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ARTS AMBASSADORS WORKSHOP PROGRAMME (AUTUMN)

Here are dates and details of all the workshops in the workshop programme ambassadors have organised:

September

• 14 - Urban Street Dance (Court)
• 22 - Guerilla Film-making (CAR)
• 28 - Laughter Workout (CAR)

October

• 11 - Performance Poetry (CAR)
• 18 - Drama (CAR)
• 25 - Stand Up Comedy (CAR)

November

• 3 - Croydon Fashion Fanzine (CAR)
• 8 - Capoeira Dance (Court)
• 24 - Manga Art (Workshop 1)

December

• 1 - African Drumming (Court)
• 6 - Drawing Cartoons (CAR)
• 13 - Reclaimed Fashion (CAR)

the YOF/YCF fund

hi, ive only just been able to get a new account or whatever so thats why i havn't written for a very long time lol

the youth opportunity fund is all about helping disadvantaged young people in croydon so we really should look deeper into this when chosing what we should do. i met a gril the other week who has been living in a home nearly all her life and had recently moved into a hostile. she told us about all the young people who have given up on life and don't see the point on making an effort. working on the management team has taught me alot about what it means to be disadvataged and that is exactly what this money which has been given to us is all about. weve been given this money to help disadvantaged young people and so when deciding on the activities were going to be programing i think that we should look at what people really want. maybe we should ask people what kind of events people would want? if were going to make these workshops a success then i think that we need to do alot more market research and actually go out there and ask people what they want! maybe we could do questionnaires or something and invite people from hostiles and that and get them involved in things from the clocktower aswell as our workshops.

its just an idea but it really fits in with the aims of the YOF fund and i think we should really take them into consideration maybe ?!?

loVe Jess

p.s. im sorry i havn't been to the last couple of meetings, i had my last exam and then went away to a uni summer school thing.

Workshops etc

Despite not being able to make it to the last meeting (I went to a lecture that turned out to be phenomenally boring, but I did get to look in the House of Lords), I've found out I can't come tomorrow either. D: I'm going to see Forgotten Voices at the Riverside Studios, which is all about WW1 and at least arts-related, so I feel like I have quite a good excuse. I feel bad about not coming twice in a row, though, sorry about that, but I'll be there on the 6th for laughing yoga.

Anyway, with regards to workshops, Olly said I ought to give feedback here since I won't be in the meeting. For what it's worth: JOHN COOPER CLARK IS MADE OF WIN, LET'S GET HIM IN, and I also love the sound of the scriptwriting workshop. So, er, yeah, if either of those work out? I'd be ecstatic.

In an internet cafe...

Hello everyone! I'm still alive and stuff.
Maddie W and I went to see 'Food' the other night in the Braithwaite Hall and it was really good but there were only about 25 people there! They deserved a bigger audience! So now everyone's got a card let's all go to things and....stuff. Woo!
Hope everyone is well and not dying from the boredom of being back at school.
Gabrielle x

logo idea...>.<

can be in one colour (nt neceserily this color)

this is an idea for the "arts ambass..." logo...

what do you think?

.....some more suggestions

I got some more suggestions for artists and things for the programme. So I have updated our list of possible artists and companies....Check them out! I have emailed all of them and I have more details and prices for them...we can look at these on Tuesday. CLICK ON THE LINKS. Don't be afaid :)

Dance:
BLEMA ETREY (Street/Hip Hop)
URBAN STRIDES (Street/Hip Hop)
JONZI-D (Street/Hip Hop)
TAVAZIVA (Contemporary/World)
BOY BLUE (Street/Hip Hop)
ACE DANCE (Contemporary/World)

African Drumming:
mastercompo.com
jali-djembe.com
sewa-education.org

Film-making:
Chocolate Films (gorilla style film-making: plan, make and edit a film in one day!)
antoncalifano.com (maybe more long-term projects?)
Actiondog (multimedia workshop where you would mix music videos with film)

Urban Fashion:
Emma Hart (you nearly all know her! She runs t-shirt making workshops at Tate Modern and Whitechapel Gallery all the time - so is an expert at this now!) She also has an idea about commenting on urban fashion - could young people make a crodyon fashion fanzine - lots of collage, photos, drawings, designs, and photocopies (maybe screen prints) which could combine with screen printed t-shirts to produce a weekly fanzine/magazine for a short period about urban fashion now, croydon's own vogue? and given out free?)....could be interesting?!
onless.krata.co.uk (make a recycled bag workshops?!?!?!)
reclaimfashion.com (making clothes out of recyled materials......very cool I think)

Music
Charlie Dark (DJ workshops, o yes it's true!)
Lillie McKenzie (we can develop a session for young people with her - tell her what we want!)
Lynieve Austin (will run a vocal masterclass. I was thinking this would be good for someone like Shanique who has skills but would like professional advice and direction?).

Spoken Word:
Yemisi Blake (Very likable, really good with de yong peepl)
Francesca Beard (We know her work. Very funky, clever and so on)
Zena Edwards (Highly regarded)
John Cooper Clark (Mad, old punk poet, rebel; gonna perform at Clocktower in September)

Scriptwriting:
Mark Hunter (writing for film & theatre)

Art & (Knitting?!):
Melissa Beagley (She does something called the ART ARENA!)

Also, check out these three links:

Second Wave (This project is based in Lewisham, near New Cross and their flyer ain't too bad - they offer workshops in the arts more as training than as one off experiences. Once you have had the training then you get a chance to audition to be in their showcase! So it's kinda similar to our group but perhaps not as multi-dimensional).

Se1 United (A youth project or enterprise based in London Bridge area. They are a group similar to yours but a bit different in that they programme events in different areas not just the arts! It seems their website is a bit new and still under construction but the design ain't too bad?!)

Lekker Design (ok, maybe a bit dull this one but basically they are good designers and maybe they would negotiate a price for our flyer/poster design?)

I still have a video copy of this from the early 90's.......amazing!