30min lunch break)
Tutor: Natalie Bennett
Duration of course: 4 days
Cost: £190

Printmaking – An exploration of mono printing, block printing and screen printing on textiles.

During this course you will learn how to work creatively using textile print in a free and exploratory manner. This course will cover the basics of working in a textile studio from studio safety and how to mix printing dyes and follow through a range of techniques and materials. These include block printing, stencil printing, mono printing and drawing onto an open screen to print. We will also look at artists and designers who use stencil printing both old and new. By the end of the course you will have built a technical sketchbook of inspirational ideas and processes, designs and samples.

Date: Monday 15nd July to Thursday 18th July 2013
Time: 10am – 4.30pm (6-hour session with 30min lunch break)
Tutor: Clementine Neild
Duration of course: 4 days
Cost: £190

An Introduction to Polymer Photogravure (Non-toxic Intaglio Printmaking)

Develop your drawings and digital photographs into polymer photogravure intaglio prints. The course includes image preparation, plate making, inking and intaglio printing. This is an acid free intaglio printmaking method with many creative possibilities.

Starting with drawing and photography from your own portfolio or sketchbook you will develop your ideas onto photo-polymer plates through to inking and printing the etching in the studio. Weather depending we will also experiment exposing plates using the sun. This process produces etchings for both photography and drawing with deep tonal qualities.

The photo-polymer gravure process uses light sensitive plates, using drawings and positive imagery. The intaglio plate is usually printed as with etching but can also be printed as a relief plate too. It is an acid free process.

Date: Monday 22nd July to 24th July 2013
Time: 10am – 4.30pm (6-hour session with 30min lunch break)
Tutor: Jacqui Knight
Duration of course: 3 days
Cost: £ 190

Web Design

This course will teach you how to use web design; the course is designed for beginners and will outline the basics of web development from the idea to the screen. The course will also teach you how to use Photoshop and Dreamweaver to create the pages of a website, how to edit photos and optimize images for the web and social media sites. The course will help beginners as a stepping stone to more advanced courses, while helping business owners to get more control and insight into their websites or simply to build their own and be able to maintain it for themselves.

Date: Monday 22nd July to 25th July 2013
Time: 10am – 4.30pm (6-hour session with 30min lunch break)
Tutor: Quiche Smith
Duration of course: 4 days
Cost: £ 190
For further information and booking onto a course please contact:

Shana Price on 01209 616369 or email:
Shana.price@cornwall.ac.uk

Falmouth University invites you to take part in the 2013 Professional Development Summer School programme for practitioners working in the performing arts and event industries. All of our summer schools are led by internationally recognised companies and take place in the world class facilities of The Performance Centre. There are a wide range of opportunities to choose from, so whether you are a professional dancer, musician, theatre maker or event organiser, we hope you will find a summer school that will help you to develop your practice.

*Our 2013 bursary scheme enables eligible practitioners based in Cornwall to attend our summer schools opportunities for as little as £5 per day (full price £150). Limited bursaries are available so please download the BURSARY FORM from here. Application deadline is Friday 21 June.

STREET SUMMER SCHOOLS

EVENT MANAGEMENT – WALK THE PLANK

Wed 24 – Fri 26 July, 10.00 – 17.00

Spend three days with Walk the Plank learning about outdoor event management and production. From the closing ceremony of the 2002 Commonwealth Games to the opening of Turku 2011 European Capital of Culture in Finland, Walk the Plank create powerful events with mass appeal.

Turku 2011 European Capital of Culture Opening Ceremony, created by Walk the Plank.

 Tickets £150 *

This Street Summer School is open to all professional practitioners working in the field of event management.
MUSIC – JASON SINGH & LAURA HOWE

Wed 24 – Fri 26 July, 10.00 – 17.00

This professional development opportunity will enable you to spend three days exploring music forms rooted in urban street culture. Explore beatboxing, singing, experimental vocalisation and DJing with Jason Singh and Laura Howe. Working together you will create a number of songs and vocal pieces. Jason Singh is a prolific beatboxer, vocal sculptor and sound artist who has worked with Nitin Sawhney, the V&A and the BBC amongst many others. Laura Howe is a vocal artist, choral director and composer.

