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NewsBrampton Gateway Public Art Project[Monday 06 April 2009]
Chrysalis Arts has been commissioned by Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council to engage the local community in designing an artwork gateway for the village of Brampton, which is located on the Rotherham and Barnsley border. Chrysalis will be running a series of workshops to involve community groups in creating the artwork to reflect Brampton's identity and heritage. Creative North Yorkshire[Thursday 13 November 2008]
The York & North Yorkshire Creative Industries Network has launched a new website designed to provide information and support to individuals and organisations working in arts-based creative industries in York and North Yorkshire. The purpose of the site is twofold. Click here to visit the website: http://www.creativenorthyorkshire.com Public Art Training[Thursday 26 March 2009] Training for Real - St Helens Chrysalis Arts has delivered a specialist training for local artists in St Helens to develop their public art skills and how to work to commissions. This programme was focused on six local artists who lack the opportunities for support and professional development. The training programme was linked to the potential for public artworks on real sites around the area, which may be subject to regeneration initiatives. The sites chosen were;
Tunnel Visions - Stockport[Friday 27 March 2009]
Enamelled Signs for Subways Chrysalis Arts has been commissioned by Stockport Council to create four subway signs on the busy Lancashire Hill roundabout to reflect the identity of local area. The enamelled signs have been designed by artist Van Nong following consultation with the Neighbourhood Renewal Team and a series of community workshops with residents of the Lancashire Hill and Heaton Norris areas. The main objective of the project was to bring together older and younger members of the local community, to challenge their perceptions of each other and explore issues. The Lancashire Hill subway is currently unattractive and perceived as unsafe by many because of poor lighting and lack of natural surveillance. The aim of this project is to make the subways an attractive and less threatening public amenity and contribute to positive community cohesion. This project is the first of three phases to improve the area. Slow Art Trail[Friday 05 December 2008] RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECT Slow Art Trail A pilot project exploring sustainability and creative practice  Slow Art Trail was a pilot, public art project developed by Chrysalis Arts to raise awareness of environmental issues and to explore how artists can develop a more sustainable approach to their creative practice. Chrysalis Arts encouraged local community participation in the Slow Art Trail through a programme of creative writing and visual arts workshops. The project connected with the slow food concept of taking more time to appreciate quality, sourcing materials locally where possible, the use of natural and non-toxic materials and aimed to highlight issues such as re-using and recycling, sustainable transport and responsible travel. By developing their own project, Chrysalis Arts was able to have more control over the approach and implementation of the Slow Art Trail than is usual with commissioned public art. With support from Gaia Research, Chrysalis produced an initial brief for artists to respond to which requested that installations follow the guidelines of sustainability, low embodied energy, and recycled and recyclable materials. This included paying attention to sourcing of materials, avoidance of pollution, waste and toxicity avoidance and bio-diversity. However Chrysalis is keen to highlight that throughout the selection process and implementation of the project, equal weight was also given to the artistic integrity and quality of the work. One of the lasting legacies of the Slow Art Trail will be in the Guidelines that Chrysalis Arts is developing from the processes learned throughout the project that they plan to incorporate into their future professional development training.  Southport - Gardens opened by Ken Dodd[Friday 20 October 2006] RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECT Artworks for Lord Street Gardens and Boulevard, Southport Chrysalis was commissioned by Sefton Council to create artwork for Lord Street, Southport as part of the regeneration of the gardens originally designed by Thomas Mawson. This presdigious commission included the design and creation of a water feature, a new area of work for the company, a series of site-specific artwork seats and a community mosaic. Lord Street is a fine example of the landscape and architecture of the arts and crafts movement and this has been a great opportunity for Chrysalis Arts to add significant contemporary works to this heritage site.     We would like to thank the community groups and individuals who were involved in the creation of the mosaic, whose commitment and input made it unique to Southport. BSF Manchester: Wythenshawe Schools[Thursday 02 October 2008]
RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECT TRANSITION Helix - Spiral - Boat St. Paul’s & Piper Hill High Schools Entrance Created by Chrysalis Arts and the Pupils and Staff of St Paul’s and Piper Hill High Schools Commissioned by Manchester City Council, Building Schools for the Future Chrysalis Arts worked with the students and staff of St Paul’s and Piper Hill High Schools to create a new artwork to celebrate the two schools coming together on one site and to symbolise the ‘transition’ to a new beginning. The helix spiral is a fundamental and dynamic form in nature and the concept of a sailing boat is associated with travel, adventure, history and geography and the aspiration of making a journey by harnessing the earth’s natural resources in a sustainable way. The helix spiral is made from the wooden spars from the climbing frame that used to be in the Gym Hall at St Paul’s School. The spiral banners symbolise the boat sails and have words printed on them that were written by students in different languages, the words are all associated with moving, transition, journey. The ropes and twine are made from natural flax and cotton that have been spliced and knotted in a similar way to traditional boat rigging. The boat is made from stainless steel and the hull is a series of banners made from natural cotton hopsack with designs by the school students working with the artists; Van Nong, Kate Maddison, Rebecca Stoner and the staff of both schools. The bow and stern bulkheads and tiller are assembled from salvaged woodwork and metalwork tools and a hand made harp from St Paul’s School TRANSITION is suspended in the school’s main entrance atrium and can be raised and lowered on an aluminium truss frame suspended from the ceiling. Apedale Community Country Park[Friday 20 October 2006]
RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECT ‘A Change in the Weather’ Public Art Project, Apedale Community Country Park. Chrysalis Arts have been commissioned by Staffordshire County Council to create temporary and permanent artworks for a project named ‘A Change in the Weather’ for Apedale Community Country Park with the theme of climate change and involving the local community. The funding is from ‘Greening for Growth’ and this is seen as a flag ship project for Staffordshire to raise awareness in the region of the issues associated with moving to a sustainable existence. The art project has developed three strands: temporary artwork, permanent art way markers and a landmark kinetic sculpture.  The temporary artwork uses digital documentation techniques in photography, video, vox pop interviews and a locally distributed response postcard, the results of which will be edited onto DVD which will be distributed to local schools, libraries etc.  The permanent way markers will include artwork made in community workshops and will be integrated with the developing path routes.  The permanent landmark kinetic artwork will be set on a prominent hill top and utilise the wind to power its rotating ‘weather’ parts and animate its acoustics. The project commenced in October 2006 and is likely to complete in the Spring of 2008. Huddersfield University[Friday 03 November 2006]  RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECT Artwork for the entrance to Shorehead Building, Huddersfield University The name Shorehead conjures up images of sea and shore. 350 million years ago in the carboniferous period, the area that is now Huddersfield was a shallow tropical sea situated 5 degrees South of the Equator. Prehistoric coral-like sea creatures called Crinoids inhabited the area, their fossilised remains can be seen in limestone and millstone grit and have inspired the Crinoid sculpture. A crinoid resembles a palm tree, its branch-like crown of tentacles sway with the movement of water and it is this fascinating ‘under sea world’ that has inspired the artist. The suspended sculpture responds to the air movement caused by people passing through the Shorehead building’s foyer. The quality of light under water with the effects of diffusion, reflection and refraction, changes our perception of form and scale. Changing colour light emitted through fibre optic cables simulates this underwater effect. The design, materials and skill used in the construction of the sculpture draw on local trades; The traditional technique of hand metal spinning used to make the Crinoid stem is still a feature of industry local to Huddersfield. Metal spinning is ideal for making light curved metal dish, vessel and shell forms. It is particularly relevant to the Shorehead building facilities as it is the process used to make much of the catering equipment evident in the kitchens. Traditional rope and braid making, once a very necessary and widespread industry supplying a diverse range of uses, is now scarce and Outhwaite Ropemakers of Hawes are one of the few in existence. Fibre optic technology is a relatively new phenomenon and a key part of digital communication systems on which our modern life is based. The light system was supplied by Fibre Optic FX of Blackburn. Steel Dreams of Slaithwaite created the stainless steel stem support and fixings. Kate Maddison worked with staff from Huddersfield University to assemble and install the sculpture in the Shorehead Building foyer. North Yorkshire Open Studios 2009[Friday 05 December 2008]  Please click on the link below to visit the North Yorkshire Open Studios website for more details: |
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