(ongoing updates, all wil be cleaned up when everything is up and in place)
Update: there is video up now that the young people made from the first day's footage. there is also a new albumw ith all the video clips from the young people using a small XViD camera to film skating etc. Proper info soon!!
Large updates being uploaded now, mostly photos. We have been in Braunton the last 3 days - go to the past events gallery to check out the photos up there (200+ so far, more to come) Some great pix, mostly taken by the young people themselves.
Watch the First Day activities video edited by the young people online:
Westward Ho!
Written by Brian
Wednesday, 25 June 2008
Northam youth club is expanding - at the moment we are in the process of working with young people to make a new venue in Westward Ho! ready to be a proper youth club. So far this involves a lot of cleaning and painting. We hope that when we open to have a bright, fresh space
Workshop visits for Pathfinder
Written by Brian
Friday, 13 June 2008
Yesterday I visited Forches Cross primary to deliver a T-Shirt painting workshop. The group are due more workshops in the near future. The young people worked really well - these workshops are always great to see how people use the stencils for new ideas :)
Northam Youth Club is set to re open later this month - the new staff are due to be interviewed next week. We will be opening 2 nights a week, Mondays in Westward Ho! and Thursdays in Northam.
Northam Youth Club and Lewis Palmer (assistant youth worker in training) have both made it to the finals of the Devon Youth Achievement Awards; the awards event is on 28th June in Exeter at County Hall. Well done all of you!
!Update (Sunday) - ALL the photos are up now. We did over 100 T-shirts in total over 4 days. The bands on Saturday were Temper Temper Temperature and Bryan, Whitton & Morrish (both were great!). Many thanks to everyone who took part and got involved.
Sat: We've just updated the Appledore photo gallery (see post below for more info). Only one more day to go... Today we did moreT-shirts, mural painting etc - Doodledubz did a graff demo
We're now half way through Appledore Visual Arts Festival and we have the first batch of photos online. A lot of our photos were taken by Faye, 6, who can be seen below painting the emulsion mural the public are invited to join in with our the weekend. Scroll down below for a video too eh.
We're doing T-shirt painting all weekend. We have mural painting where young people can come and add things... We've played a lot of dancemat and today we had Robbie & Jay beatboxing and Chase rapping. We have some great clips from it :D This evening we had 2 bands play live - again, lots of great footage - When we update with the info, check them out - they're looking for gigs and they're self sufficient. Tiptop flipflop.
Saturday we have street dance session in the afternoon, and Chase will be back - so more rap and beatboxing. Lewis will bring along Frets on Fire (2player - Guitar Hero type game) and all should be a larfff. Come along.
It has been a long few days - more updates soon though!
Video: Chase, rapping to Robbie Hurrell beatboxing. There is a lot more but I wanted to get a quick preview online. YouTube uploader isn't working for me tonight but it's up on RONDA (watchronda.tv)
Check it:
Seize @ Potwalloping 08
Written by Brian
Monday, 26 May 2008
We have just got back from Potwalloping, hit by the harsh weather sadly :(
On the 3 days Jane led a carnival workshop for the procession today (Monday) - the theme of Potwalloping being the pebble ridge, the Potwalloping site has info on its history here - the group dressed up as a pebble ridge!
On the Saturday we made use of the sun - some young people from Northam Youth Club joined up with us to offer facepainting and T-shirt painting on the putting green. The young people wanted to be involved in this local event and are trying to fundraise for the club.
Thanks to everyone who helped out :) As usual click the images for fullsize and to browse the gallery.
Up and coming!
Written by Brian
Thursday, 22 May 2008
We will be at potwalloping this weekend, mainly being run by young people from Northam Youth Club. Potwalloping is on the putting green at Westward Ho!
The following weekend is the Appledore Visual Arts Festival and we'll be at the British Legion Hall Thursday til Sunday - 4 DAYS! Check the flyer. If you have anything you want to show off, from artwork, to dance, rap or in a band then get in touch! We're putting together a timetable so that we can fit everyone in :)
We're doing this for fun, not hassle, so obviously no booze! The hall will be timetabled so different activities can share the space.
Homegrown Kids At Swimbridge!
Written by Brian
Thursday, 22 May 2008
Recently Seize has worked with a group of home educated children and young people in Swimbridge - with workshops including DJ'ing, Graffiti, Comics and Animation.
Jane and I have just returned from painting a mural with young men from Marland School. Many thanks to them for their patience and hard work!
Click the images to view the full size photos and to view the gallery.
Thanks to the staff of Marland School for their help
Yeo Vale School - mural by Barnstaple Youth Council
Written by Brian
Sunday, 11 May 2008
Yesterday we worked with the Barnstaple Youth Council to produce a mural at Yeo Vale primary. We worked on a design on a main section and the young people also put together another smaller version of it at the other end of the wall. It was an incredibly hot day - thanks to the young people involved for sticking at it, cutting and spraying to complete the walls.
In other news, things have been quiet with workshops but everything is even busier in the background with lots of big things in the works. We will soon be at Potwalloping festival, and we have 4 days of activities at Appledore Visual Arts Festival this year! It'll be a good laugh, with music, gaming and art. Lots of it...
Northam Youth Club is re-opening in the near future. Some of our youth workers also work at Hatherleigh Youth Club, where they offer competitive gaming (dancemat, guitar hero etc), sports activities, arts and outtings. A video from their paintball outting should be online soon.
