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GREEN SLIME workshops 🐌💚🪩 at @sitegallery inspired by & exploring @abipalmer_bot SLIME MOTHER exhibition ✨ Facilitators - @lucyhaighton / @abstract_land 📸 @shared_programme #slimemother #exhibition #workshops #intergenerational #sitegallery #movement #explore #maskmaking #playful #collaboration #slugs #inclusivepractice #performanceart #visualart #independentartist #sheffieldartist

Today! Re-opening of @highfieldadventuresplayground 1-4pm. Celebrating all things Sharrow including The Coracles of Sharrow project and the incredible work of Sharrow Youth Club, Future Makers and Sharrow Community Forum. So honoured and proud to have created a work with the community that me and my daughter have been part of since 2014.

Such a pleasure to contribute in a small way to this brilliant year-long project by @abstract_land and 22 young people from Sharrow. Really enjoyed making the score and sound design for ‘The Coracles of Sharrow’ - a short, poetic documentary film by Peter Martin @shared_programme . Sharing some pics of the premiere screening and book launch at The Light Cinema in Sheffield - a lovely and wholesome eve! Photos by @owenrichards (and borrowed from Chris 💎), plus a couple of stills. Project by - Christopher Jarratt Directed by - @postarchives / @shared_programme Grade - @ferguscarmichael Score & Sound Design - @freya_dooley Additional Music - Bobby Lee Event Day Audio Support - Kevin Jones Event Day Support - Stephen Givnan Performance Facilitator- Stacey Sampson Project Facilitator - @lucybookdestroyer

The Coracles of Sharrow Film A project by Christopher Jarratt & the young people of Sharrow What an amazing team that brought this year long project to life. Thank you all. More info on my website. - Film Credits: Directed by - @postarchives @shared_programme Grade by - @ferguscarmichael Score and Sound Design - @freya_dooley Additional Music - Bobby Lee Poem - The Coracle Makers & Future Makers Spoken Word - @sile.sibanda Title Screen - @studioawar Event Day support - Kevin Jones Event Day support - Stephen Givnan Performance Facilitator - Stacey Sampson Project Facilitator - @lucybookdestroyer Filmed on location at Sharrow Community Forum, Sheffield and Pennine Sailing Club, Winscar Reservoir, Peak District. - “We’ve heard it, we’ve all heard all about all the sticks and spears and swords, the things to bash and poke and hit with, the long, hard things, but we have not heard about the thing to put things in, the container for the thing contained. That is a new story. That is news.” - Ursula K. Le Guin - The Carrier Bag Theory Of Fiction, Ignota Books - The Coracle Makers & Future Makers: Lujane, Jago, Seren, Shar’day, Hussain, Omer, Omari, Keanu, Ben, Aydin, Alex, Lydia, Yashita, Bella, Georgina, Margot, Sid, Perry, Em, Naria & Lexi - This book and film are dedicated to the incredible young people of Sharrow. - The Coracles of Sharrow was commissioned by Sharrow Community Forum and funded by the Youth Investment Fund with support from Social Investment Business and The Key Fund. - #sheffield #highfieldadventureplayground #sharrowyouthclub #futuremakers #coraclesofsharrow #coracle #heritagecraft #communityart #publicart #peakdistrictnationalpark

It’s Sheffield Showcase time this weekend. There’s tons happening, from a bunch of cultural venues and organisations across the city. Everything from an outdoor exhibition to a late-night party, an artists’ open studio to a chance to learn how to make music from code. Link in bio for the full programme. 📷: 1. Harcourt Road Mobile Museum, Weston Park Museum 2. Performing with patterns: live coding workshop with Yaxu + Eye Measure, Soft Ground 3. ArtWorks: Open Studio at Wharncliffe Works 4. Kelham Island Museum BSL Tour (photo by Andy Brown) 5. Cyber Cafe Exhibition Closing Party, Site Gallery (photo by Peter Martin/Shared Programme) 6. Apricot Ballroom at Sadacca 7. Textile Postcards Workshop with Anne Menary, Cupola Gallery 8. Strange Britain Presents... Further Sins of Sheffield: A True Crime Special, Dorothy Pax 9. Community Gardening Session with Regather 10. KINCA Art Competition and Kelham Nature Day Plus many more! @sheffshowcase #SheffieldShowcase

On now at @sitegallery , Cyber Cafe evokes “low-res remembrances and community connections” of the early world wide web. “When the internet was a unicorn and not a troll, we all hoped to find another.” Created by Site’s @society.of.explorers in collaboration with artists Antonio Roberts and Lucy Cheesman. Complete with Game Boy Camera photography and other digital relics. Read @thatlooksqueer ’s full review on our site now – link in bio. 📷: Shared Programme, 2024.