 Tickets £150 *

This Street Summer School is open to all professional practitioners working in the field of music.
DANCE – ZOONATION

Wed 24 – Fri 26 July, 10.00 – 17.00

Learn a variety of Hip Hop dance styles.Award-winning Sadler’s Wells resident Company ZooNation are renowned for creating pieces of hip hop dance theatre such as ‘Some Like it Hip Hop’. The Company has performed at numerous major events including the 2008 Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Handover Ceremonies.

 Tickets £150 *

This Street Summer School is open to all professional practitioners working in the field of dance.
THEATRE – BLAST THEORY

Wed 24 – Fri 26 July, 10.00 – 17.00

Spend three days working with internationally renowned company Blast Theory to explore how technology can be used to create site specific, participatory performances and interactive art.Blast Theory is known as one of the most adventurous artist groups using interactive media, creating ground-breaking new forms of performance and interactive art that mixes audiences across the internet, live performance and digital broadcasting.

Tickets £150 *

This Street Summer School is open to all professional practitioners working in the field of theatre.

Freefall Dance Summer Intensive

Thu 4 – Sat 6 July

Join Freefall Dance for three days of intensive training; technical classes and creative choreographic workshops led by nationally acclaimed artists Yael Flexer and Helen Parlor. Aimed at performers, practitioners, independent and emerging dance artists, the classes aim to refresh on-going physical, and creative training in a supported atmosphere.

 Tickets £149 for 3 days or £50 per day

FREEFALL DANCE SUMMER SCHOOL BURSARIES

Two bursaries available for Cornish based applicants (eligible for practitioners and graduates only.) Each bursary will cover the majority of the Intensive, a £20 contribution from the applicant is also required. Contact: Tamsin Godfrey on tamsin.godfrey@falmouth.ac.uk

Two bursaries available for SW based applicants. Each bursary will cover 50% of the intensive, with the remaining 50% required from the applicant. Contact: Freefalldance@hotmail.co.uk

Freefall Dance
Falmouth-Yamaha Jazz Summer School

Mon 12 Aug – Fri 16 Aug

World-class tutors, state-of-the-art facilities, beautiful Cornwall: Falmouth University and Yamaha have come together to create one of the hottest new jazz summer schools in the country. The course enables you to choose your own programme of study, work with top jazz musicians, form your own bands and record your music, all in our brand new, purpose-built Performance Centre. Whatever your previous experience, we aim to further your skills, your understanding and your appreciation of jazz, all in a relaxed and friendly environment.

Special guest YolanDa Brown will be hosting a workshop and performing in concert on 14 August at Falmouth-Yamaha Jazz Summer School.

 Tickets £299
FALMOUTH-YAMAHA JAZZ SUMMER SCHOOL BURSARIES

We will be offering five non-residential bursaries of £299 to attend the Jazz summer school. The criteria to apply for these are:

Age 16-19 Cornish students in full-time education

Falmouth-Yamaha Jazz Summer School

First Cornwall Festival of Improvisation

23 Aug – 1 Sept

The Festival welcomes experienced performers, students and the curious wanting to develop solo skills in improvisation and creating original and new work. The Festival brings together two leading international teachers Rosalind Crisp and Andrew Morrish in a series of modular workshops allowing you to develop and practise your improvisation and solo performances.

Tickets £380 – To book email catherine@pindroptheatre.com

Two bursaries are available, one for Cornish based practitioner and one for a current Falmouth University student. Bursary recipients will pay only £5 per day.

Pindrop Theatre
FUEL: STREET SUMMER SCHOOLS for young people aged 16 – 19.

