Free Shallal event 2pm 7th October and updates

Come along it's free,
a last chance to catch some of the summer folly of the Pop Ups with all the various artists. They will be joined by the rest of the company to share an informal selection of Shallal's latest work and in the moment improvisations, as well as music, song and poetry! 

Free entertainment followed by tea and cake who can resist!

Pop ups starting in St Ives Festival.......

Wednesday 28th September is Shallal 2's first trip away together, yes we did Porthmeor at St Ives, but this time we have a mini bus to get to Wheal Martyn Museum to properly start our research and development "Clean Dirt" as Jo Lumber calls it! it seems a good working title! Show in the Spring.

So that percolates away along with a report back to the wonderful 'don't wish to be named' foundation which funded our Wardrobe Project. Many thanks to them.

Victoria and I go to a meeting next week with Falmouth Art Gallery  developing Sketchbook possibilities.

A meeting today with Lou Brett and Barbara Santi, acknowledged as executive producers in their role in Doorways - many thanks to them, some of the unsung 'back stage' heroes of our survival and now thriving....

Thanks also to Barbara for Trengwaiton outing last week, http://www.awen.org.uk/projects/trengwainton-heritage-project?position=0&list=MOFe2lR8HMQXLyfpC6NF0sJGwDCayYua7UGxLv4mrRU
the sun shone and we all enjoyed the beauty of the place and the chance to do art there.
Some photos on Facebook thanks to Star and you can catch a glimpse of lovely Tom who is supporting dance artist at Liskeard at present. He came to meet everyone and will give a Visiting Artist workshop to main company this Friday.
https://www.facebook.com/ShallalDanceTheatreCompany/photos/ms.c.eJxFzdsRgEAIQ9GOHJ7J0n9jLirr7xluUIUjUsxRkMpLByhWYeuAv8ABX~_IwGgagfbF3BvJJnJMg2Mm~_~_4Cwhv3sQO4~_l~;8QvaGYL6R0EhUH3sTsBlPGKQ0~-.bps.a.1163644973696100.1073741860.353939281333344/1163647653695832/?type=3&theater

Thanks to Lesley-ann for working with me on our future plans, we are still assimilating all the wonderful feedback from throughout Shallal as to how we envision future possibilities.

Loved standing in for Colin at session at Kehelland, http://kehellandtrust.org.uk/ everyone in sturdy boots, it needs to develop an array of Barn Dances with a difference!

Find myself talking about Christine and The Queens in recent groups, lovely dancing!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2VKaH2sKtU

and while on music thanks to old friend Joe Hemming http://www.joehemming.co.uk/
who recommended The Budapest Cafe Orchestra, who we had the joy of recently seeing/hearing at the Tolmen Centre- bliss!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O02qmpJVAcI

Fantastic group of people at our new Liskeard group, we already plan to perform at Bodmin Dance Platform in November!

Need to get team together soon to discuss next Doorways show now we know we can really play with the space....show mid summer 2017. R and D starting strongly after the 7th,  lots of lovely visiting artists coming in.

Pop Up at St Ives Festival on Saturday and news!

So here we are starting again with lots on:

See Pop Ups out and about in St Ives Festival this Saturday.

Demelza and Katie at St Austell Fun Day

Our new group starts in Liskeard on Thursday 10.15am - 12.15pm at the Liskerett Centre - I'm facilitating it supported by visiting artist Tom a fantastic dancer who has just moved down to Cornwall.
Lois Taylor will hopefully join us, as we get more established and we are so grateful for all her support so far. We look forward to working with her.

Shallal 2 and Shallal Dance Theatre start this week.

Research and development phase and visiting artists in each of these so an interesting term.
SDT visit Trengwainton Gardens to be part of Awen's Project on the 28th.
http://www.trengwaintonheritage.co.uk/

In the background, the next trustees meeting and the business meeting are looking at our future planning, dreaming and scheming, informed by feedback from Shallal members, performers, artists and participants and our 'away' day. Thanks to Kiki Gale for coming in as consultant, it is so good to answer questions and see us from an objective perspective, where we have come from, where we are going....