Big win for Skye Community Cinema at British Film Society of the Year Awards by @cinemaforall 🏆🏆🏆 From over 1600 existing Film Societies in the UK we were the sole Scottish winner! 🍾🍾🍾 We won: - Film Discovery Award - Special Mention Film Society of the Year 2024 - Distinction for Best Film Programme - Distinction for Best Single Event - Commendation for Best Marketing & Publicity ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Thank you to the jury, @cinemaforall , @filmhubscotland for the ongoing support and especially our Skye audience 🙏💙🙏 📸 by @shared_programme Peter Martin #skyecommunitycinema #skyefilms #independentfilm #filmsociety #isleofskye

My solo exhibition False Note is up and open at @sitegallery til May 26th. Supported by @artesmundi @walesinvenice 🌸 Thanks to everyone who has visited the exhibition over the last week or two, and those who made the trip to the opening. Also ty to @beccaleathomas for the kylie wine (recommend) and the supermarket flowers (on theme except these weren’t stolen, and are still going strong on the kitchen windowsill 💐) Taken me a couple of weeks to wind down and share a few of many lovely pics from @postarchives of the PV 🤍 📸 1-7 & 10 by @shared_programme Installation pic (8) by Jules Lister, more to follow soon. ID in alt text ~ ~ ~ False Note comprises three separate but interconnected works which explore themes of replacement, connection and work: The Double, film (28 mins) Diamonds and Rust, film (21 mins) Basics of Buoyancy, song (2 mins) Single-screen films with 8-channel sound. All the works are captioned and audio described. More info on my website. Made this work over quite a long time with the support of wonderful people and friends, more than are mentioned here, but: Music and sound design in collaboration with @emmadaman (plus a new live performance supported by @prsfoundation #womenmakemusicfund on May 30th, more info soon) 🎵 Filming and editing with @films_by_kusa - a great colourist, green-screener and pal Producer and associate curator @robynhaddon , patient listener to my meandering voicenotes Curated by @angelica_sule who also wrote a great essay to accompany the show which I will share soon Tech team Rob Lee, Alex Pain, Matt Jamieson Exhibition handout designed in collaboration with @rolibbi and riso printed by @biscuitspress Audio description consultation @zoe.partington and captioning consultation @_hannah_wallis 🤍 Research and development was supported by @britishschoolatrome BSR- Creative Wales fellowship @celfcymruarts …And Keith Morgan (pic 8), aka ‘O.K’, aka Harry’s dad & the best non-actor I know 🤍

Big thanks to @shared_programme for a critical steer last week on balancing the exposure triangle, shooting exhibition installation photography, and editing and work flow tricks on Adobe Lightroom. Mad portfolios from now on! Cheers 🍺 / Cheese 📸 (flash not actually necessary with correct balance of shutter speed, aperture and ISO, just saying)

Fill your bank holiday with creativity and culture in Sheffield. A Bruce Lee double bill in a historic building. An immersive sensory exhibition exploring rest and reflection. Two days of pop loveliness. And more. See our What’s On calendar for details – link in bio. 📷: 1. Wishful Thinking exhibition designed by @society.of.explorers , open every day except Monday at @sitegallery . Photo by @shared_programme . 2. @reelsteelcinema present a Bruce Lee double-bill special, Saturday at @abbeydalepicturehouse . 3. Discover Worlds Real & Imagined, open every day at @thenvmuk . 4. Sheffield Pop Weekender from @machomusicisstupid , Friday opening night disco with Offbeat and Saturday with bands and @nightowls_shf DJs at @sidneyandmatilda , Sunday with bands at @shakespearesshf . 5. For Whom the Mountains Pray exhibition, open until Saturday at @sheffhallamuni Gallery. 6. Sheffield Covid Memorial workshops with @liah.edwardes and @studiowaterhouse , Saturday at Barker's Pool. 7. Yellow Arch Craft n’ Flea, Saturday at @yellowarchstudios . 8. @skylinesheffield , Sunday at @forge.sheffield and @southbanksheffield . Photo by Jacob Batterham. 9. @thevillagescreen Pop up Cinema and Silent Disco, Thursday–Sunday at Kenwood Hall Hotel. 10. Sheffield Fayre, Monday at Norfolk Heritage Park. Photo by @vox_multimedia .

I worked with @society.of.explorers to design exhibition Wishful Thinking at @sitegallery , which opens today! Through a series of workshops, @society.of.explorers , artist @gregoryherbertart and myself co-created large play sculpture, textile banners, video and sound installation. Huge thanks to @alfiepalfiewalfie and @_postarchives for all your support and creative navigation through the project and @karolina_mikesk @sophsmart_ and @ryankalkman for your help in making!

Workshop with @sianwilliams__ , January 2023 at @wainsgatedances Facilitated and guided by @lucysuggate Dancing with @tora_hed @sunnylulaha and @katelangrishsmith Photo credit: @shared_programme #dance #workshop #research #dycp #explore #danceartist #movementartist #performanceartist #collaboration #collaborativepractice #sharedpractice #joy #independentartist #sheffieldartist