Mon 22 – Wed 24 July, 10.00 – 17.00

We are also offering FREE bursaries places for students aged 16-19 interested in music, dance, theatre or event management to attend

FUEL: Street Summer Schools with Blast Theory, Jason Singh & Laura Howe, Walk the Plank and ZooNation.

For more information visit FUEL or for an application form please email outreach@falmouth.ac.uk

KARA DONS YOUTH DANCE SUMMER SCHOOL 2013. Ages 5 – 11 and 12 – 18.

Mon 19 – Thu 22 Aug, 09.00 – 17.00

Cornish dance company Kara Dons Dance Theatre introduce two workshops for young people at The Performance Centre.

For more information contact karadons@hotmail.co.uk

If you would like more information about our Summer Schools please feel free to get in touch.

Box Office: 01326 255885

Email: boxoffice@falmouth.ac.uk

Online: www.theperformancecentre.org

The Performance Centre, Falmouth University, Penryn Campus, Penryn, TR10 9LX

TRURO and PENWITH COLLEGE
TRURO CAMPUS

Monday 15 and Tuesday 16 July 2013
10.00am – 4.00pm
Maximum 8 students
£125.00 (all materials supplied)

The workshop will be held in the new ‘open space architecture’ of the White Building, Truro College’s new Art & Design facility with a purpose designed photographic darkroom and studio.

Day One:
Explore traditional darkroom printing techniques using raw chemical developer recipes made in the studio.

Required: 35mm or medium format camera negatives

Day Two:
Learn the basics of early nineteenth century photographic contact printing processes including:
Cyanotype;
John Herschel’s 1842 iron based process;
Fox Talbot’s 1830 Salt printing and toning using silver, gold and platinum

Required: Please bring to Truro College, White Building reception either a CD or memory stick (clearly labelled with your name and email contact address) containing 3-6 images as med size jpegs – at least 2 weeks prior to the start of the course, to allow time to produce the digital negatives that will be used in the process.
Medium and large format negative can also be used. Please bring these along on day one of the workshop.

Book you place on-line at:

www.truro-penwith.ac.uk/success/tasters

or telephone: 01872 267502

Calling children, parents, grandparents, artists, and children book illustrators.

You are invited to illustrate a poem of your choice to exhibit at the Middle of No-Where Children’s Literature Festival 2013.

Closing date: Friday July 12 2013

Different creative media can be used: pencil, ink, paint, collage, print, photography, film, animation.

Any size.

The Exhibition will be held at Hay Studio on Saturday July 20, followed by an auction of donated illustrations at the end of the day, as we are trying to raise funds for next year’s Festival and for a charity. Contact: Mrs. Angeselle Haslam-Hopwood The Old School House, Church town, St. Wenn, North Cornwall PL30 5PS M: 07974 829 570 E: angeselle@talktalk.net

The Middle of No-Where Poetry Illustration Exhibition Guidelines:

• Closing Date: Friday July 12, 2013
• Participation for the Poetry Illustration Exhibition is open to everyone in the community.
• All exhibits must be original pieces of work
• All exhibits need to be mounted in advance, for display at The Middle of No-Where Children’s Literature Festival at Hay Studio.
• Animation / film exhibits: please contact Angeselle on angeselle@talktalk.net
• Please ensure title of poem, name and age of exhibitor and contact address is written on back of exhibit and on a card, which can be displayed with artwork.
• Please indicate on back of card whether you are happy for your work to be auctioned or not. Work not auctioned will be returned to owner.
• The Poetry Illustration Auction proceeds will go towards the Festival working fund for 2014 and a contribution will be made to a children’s charity, to be finalised.

Please send exhibits to: Mrs Angeselle Haslam-Hopwood The Middle of No-Where Children’s Literature Festival 2013 The Old School House Church town, St. Wenn North Cornwall PL30 5PS angeselle@talktalk.net / 07974 829 570