Tshirt designs at South Wonston

We had another very sucessful morning at South Wonston Village hall in rural Winchester. at the request of the Parish Council and Parents, we have put on 2 summer workshops for parents and kids together.
Both have been fully booked out and our sessions have proved popular enough, that our artist has now been asked by the members to take over the group as an independent art club from September! This is great news for a rural village where there is very little provision for activities that families can do together.

Scrapstore at the Mela

Scrapstore artist, Vicki Hodgson and volunteer Alice Rawles, created a wishing tree at the New Forest Mela, the first ever event of its kind for the forest. The event was organised by Forest Bus, with whom we had previously collaborated with on a project involving traveller families, many of who were attending the festival.

Initially the stall was only planned for the morning, but was so popular that they ended up having to stay open for the whole day!

African Culture and Music at Middle Wallop

Over the Summer artist and musician, Kris Bediiako, has been running a series of workshops with young people and volunteers living at the Middle Wallop RAF Station. His sessions, based around his childhood in Ghana, and how African society embraces the community, is helping to bond the group, through art, music, drumming, song and dance. Kris has been a great success and he is now in discussion with the group about a possible exchange visit with young people in Ghana.

Aviary Childrens Centre Open Day

Recently, the CB project took part in the Open day at the Aviary Surestart Centre in Eastleigh. Newly Signed up Scrapstore Artist and Permaculture expert, Gavin Marsh, (a recent graduate from the Winchester school of Art), made over 70 windmills from recycled materials with local kids!
Gavin is a new addition to the project and he will be helping to co-ordinate the new community garden based at the centre in the coming months.
Watch this space....