On a personnel level Michael has just gone to Edinburgh University, we drove up and i loved the city and the hills and the space, which bring a calm perspective. Constant reappraisal....

Back Lane West Footprints Residency November:- nearly all the artists booked in already, I love this residency, different each time and so: some fantastic installations trialling this year and groups as well as individual artists! New faces and old returning and lots to do and show.

Meetings with Victoria and then the Tate tomorrow and Lesley-ann on Wednesday and Outside In will be at Falmouth Art Gallery.
Zoe Wilton has a page she and Lou created at a surgery and maybe some more Shallal artists will go along?
http://www.outsidein.org.uk/Zoe-Wilton
http://www.outsidein.org.uk/
http://www.pallant.org.uk/

Outside In: Surgery Day 

Artist Support Days

Our new name for Surgery Days http://www.outsidein.org.uk/news_and_events?item_id0=17121

Following consultation with some of our artists we have decided to change the name of Surgery Days to Artist Support Days. We feel this is a much more fitting title for the sessions.

Would you like to create an online gallery with Outside In, or know someone who would, but who does not have the skills or facilities to do it themselves?
Founded by Pallant House Gallery in 2006, Outside In provides a platform for artists who define themselves as facing barriers to the art world due to health, disability, social circumstance or isolation.
Artists who fit the Outside In criteria can create an online gallery, showcasing their artwork. At the Artists Support Day we can support you to photograph and upload your artwork, help you to write your artist statement, sign you up for your online gallery and submit up to two pieces of your work, via the website, for selection to the ‘Alternative Visions’ exhibition.
Date: Wednesday 14 September
Time: 10:00-4:30pm
Venue: Falmouth Art Gallery
Address: The Moor, Falmouth, TR11 2RT
To book your 1 hour one-to-one session please contact Hannah Whitlock Call: 01243 770 845 or Email: h.whitlock@pallant.org.uk
Places are limited. Please bring support with you if required and please tell us of any access requirements 

Portmeor Studios host Exhibition of Shallal Dance Theatre Photographs by Andy Parker

My helpers Luke and Michael in the early morning! 

Doesn't seem a year ago we were there in residency at Studio 11, and Jo L in Shallal 2 still remembers performing in Studio 5 as a highlight ( Anna doesn't agree as i sprung a final unexpected dance on her!)

The copy for the exhibition ...compiled by Chris Hibbert

Manager, Borlase Smart John Wells Trust
Porthmeor Studios
Back Road West
St Ives TR26 1NG

Shallal – Community Dance Theatre

Shallal is an inclusive arts charity based in Cornwall. It started over twenty five years ago with an inclusive community dance theatre company and became a charity in 2005. Shallal runs ongoing community groups, specialist sessions and a main dance theatre company.

The Shallal Studios Residency at Porthmeor in 2015 concluded with an amazing dance performance in Studio 5 at the end of September, and this beautiful collection of photographs by Andy Parker is a reminder of this performance.

Photographer Andy Parker became part of Shallal Dance Theatre's life over a span of two to three years, and his images capture moments of rehearsal and performances of "one of most visionary inclusive dance theatre companies in the country" (Rory Mcdermott, BBC Community Arts Fund).

Shallal Creative Director Jo Willis commented "We all loved working with Andy. He brought a shared enthusiasm and generosity to all he did, and this is a reflection of Shallal's work seen through his eyes".

Andy Parker said “My best hope is that by exposing my work to the public will to help to promote a greater understanding, compassion and acceptance within our community, and the achievements to be gained from social inclusiveness.” He added “I believe that nothing can substitute the traditional hand crafted print produced in the darkroom, with its impossibility of exact repeatability, and the inevitability of every print possessing subtle differences no matter how small. Looking at an analogue print is to witness something that does not exist in exactly the same way anywhere else. Each finished print is as singular and as unique as the person or object within the picture.”

