Posts Tagged ‘Winter 2022 newsletter’

At the end of October, we wrapped up our ACE funded Nurturing Creativity project and what a jam-packed 12 months it was! In that time, we’ve had 7 micro-commissions resulting in a 6 week-long exhibition at Brewery Arts, 2 bursaries for The Knotted Project Young Company at Forge Festival – a youth-led festival in Kendal,…

November 2022 saw the third iteration of Watch this Space as four artists set up camp in unconventional venues for a period of 3 days in Skipton. Four venues hosted artists between 22 and 26 November 2022. First up, Elsworth Kitchen partnered up with Rob Young, a writer from Harrogate. Initially hesitant as to how…

Hinterlands is returning to Skipton once again in 2023 with another exciting programme of films and events, however the festival will now take place on 17th-19th March rather than the usual May time. The first wave of the programme has announced adventure films for both adults and children with screenings of French film Faces and…

Back in September, we hosted two focus groups with young people aged 16-35 as part of our Marketing to Younger People project, asking their opinions on what attracts them (if anything) to visit the Lakes and Dales, feedback on our existing marketing and what suggestions they have to make the area, the art and culture…

The Artery, now in its second year, is offering local creatives an opportunity to meet every two months to explore issues that will help their businesses to thrive, starting in January 2023. They have an active core group and are looking to welcome others, whatever their creative practice may be. The group is support-based and…

Once again it’s been a busy year for events and there has been no shortage of creativity, inspiration and innovation! Starting us off strong was the brand-new ACE funded Forge Festival – led by the Knotted Project – curated and presented by young people on the 1st May followed by the ever-popular Hinterlands Film Festival…

This year, in partnership with GPLD and Skipton BID, Skipton Heritage Action Zone launched the new Welcome to Skipton brand, unifying all aspects, colours and businesses of Skipton to create a strong identity for the town. As part of this, we commissioned two photographers to work with young people to capture the vibrancy of Skipton…

Back in April we commissioned 7 young artists to produce a piece in response to the landscape around them, their thoughts and feelings around rurality and what the area means to them. All the artists produced some incredible work, with pieces ranging from a documentary-style short film following a Settle-based photographer to a comic board…

The new Craven Arts House opened to the public on Friday 9th December after it was officially opened to funders and  stakeholder including Craven Arts members by Catherine Johnson. With funding from Historic England through Skipton HAZ, Craven Arts House will become an innovative flagship studio and arts facility for Craven’s community and artists who…

The Knotted Project are currently in the planning stages of Forge Festival Year 2, with project delivery beginning in February 2023. There’s lots to look forward to! In year two they’re introducing a ‘ladder’ system which enables young people to imagine their next steps, from Schools, to Performance Companies, to Early Career Artists, to experienced…