'Musical Words A-G' Before and After

So, here's what we planned: A series of workshops for the first 

weekend in October - traditionally this is Art on the Hill Weekend, 

our community arts trail for Windmill Hill and surrounding 

neighbourhoods in South Bristol: 

Flyer for our Arts Weekend Multi-Arts Workshops. Pictured: Colin Smith, pianist

We had a lot of fun, particularly on the Saturday when

Colin Smith provided the musical entertainment, all inspired

by our words from the musical scale A-G.  The participants, 

mostly children, were great sports and the dance moves from the
fantastic stories they created were particularly entertaining. 

Moreover here's what we got:  A Musical Words A-G 
community collage! Now in the Charles Padfield Centre, 
next to Victoria Park Baptist Church BS3 5DA:

Children and Families Multi-Arts Emotional Wellbeing Project - told in 1 minute

Funded by Community Access Support Services, Bristol

Breathless...With A Thought

Theresa's thought poem

Thoughts And Earworms - our Emotional Wellbeing Families project, with an emphasis on Primary-school-aged children

"Breathless. With a thought. Ideas. Balloons, bubbles, bursting. Beginnings".

This is Theresa's 'thought poem'.  Others of us have been sharing our 'thought songs' or general earworms...songs that won't go away.

The words have particular significance for Theresa and I like them.  So they have become the lynchpin of our Emotional Wellbeing Project (see previous post) involving *live music, dance, artwork* and lots of balloons and bubbles.

Our Happy Happenings and serious thoughts are all taking place at Victoria Park Baptist Church, Bristol.

Thought Bubbles

All workshops are taking place at Victoria Park Baptist Church.

Thoughts and Earworms

- our Bristol City Council funded Emotional Wellbeing project for children and families - is going well.  On Sunday we held a visual arts-based workshop called 'Thought Bubbles'.  People of various ages had a great time making a paint and washing-up liquid mixture, which then translated into wonderful bubble paintings. 

We've created work that'll go on the walls in time for our presentation of *live music and dance*, which we look forward to showing on Sunday 9th July.

BUBBLE ART can be BEAUTIFUL

Coming soon to the EWF Children & Families 'Thoughts and Earworms' project :
'Thought Paintings', a visual arts workshop using acrylics and oils.  For example: the bird in the picture BELOW feels lonely.   There's an open padlock, made of gold, with a rusty chain which, to the outside eye, might represent freedom.  But sometimes feelings are so strong, we cannot escape them. We understand how feelings are not always bright and happy.  This project - and the things we are discussing - has been endorsed by the organisations below:

Lonely Bird from original by JJ

PERIL S O S

A bold new way of looking at an old hymn, maybe?... 

Using it as an intro, then hurling it over a precipice and letting modernism and minimalism smash it into something else?  Some 7-9 year olds have been shaping our new multi-arts workshop piece into something tumultuous: "For those in peril...S O S".

Live music at Victoria Park Baptist Church

 

A first attempt at public violin-playing, learning to play cymbals and hammering out a distress call in Morse Code on the piano...It's all been fun.