Toylab: Break It To Make It Workshop led by Aimee Grundell
Sat 15 July 11.00am – 4.00pm
IOU Hebden Bridge Hostel
Free – drop in session
Toylab takes old toys destined for landfill or incineration and saves them turning them into new unique creatures with their own stories letting participants imagination and creativity run free
All materials provided however if you have any broken toys you would like to bring please do! Suitable for all ages but children must be accompanied at all times
The workshop is presented in partnership with Hebden Bridge Arts Open Space 70 project
IOU Making It - Storytelling Workshop
Wednesday 7th June
7PM-9PM IOU Studio, Dean Clough, Halifax
Tickets £10/ FREE for Calderdale residents
Kamishibai, (kah-mee-she-bye) or “paper-theater,” is said to have started in Japan as street theatre in the late 1920s, but it is part of a long tradition of picture storytelling, beginning as early as the 9th or 10th centuries
This Making It workshop will open the door to creating short stories that mix illustration with narration in vivid and imaginative ways. You will be shown the skills and stages to create a kamishibai story and then present it in the kamishibai theatre style box.
Arvon Creative Writing
FULLY BOOKED
June 26th- 29th 2023
IOU Hebden Bridge Hostel
In June creative writing organisation Arvon will be hosting a residential short course at the Hebden Bridge Hostel. Led by authors Amy Liptrot and Dan Richards, the course ‘Life Writing’ will guide participants through an intensive short course focusing on memoir and life writing.
Running Mon 26th to Thurs 29th June the course is fully catered and Arvon will have exclusive use of the hostel including overnight accommodation.
Wildflower Retreats
Autum 2023
IOU Hebden Bridge Hostel
Wildflower Retreats are a new venture run by two LGBTQ+ women living in Hebden Bridge. This autumn we are offering two 6 night retreats in gay-friendly Hebden Bridge for LGBTQ+ women who have a passion for walking and/or writing or both!
The retreat will consist of 2 hour daily writing workshops held by Carrie Mitchell, an experienced writer for television with over 20 years experience and 250 writing credits on Emmerdale (as well as other tv credits). In the afternoon, our guided walks in stunning locations will be led by walking guide, Sib Procter and will include walks in and around Shibden Hall (Anne Lister/Gentleman Jack), Haworth and the Parsonage, home of the Bronte sisters, as well as Heptonstall and moorlands as we tread the paths of Sylvia Plath.
Silent Disco at the Hostel
Host your own resident-friendly silent disco
Our outgoing live-in Artist in Residence, Charlotte Meller Meecham, has completed her art and sound project at the IOU Hebden Bridge Hostel and the result are these beautiful customised headphones that our Hostel guests can use for their own exclusive silent disco.
Easy to use to play your own music over bluetooth connection to your smart phone, tablet or device or just try them on and share your photographs with us.
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