Kaleidoscope Fun

As part of an Arts project to celebrate the 10th birthday of Parenting 2000, Sarah, Alison and I have been working with the user groups, of the Centre to create artwork, songs and poetry that will adorn the wall in the Centre's play area. Here's just some of the fun that's been going on!

EXCITING NEWS!!

The Kaleidoscope team have been shortlisted for the 2009 Spirit of Merseyside Awards!

The team have been shortlisted in the 'Cultural Champions' category, for the community Arts work we have been involved with in Southport.

Our first Community Family Arts project was in 2007 and was so successful, that we followed it up with 2 more projects in 2008. The projects have given over 100 families the opportunity not only to work together,exploring their creativity, but also with other families from a wide range of ethnic and cultural backgrounds.

There will be on line voting open soon on the Community Foundation for Merseyside website.

Support us by voting for us -Thankyou

Celebration and Education

Kaleidoscope teamed up with Summerhill Primary School, Maghull to celebrate the school's unique position on the Leeds Liverpool canal. The children were set classwork and a holiday project to find out as much as they could about the canal, and then the Arts team came into school and worked with all year groups, to put all that they had found out into Song, Dance and Art. Guest artist on the project was Alex Fisher, clog dance specialist and school were financially supported through the Express Sefton fund.

Art in the park

Why not take a walk in the Botanic Gardens and take a look at the art trail. A fantastic collaboration between Churchtown Primary School, Sefton Leisure Services - Parks department, Botanic Gardens Action Group, North Meols Civic Society and a variety of artists including the Kaleidoscope team. The SEAL theme 'It's good to be me' was explored from every direction.

Mira worked with the children to explore their feelings about themselves and their friends, through music and dance. Sarah taught everyone traditional dance routines with a Ceilidh and led music in the park, where over 880 children sang some much loved Beatles songs; quite a feat!!

Alison and I worked collaboratively with Year 2 to join the children's explorations in poetry with their paintings and together we have created an interactive series of paintings exploring friendship and the children's own personalities. See the end result as you walk through the park.

With Year 6 I worked on their mosaic skills. The children thought about elements of the park that they enjoy and translated these into designs which now adorn the stepping stones in the park.

What a fantastic project to bring the community together in both working and appreciation of each others skills.

Let’s hope it's the first of many collaborations of this sort.