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Create Sheffield Jan’21 NewsletterThis half-termly newsletter includes information and opportunities which facilitate & celebrate young peoples’ participation in arts and culture in Sheffield. |
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Covid has been challenging for so many of the people we work with at Create Sheffield… for artists and all those involved in cultural education, for teachers and educators, for parents and carers, and most of all for our children and young people. Everything feels a little harder than it did before, as Covid has separated us and kept us in our own little bubbles. It’s through resilience and creativity that we’ll all get through these next few months, and we hope we can accompany you on that journey. Create Sheffield is here to help keep everyone connected: to celebrate people and ideas, and to inform you about the brilliant work that is STILL happening all around the city. And we have plans for a wonderful, creative celebration that will help focus us all on the future ahead. |
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Create Sheffield UpdateSheffield, City of Young Makers 2021 theme: MAKING OUR FUTURE |
Create Sheffield’s City of Young Makers theme for 2021 is MAKING OUR FUTURE: a city-wide arts and culture celebration with a focus on young people’s creativity and how they engage with their future. The celebration spans from 21st June – 5th September 2021 with planning dates in Feb & April. The celebration will happen across the city; in nurseries, schools, colleges and universities, and in communities, online and face-to-face. It is a chance to celebrate all children and young people in Sheffield (aged 0-24), and the creative abilities they have to make, create and imagine their future. There will be workshops offered by Create Sheffield’s arts and cultural Partners, opportunities to join in, and the chance to celebrate the creative achievements of Sheffield’s children. The celebration isn’t limited to things you can make with your hands – it could be celebrating ideas and the making of decisions, taking a stand or singing a song, the artwork you’ve made for your GCSE’s, sharing big ideas for the future or tiny personal ones. Whether the work is beautiful art/design/drama/dance/music made in a workshop, at home or in the classroom, it’s all welcome. Create Sheffield Partners can join us in our planning session (25th Feb) and also book onto our Online Marketplace (29th April) for an opportunity to co-create, plan and devise workshops and activities with schools over zoom. |
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Welcome two new Trustees |
We are delighted to welcome Amy Bannister and Margot Walker onto our Trustee Board! |
Amy is a guitar vocalist currently studying Music Education at the University of Sheffield. She presents a weekly radio show on a community radio station and loves to perform live (when such things are allowed!). Margot brings over 30 years experience in audience development and fundraising in the cultural, education and charitable sectors. She is keen to support Create Sheffield's aim to open up creative opportunities and skills development for young people living in Sheffield. She has most recently been Head of Partnerships for the Audience Agency and she has previously led marketing and development for cultural organisations spanning performing and visual arts, museums & heritage. |
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Artsmark Update |
Create Sheffield are delighted to be able to support the IVE Sheffield Artsmark consortium in their peer group sessions and in sharing useful resources and information. We asked Aoibheann from IVE to update us on the journey of the Sheffield Artsmark Consortium so far, and to share a little bit about the other great opportunities coming from IVE's Art Award programme. Read update. |
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Create Sheffield Staff Room |
Create Sheffield Staff Room is our half-termly newsletter; full of information and opportunities especially for schools and educators. Update your personal details here to receive this newsletter, or read it here. |
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Messages from our Arts and Cultural PartnersThe National Videogame Museum |
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Learn at Home with the National Videogame Museum! This lockdown, The National Videogame Museum want to help parents and kids who are now pivoting to learning from home (again). As such, we’ve put together some guides to help young ones and parents learn how to make their very own videogame! It will require access to a computer, but all the software is free to use. They've created some written and video guides that teach key STEM and Arts skills closely related to the curriculum. From making the artwork, to creating the sound effects, and even a little bit of programming.
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Chol |
Free Online Creative Club (ages 8-15) Weekly on Tuesdays 4.30pm - 5.30pm (on zoom) In these workshops young people will get the chance to meet and work with other young creatives alongside professional artists to develop and produce their own ideas. For more information please contact Lauren at Lauren@wearechol.co.uk |
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Chol are currently raising money for Cholavan - a brand new innovative project to break down the barriers that some children and young people face engaging with the arts and at the same time provide arts activities during this pandemic. The Cholavan will enable us to go into communities and use our own resources without having to rely on other physical spaces. It will help to remove some of the obstacles that prevent people engaging with the arts. We’ve been lucky enough to secure a place on the Match It Fund, with the One Community Foundation (Match it!). This means that whatever we raise between now and the 31st January 2021 will be MATCHED! Any donations or shares would be greatly appreciated! Donate here.
