pop up link

My dear macbook is having exhaustion from uploading photos onto Studio blog (keep forgetting some!) here's a few last ones to invite you to visit them.
http://www.shallalstudios.com/blog/pop-ups-in-redruth

"We had a great time on the street...meeting and engaging with a lot of people...all very positive..thanks for arranging it..great fun" Colin

Back Lane West - messages from todays Collaborations!

"Dear Star,
Thank you for joining us in the great experiments of sound, light and movement!

See you next week..."

Star peeping through from studio!

"Oh my goodness, I had SUCH a good time today" - Star
with "3 men in a tub"
George, Jamie and Oli

and from George"Really lovely day, we are all appreciative of the opportunity to work together."
They are back in next Thursday and you get the chance to see some of their work in the evening Thursday 26th 7.30pm



 

AHSW Conference and I am Joan show link

Excellent day at AHSW conference.
Great venue, interesting presentations, Prof. Paul Dieppe, about to start a fan club! talking about soul, the arts and healing, and fantastic presentation by Viv who won an award last time and talked about creating I am Joan, which I do hope to go and see, she ran a great short workshop ..lovely to move....this blog is to give you the link to that show, and thank AHSW for a really good day.
https://vimeo.com/125697086
Oh and had some good feedback from Provocation, so ok, but nerves while waiting were high especially as my style is to just talk, just couldn't make 'real?' notes.

News: Zoe Young, Fundraiser at Falmouth School 26th and Showings at Back Lane West!

Busy day in main co, 2 or 3 new dance pieces created with George towards Godolphin Doorways - Artistic director breathes sigh of relief and they/performers say "You can trust us - to deliver " i reply, "I do trust, you just not sure i trust myself " - to do my part adequately
so back to
Trust the process!!

Barbara Santi introduced us to Zoe Young who will be filming the documentary part of the project. Zoe joined in and loves to dance :), she might also be called Zoe Freda as we have so many Zoe's at present.
http://www.newgreenorder.info/
http://www.newgreenorder.info/about.htm

Zoe Osmond is very kindly organising a Fundraiser:

Hello all Shallaler's!
I am organising a concert at my school sixth form, that is raising money for Shallal.

All you guys are welcome to come along! 

It is on Thursday the 26th in the Falmouth School sixth from common room (if you arrive at the main entrance there will be people to show you in). 

People will be serving free tea and cake from 4.30 

with the music beginning at 5.00 (and lasting till 6.00).

I'll be playing something, along with solo's and duet from different friends. 

The tickets are £1.50...if anyone would like to come please let me know and i'll put some aside at the door for you.

Much love Zoe :) x

zoeosmond@hotmail.com

Back Lane West, Redruth will have  'Showing' of Cross Art Form Collaborations starting at 7.30pm .... so why not have a Shallal evening and roll onto that afterwards!

Next Showing "Through our eyes" visual arts part and possibly costume etc will be on Monday 30th November evening time tbc

more info and updates on /http://www.shallalstudios.com/

Back Lane West continues to speed up with return from USA of Laura Menzies, "Geraldine" our tailors dummy from 2iis R& D is having a journey to play with Zoe Wilton and Laura next week.

Zoe has been squeezing performers into costumes over the last 2 weeks, Colin's greek/morris dancer look was recut into ......

as the old one smelled too damp! can't wait for space to put stuff...roll on permanent studio space!

Tuesday I will be at AHSW conference http://ahsw.org.uk/

with 10 minute Provocation titled Providing Inclusive Pathways.

I get a chance to speak about what i care about, time is running out, i am 52 and one gets impatient ! i think dancers are often impatient?!-

Had nice chat with Kiki Gale HFC dance consultant about this and more recently. Waiting to see the real changes, the work has been valid for over 50 years now, happening widely since the 80's it needs to be embedded in society....not still being noted that the arts work for different groups! make it an ongoing widespread provision and reality....oops best save it for Tuesday!

Also with close of Arts for Health Cornwall - many thanks for all they have done....

a quick none Shallal announcement, which i have 'put out there'

Local artist database suggestion from local practitioner

Dear Artists and Practitioners,

I feel very passionate about artists work and continuing provision.
(I started voluntarily was given work in a hospital, went freelance and haven't ever stopped. I gained my initial experience in the early 80's in London, which included psychiatric, stroke rehab, and community settings.)

With the close of Arts for Health and all they have provided, I am concerned that there should be a site where artists can connect and potential employers and funders can find suitable artists for their work/projects without randomly scouring the web.

So I have a proposal which would be to build a simple free weebly website, I am happy to do this.
http://www.weebly.com/home/
I have done Shallal's weebly pro site see below.
(The site I suggest wouldn't be under Shallal but autonomous, however Shallal could link to it as hopefully other supportive organisations would)

It would need a good title ( suggestions please ) and a home page with a short explanation, then headings for different art forms,  each artist can have a page under their art form.

To be included you would need to send me:
your art form
information about your work and experience
up to 3 photos, ( jpeg please)
and your contact details.

Once created ( if you want ) I maybe able to give you the email and password so you can update your page when you need to, or send me the new information.
That is all the maintenance needed.

You can also circulate the website to your contacts so it gets known.
There is scope for publicising it and marketing if anyone has the time and skills ie: a press release, launch party etc

I would like to think I could put it together by 2016 and as Jane leaves mid Dec there wouldn't be too much of a gap.

Look forward to hearing from you.

best wishes

Jo

joewillis3@googlemail.com

A&A at BLW

Anna and Annis return to Back Lane West, George came to to try the space and took some photos of their work in process, see below.
Their work is accompanied discussion, suggestions to each other interspersed with giggles. Their choice of photos coming soon.

I am looking forward to today with Zoe and Sam, with Peter and Lou visiting.

ipads

ipads are very popular!

capturing dance moments, Peter, Zoe and Lydia.
We were looking forward to seeing Holocene by James Wilton dance co,http://www.westbriton.co.uk/James-Wilton-Dance-Company-reschedule/story-28104531-detail/story.html however it has been postponed so another day of rehearsals tomorrow.
We borrowed a go-pro from Falmouth Art Gallery recently and are eagerly awaiting a new film camera, and some hard drives which can be used to store all our images etc for Doorways.

Grasping Granite..Zoe Osmond photos Godolphin Doorways

Some of Zoe Osmond's photos from Friday at Godolphin House.
Meeting tomorrow with Godolphin House staff to negotiate the show etc, we were also looking round for instillations and exhibition or something in The Cidery a few weeks before...
and Back Lane West Cross Currents residency starts tomorrow, i get the key today - hurray!

i know it\s the wrong way up but it was sent this way and i like the hair!!

lost my nerve here it is right way up

the coat

Zo

Demelza and Katie, strike a pose!
they a have a dramatic twosome from 2iis that we might have to develop for this environment

they also have a laugh!

the drama of the potting shed

i started writing a blog some years ago as it was recommended as away to show artistic process development,  partnerships, all the things you naturally do but funders might not know about unless you tell them,  etc well this blog now shows my mind enjoying this photo!

it feels like a ( ships) figure head looking back into time, we are all still quite into the white lady stories!

"grasping granite"