Wednesday 7 May 2014

A peaceful day? lol Naaahhhh not here

Hi blog readers hope you are all well and firing on all cylinders. We will be having Dyslexia Pathways CIC board meeting on Sunday. The main topic of conversation will be the next three Unique Dyslexic Get Creative workshops to be held over the summer 2014. The good news is we have something sorted for each of the three workshops.

The music workshop will involve making and recording music made by participants and will be run by Mark Small Productions:

Two basic recording set ups will be available to have fun with. These would include microphones and synthesizers. Musical parts could then be recorded onto the production software and used to build musical pieces. The attendees at the workshop could bring any instruments they play, these can be incorporated into their project, vocals can also be recorded with these set ups.

The aim would be to have the participants use both the production set ups over the course of the day. Their finished pieces can be put onto CDs for them to take home. The sessions would  cover basic recording and editing techniques. Pre-recorded samples to build the tracks, this will allow any participants who may not own or play an instrument to build a track in a style and genre of their choosing.
 
There is a huge sample library and can pretty much cover any particular style. The main objective would be to keep the sessions fun, and who knows we may even discover some hidden talent.
 
The visual art workshop will possibly have two things going on at the same time depending on demand. The workshop will be run by practicing artists/  arts educator  Gillian Adair McFarland and Chloe Rayner. 
Gillian says, "This workshop will have a theme of "Go Create" An action packed session with printing, pressing and framing and filming...the opportunity to make your own framed art pieces as well as creating a short animated youtube clip from a flick book format"
 
The third workshop is being run by Furniture Plus and is called Trash to Treasure.  On the day choose from a selection of chairs from the showroom, where we will be up-cycling with paint and learning some simple upholstery techniques.

All materials, furniture are provided and we even throw in lunch. No previous experience is needed. Go home with a completely unique piece...perhaps a gift for someone else?
 
As with our first workshop they are all free of charge, lunch and travel expenses are provided. Some help with child care costs may also be available.
 
We have yet to finalise dates and locations but workshops will be held in locations around Fife. We welcome any one from Fife, Edinburgh or Dundee areas to attend.
 
I have to say places are limited to a maximum of twelve participants for each workshop. 
 
You do not have to be diagnosed as dyslexic and we
welcome dyspraxic, dyscalculic, AD(H)D and
Aspergers) individuals at these workshops.
 
If you are interested in attending any of the workshops please e mail me at:
 
 
We will be actively promoting the workshops in the near future.
 
Please come and visit us on our brand spanking new Unique Dyslexic Get Creative website:
 
 
and Facebook Page:
 
 
If you like what you see give us a like. We already have 89 likes and the page has only been active for around a week. If you are a creative individual join our page and show us what you can do, have some fun and share your stories..
 
 
 

 

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