Shallal Studios – Porthmeor Residency 2015

Shallal Studios is the new visual arts branch of the charity, Shallal. It aims to raise the glass ceiling encountered by talented visual artists who have support needs and to provide a space for talented emerging artists and artists who like to work in an inclusive environment.

During summer 2015 Shallal Studios enjoyed a three month residency at Porthmeor Studio 11. Shallal had identified visual artists of genuine talent who faced barriers to progressing their art practice, and this residency provided vulnerable artists with the opportunity to work alongside emerging or established professional artists and collaborate with them in a culture of mutual creative benefit.

Artist Lou Brett who helped to manage the project commented “The residency afforded artists of all kinds the time, space and materials required for them to move their art practice forward. For most artists this was connected to taking risks and overcoming psychological barriers which had limited them in terms of medium and subject matter. Many artists with additional needs have extremely limited opportunities to take creative ideas forward, so opening this door offered by Porthmeor was quite profound for them.”

Shallal took part in September 2015 Open Studios where their studio attracted considerable public interest, and the residency concluded with an exhibition at Falmouth Art Gallery in early 2016. The works have now seen by large numbers of people, raising the profile of work by an inclusive studio. The residency also acted as a valuable pilot project. Shallal Studios currently has no permanent studio space and the time at Porthmeor was spent testing out and evaluating how an inclusive studio would work, providing essential facts and figures as well as evidence for future funding partners.

Sam and Shallal 2

The gallery was packed for Sam's Private View and Shallal 2 showed some recent work:
"A captivating performance which was a pleasure to watch - thank you"
"Inventive as usual. A lovely evening of creative dance"
some photos on FB.

Sam's work is beautiful, the colours and shapes are "vibrant yet calm."
Art allows you to look at the world, in other ways/through other eyes, and Sam's work does that roads, boats, paths, sand castles and streets were laid out before us.

Many people came to see the show and we hope it will be the first of many by Sam and other artists associated with Shallal Studios.

 Our next Footprints Residency will have a show there at the beginning of January.

I then went deep into Back Lane West planning and Laura has funding to share her painting process, The sketchbooks are going to be revamped into cross art form installation art! Jo Lumber has poetic ideas for the space and performance/interaction inspired by Passmore Edwards convalescent homes, Delpha likes writing on things and more to come!! Application written and draft timetable in place now.

Well done to Shallal 2, a lot of praise and positive feedback! and on to the next thing! we always want to do more once we start....
The next thing has just been funded! "hurray"and the new challenge for Shallal 2 to respond to Wheal Martyn and the China Clay story. http://www.wheal-martyn.com/
I recently had a meeting with Jan and then walked around some of the site, it is fascinating and i look forward to it. 
We have a trip to research it on 28th September.
For light reading and inspiration i reread "Jack Clemo A Love Story" while on holiday. http://www.wheal-martyn.com/page.php?page=exhibitions
His life is amazing and inspiring.

Next term is full of inspiration (which might be quite daunting) as Passmore Edwards and Jack Clemo were both visionaries in their own time and way.

Footprints Residency

Footprints Residency

needing to title the Back Lane West Residency before i wrote our ACE application
We are all so inspired by Passmore Edwards, "Why isn't his story taught in Cornish schools", many have asked!