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DECSY Philosophy for Children After School Club from Kate Halliwell |
We’re so pleased to say that DECSY is running the fabulous Y6-8 Philosophy for Children After School Club again this term! Watch our short video of club members explaining why they enjoy P4C. The online club will be on Tuesdays, 4.30pm - 5.45pm (except for the next session which will be on Thursday 21st January). To find out more or to book a place, please can a parent/carer email Jane at DECSY (jane@decsy.org.uk). also.. In a time of confusion, miscommunication and isolation, the need for clarity, critical dialogue and collaboration has never been more evident. During the pandemic, a group of professional, philosophical thinkers came together to communicate ways in which the people of Sheffield could access such higher-order thinking. We are proud to introduce Think Together Sheffield a partnership of teachers, trainers, facilitators and academics who use philosophy in their work to enhance learning, communication, creativity and wellbeing. Our shared aim is to make Sheffield a place where people of all ages and backgrounds can think together about what matters most to them. |
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50 Things to Do Before You’re Five50 Things to Do Before You’re Five are running online toddler groups starting Wednesday 27th January. Register your interest here. |
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Family, Adult & Community Education Service |
The Family Adult & Community Education Service invites you to come along to their Online Cafe Wednesdays 10-11am. These sessions are great if you are feeling bored, isolated or struggling with home schooling and fancy having a go at a new activity or having a chat. Register here. |
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Angie Hardwick |
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During the pandemic, communities have supported each other and shown kindness in numerous ways. Angie Hardwick will be working with Swallownest community, creating a series of artworks linked to Kindness. These will be displayed on the fence surrounding Swallownest School. Angie is inviting the people in the local area to enhance and compliment the artwork with their own flower. Creative packs will be distributed in the community to create their own kindness flower. The work will be on display in March 2021. For more information about other projects linked to the Kindness initiative, please visit their website. |
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Sheffield Theatres |
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We are very excited to have started a year-long journey with Young Company, working with 15 young people aged 18-25, interested in a variety of creative skills from acting to sound design. Young Company will take part in skill development workshops, have mentoring sessions, create work and respond to different artists briefs, their first will be the creation and performance of a spoken word piece. Our Sheffield People’s Theatre will be offering a variety of one off workshops, initially over digital means until we can get back together, the workshops will cover a range of skills and most importantly bring our community together to have fun and be creatively challenged! We are also offering projects to be delivered with the teacher into the ‘digital classroom’. You will be able to find further information at this link soon In the meantime if you would like to chat through the projects, are interested in taking part or have any questions we would love to hear from you, just drop us a line at Learning@sheffieldtheatres.co.uk |
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Amazelab |
Our aim is to deliver an inspiring, creative take on STEAM subjects, their relevance to everyday life and deliver this in a fun but thought provoking manner. We offer a full range of online workshops for schools, community groups and individuals plus activity packs and school teacher training sessions. Visit our Twitter, Facebook and Instagram or contact us info@amazelab.co.uk for more information. |
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Other Opportunities & Resources |
New routes to employment: Kickstart. Want to bring new talent and perspectives into your workforce, with 6-months full wage support? IVE can support employers to access the government’s Kickstart programme as a gateway organisation. Arts Award Discover at Home - Discover at Home is a fantastic way for families to keep engaged in arts and creativity with their children while they are at home. Children (ages 5-11) can even earn an Arts Award Discover Certificate to celebrate their fantastic achievement! Time and Time Again - A National Youth Trends Report on How Young People of Colour are Represented in the UK from Beatfreeks. Without Walls have used their knowledge and expertise to bring together resources from trusted organisations to help guide you through the main considerations for restarting rehearsals and creation of work as well as presenting your work at festivals and events during the pandemic. Access the toolkit here. |
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Calendar 2021See tags for who is invited! |
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Create Sheffield is Sheffield’s Cultural Education Partnership. We are supported by IVE, the Arts Council England Bridge Organisation for Yorkshire and the Humber. |
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