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Culture: Participatory Projects and Events
The following projects are
directly supported and/or led by Havant Borough Council.
For further information please contact Havant Borough Council
on 023 9244 6421 or email
art@havant.gov.uk
Nine Days Arts Trail
The Nine Days Arts Trail is an annual
visual arts open studios event that will take place in artists'
homes, studios and community venues across the Borough
between 28 May -5 June 2011, over two weekends.
Sat 28 May & Mon
30 May 2011 - Hayling Island Arts Trail Artists
Sat 28 May & Mon
30 May 2011 - Havant, Leigh Park
and Waterlooville Arts Trail Artists
Sat 4 & Sun 5
June 2011 - Emsworth Arts Trail Artists
This celebration of local talent
is open to all artists and craftmakers living or working in the
borough. This is a fantastic opportunity for artists and
makers to showcase and sell their work. Get involved
in the Nine Days Art Trail 2011 - show off your talents
and be a part of this borough wide celebration of visual arts,
crafts and creativity.
Unfortunately registration for artists
and makers has now closed for the Nine Days Arts Trail 2011. If you
would be interested in finding out about registering for the 2012
Arts Trail, please email your details to art@havant.gov.uk
The Nine Days Arts Trail in 2011 is
being run by The Spring Arts & Heritage Centre on behalf of
Havant Borough Council.
New Motion Dance Company
New Motion Dance Company is a new project for
talented young dancers. Members meet weekly at The Spring Arts
& Heritage Centre, Havant, and commit to various intensive days
to create quality dance performances. The company of 10
talented young dancers from the borough is chosen annually by
audition.
New Motion are working with Retina Dance
Company to create a new piece of work for performance on 10th
March, 4th April and as part of the Olypmic Open Weekend 2011 on 22
-24 July to celebrate a year to go until the Olympics.
New Motion is supported by Havant Borough
Council and Hampshire County Council.
If you would like to join either of these
projects, or would like further information, please contact Laura
Doye, Dance Development Officer on 023 9244 6406.
New Moves Youth Dance
New Moves Youth Dance is a project aimed at young people aged
11-19, with members having the chance to participate in dance
classes held in leigh Park, Emsworth, Hayling Island and
Waterlooville. Weekly youth dance sessions for all experiences and
abilities are led by professional dancers at various schools and
community centres around the borough.
These sessions provide an opportunity for members to
choreograph their own dances, explore different styles, learn
performance skills and contemporary dance techniques for various
dance events. Members also get the opportunity to work with
professional dance companies and have performed at the Chichester
Festival Theatre, The Hawth in Crawley, Havant Arts Centre and
Gunwharf Quays to date.
Organised by Havant Borough Council and
Chichester Festival Theatre, classes
are fun and creative and enable young people in the area to gain
access to quality dance.
For further information please call Havant Borough Council on
023 9244 6406 or email
art@havant.gov.uk
Outdoor Events
The Culture service has provided various
street entertainers to perform in Havant and Waterlooville town
centres for Christmas and summer celebrations and has worked with
Staunton Country Park to
organise a series of free summer music concerts including
'Staunton Live!' - Staunton’s
annual live music event throughout August in the beautiful setting
of Leigh Park Gardens.
Picture: Staunton Live!; The News,
Portsmouth
Public Art
The Havant Borough District-Wide Local Plan
2006-11 includes a commitment to commission new public art works
for large schemes. Havant Borough Council has produced a
Public Art Policy to assist Planning Officers and developers and
the Arts Development service will be informed and involved in the
selection and installation process.
In 2005, Havant Borough Council received a
government grant to improve public spaces and comissiooned a series
of public artworks such as the Orbital sculpture in Havant Park and
the bronze history trail plaques in Waterlooville, made by artists
John Thomson and Bruce Williams respectively. These works took
local heritage and the enviroment as their inspiration and help to
develop a sense of local identity.
StreetSport
Havant Borough Council, in partnership with
Hermitage Housing
Association, provides a programme of free arts and sports
activities and workshops during school holidays.
Music, circus, visual arts and dance workshops are open to children
aged 8-15 years in parks and community venues across the borough
every school holiday.
StreetSport has been voted
number one in the South East by the National Housing Federation in
its
'What we are Proud of Neighbourhood Awards 2008'.