Zoom talk, news, R&D Voice and Movement started

 Oh my it's getting so busy! in a good way.

Hard to share/do justice to what's going on, all need their own post...

Last night in our zoom talk Anna's slide choice presented a slice of Shallal from 1985 till today via people, Zoe, Toby and Trevor to Residencies and cross art form, Embodied space ending up at 'Marks, movement and Conversations.' 

(20 people on zoom talk ""Very inspiring... Thanks...I'd be wanting to get involved if I wasn't already.. 😁)

However this isn't the end as installations seem to be a really positive development for our collaborations and we realise we have 2 already on the boil or brewing, with Lisa Mortensen, Eddie and Anna and Peter Freeman and George and SDT, we would like to grow one with Janet's art work as well.

What an extraordinary pleasure when collaborations come off so beautifully, i was stunned by the curation and vision of Leigh Jacobs hanging the marks made in the 2 workshops. He transformed a seemingly small awkward sized space /gallery into a wonderful inviting intriguing installation which called you in and offered so much. I'll ask someone else to describe it and hope to document it this week.

An appreciative audience of approx 50 for our 2 pop up performances on Friday evening - thank you team! and Jonty Lees and everyone who supported it so warmly and worked hard to enable it.

Shallal Sketchbooks

Yesterday the Shallal Sketchbook zooms started again weekly, thanks to The Claire Milne Trust funding.

Voice and Movement' R&D at Holifield Farm Project 

Yesterday afternoon i had the pleasure to go to Holifield Farm Project to start an R&D that has been brewing for years 'Voice and Movement', I'd love a Shallal style 'choir'. 

The joy of familiar faces Liam and Emily - both had been in Shallal Dance Theatre years ago - Rupert i met as a toddler 25+ years ago! and Ian and some others I knew from centres i worked in many over 25 years ago! 

Thank you to Sadie for supporting this and Anna now interning with us and Elle volunteering with us. We plan to do 8 free sessions. I feel able to do this due to the musical skills of Sadie and then Elle so they compensate for my lack but i'm enthusiastic and we made great sounds and had fun!

Ideas

In true Shallal style you talk about something and already people are suggesting more and developing it, Zoe and Eddie had 4 good ideas from the talk, and Janice and co in Liskeard are developing and playing with their own style mark making. 

Thomas at Liskeard group

Someone in the audience was going to ask about the meaning of cross art form but after the talk said she now understood it in Shallal, which was good to know. 

Faraway dances 

a passion project! most of them are, check them out on our Shallal Arts you tube channel  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHqXvGvul--aNrXo-NoGtsA/videos

Lily, Joseph, Colin and me and Demelza

Time to prepare for the zoom sessions today and my weekly chat to our manager Chris whose calm at the centre of Shallal is really noticeable now, in so many of us being able to keep producing more and feeling well supported, thank you to the trustees and Ian as well and Charlotte.
Chris has been super busy outside Shallal with setting up/co-ordinating responses to the needs in the Ukraine and the suffering people.
https://planetradio.co.uk/pirate-fm/local/news/cornwall-group-offers-homes-for-refugees/

The global crisis asks more of all of us and i was thinking we could all aspire to tithe our time, ( many do already) 10 or 20% of our free time would make a real difference if we all did it and it could precipitate more positive change.

RSA 
As part of our UNBOXED: Collective Futures project we are inviting you to submit examples of collective participatory initiatives you're involved in. Together, we can show the power of collaboration between people from different backgrounds, perspectives and practices.
I responded to this from Shallal

and also recommended to them Manda Brookman
http://www.permanentlybrilliant.com/

and
Elephant Queen film outreach 
https://elephant.co.ke/
good to see art used as an inspiration and education and as a catalyst in this way