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Earlyarts Professional Development Day

for Manchester area

run by PLACES on behalf of Earlyarts Manchester Consortium

Wednesday 13 October 2010

Manchester Cathedral (directions here) and the Royal Exchange Theatre (directions here)

9.30 am – 4.00 pm

Theme: Learning in Multisensory Spaces

For: Artists, early years practitioners, heads of centres, cultural managers, local authority advisors, early years professionals, arts or cultural organisations

Aim: This day will be a research through practice session. The aim of the day is to provide an opportunity for practitioners and artists to experience a multisensory space for themselves and for this to energise their work with children. Creative risk taking is the order of the day!

Programme:

9.30 am Meet outside South Porch/Main Doors of The Cathedral - Walk to Chapter House for Introduction to the day

9.45 am Experiential Workshop: Listening to the Spaces*

12.00 noon Walk to Royal Exchange Theatre

12.30pm Working Lunch – please bring sandwiches, coffee/tea provided. Including Earlyarts Knowledge – key events coming up in the sector, information sharing

1.30pm Film Screening: The Transformations Project - A collaboration between Horse and Bamboo and PLACES, exploring children’s experiences of space

2.00pm Creative responses to the morning’s workshop**

3.30pm Reflections on the day/Feedback

4.00pm End

Free to Earlyarts Members, £50 for non members

Book your place online at www.earlyarts.co.uk

*Experiential Workshop: Listening to the Spaces

Explore the ‘soundscape’ of the building – it’s responses to everyday sounds, human voices and musical instruments. Consider the spaces inside, outside and in between - the relationship between the Cathedral and the city. Experiment with ‘looking down from above’ to explore the pattern of places.

**Creative responses to the morning’s workshop

An opportunity to view and respond to filmed footage of the morning’s explorations. Plus, discussion and sharing of ideas about how participants might develop this approach in their every day practice working with young children.