What do you leave behind you? legacy? ladders are also part of his images

A Few Footprints is his autobiography

Funding the Ladder
by Dean Evans
http://www.francisboutle.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=85

http://www.passmoreedwards.org.uk/pages/Footprints/I%20believe.htm

Political and social reformer, politician, peace activist, and anti-slavery campaigner he became one of the most successful newspaper proprietors of his time.  Born in a small Cornish village and educated at the local dame school, he had an ambition “to be useful”; an ambition that remained with him throughout his life. Early attempts at publishing led to bankruptcy but through hard work he repaid his creditors in full. Disillusioned by Parliament (representing Salisbury 1880-1885) he redistributed the wealth that he had earned by funding the building of more than 70 public buildings; libraries, hospitals, convalescent homes, schools, art galleries and museums; to help those he considered he had a responsibility to assist.  He twice turned down a Knighthood and died at home, 51 Netherhall Gardens.
http://www.londonremembers.com/subjects/john-passmore-edwards

There isn't much space left on the residency but if you are interested please contact us as we would love to hear from you.
admin@shallal.org.uk

Some images from this term., and Playfest 3 August 12-3

Some images from this term.

Back to that wonderful door!

The four faces of Friday afternoon

top left: Lizzie Black from Tough Dough leading a ( free- thank you to them ) windsock workshop, Barbara and gang laughing hilariously at edit of the Duchess and the doll, Pete taking it easy! he did wake later and make a wind sock,- a nice conversation behind him, Colin making phone calls

Maybelle at Shallal2 with Mum and Sidney in background framed by Eddie and Miles.

There are some lovely photos from Shallal 2's short performance at Sam's Opening on our FB page, with guest appearences by Ann and Skye - we hope to keep them linked in, although college will be busy next year.
Next term we start our exciting new project with Wheal Martyn, learning all about China Clay, many thanks to Jan Horrel we are really looking forward to working to such an interesting commission, photos, writing and a short performance by the Spring!

Here they are some of our merry POP UP crew ....
next stop Playfest, Truro  Wednesday 3rd August, catch us out and about between 12pm and 3pm
http://www.swampcircus.co.uk/events/play-fest/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=visitcornwall.com&utm_campaign=listing

then St Ives Festival in September and Newlyn Art Festival in October!

Artists theme for Mazey day!

Last of all a dash to send off funding applications, Back Lane West coming up in November and our new group starting in Liskeard in September with lovely Lois Taylor.
Thanks to Kiki Gale and Lelsey-ann Eaton for recent background help, ( and all the team ) and an 'away day' planning time for trustees and others on 7th September with reams of ideas from the main co and others to feed into it all, which we collected on our last day!

Our middle children are dragging me off - not too reluctantly - to Womad so I am looking forward to music and dance and so hopefully will have collected some new tunes and more for next term!
 Happy Hols! 

New group in September

New group starting on September 15th,  building on the success of Shallal Pop ups in the area in the spring, we will be working with people in North Cornwall. The group is unnamed as yet and may grow a performance element to it, all that will follow on naturally from the sessions. (Shallal is the sum of it's parts and a very collaborative style of working.)
Jo Lumber who is skipping in the photo often says her quote "Shallal makes life better".
Come along and try it!

I am pleased, 'nervous' and excited to be working with highly experienced dancer/performer ( and more ) http://loistaylor.co.uk/ Lois Taylor , it's on her home ground! and also hopeful that we can bring along lovely Hannah, who helped out at the end of Aiming High and is an integral part of Friends and Dancing.

for further information contact
Jo Willis joewillis3@gmail.com or 07505 983710

Dear Shallal supporter!

Hi, we would like to let you know about our new Shallal community group in North Cornwall.

We hope you can come and join us and tell your friends.

It starts on 15th September 

Thursday 10.15am - 12.15pm

at The Liskerett Centre, Liskeard,

there is parking in the Car Park and it is accessible.

There is a suggested cost of £6 per session, but we are happy to have donations and even energy exchange, we want you to be able to come! 

(Support workers are free but are expected to participate.)

Shallal works in an informal inclusive style. 

The sessions are run to be fun and accessible to all ages and abilities. 

They will be run by Jo Willis ( Shallal's creative director http://www.shallal.org.uk/people.html ) and Lois Taylor http://loistaylor.co.uk/

Hope to see you there.

Do contact Jo Willis for further information at joewillis3@gmail.com or 07505 983710