Past Events

AN EXHIBITION CREATED BY ARTIST KOOJ CHUHAN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GLOBAL GROOVES

Saturday 28th February – Saturday 21st March 2015

at Global Grooves Carnival Arts Centre, Vale Mill, Micklehurst Road, Mossley, Ashton-under-Lyne OL5 9JL.

10 mins walk from Mossley train station. Only 20 mins by train from Manchester Victoria station, costs only £4 for an off-peak day return ticket!

SPECIAL EVENTS SAT 28th FEB incl. Film Screening with discussion, Multimedia Music Performance, live Brazil link, interviews and free food! (register here)

Opening times: Weds 3-9pm, Thurs 10am-4pm, Saturday 10am-4pm

MEET THE ARTIST every Weds, 3-9pm

Additional visiting times can be arranged – call 0161 870 6895.

WORKSHOP in digital media and performance, Weds 11th March 7-9.30pm

VIDEO ART, CARNIVAL AND THE ENVIRONMENT
WE INVITE FILM-MAKERS AND VIDEO ARTISTS TO COLLABORATE

DO YOU WANT TO SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AND CLIMATE JUSTICE? OR DO YOU LIKE WORLD MUSIC, STREET CULTURE OR AFRO-BRAZILIAN CARNIVAL?

The artist Kooj Chuhan (UK / India) is creating an interactive digital art installation connecting Brazilian environmentalist Chico Mendes with environmental justice issues across the world. It will be made from audio and visual material from many people and it will use interactive objects and projections that visitors can actually ‘play’ like percussion. The exhibition will take place 28th Feb – 21st March 2015 at a new Carnival Arts Centre in Manchester (UK), run by Global Grooves.

Following the success of a series of Candomblé workshops and Master-classes delivered by Global Grooves we are proud to announce the next instalment in this series of intensive study. Delivered by Global Grooves artistic director Leon Patel this 8 week course comprises the study of several different ritual percussion and song sequences from the Candomblé tradition – specific styles to be announced.

With Leon Patel and special guest tutors.

Global Grooves presents our first intensive Candomblé residential study weekend, celebrating the Orixá cultures of Brazil through percussion and song. The weekend will cover several different sequences from Candomblé Ketu, Candomblé Jejé and Candomblé Angola traditions. This special weekend is set in the beautiful Lancashire countryside in Saddleworth, on the outskirts of the Peak District.

Free practical graphic design and marketing course for freelance artists, business owners and third sector organisations.

Would you like to develop your graphic design skills and learn how to use Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and In-design?

Would you like to be able to produce marketing materials for print and web to help promote your work and events?

Would you like access to the latest industry standard software and hardware to develop your own marketing campaign?

Then this hands-on design and marketing course is for you!

A series of themed weekends providing a sneak peek behind the scenes of carnival and the journey from performance to production.

These hands-on weekends will provide a platform for artists, participants and producers to engage in conversation to develop and promote this wonderful, ever-evolving art form.

Whether you are just curious about carnival, regularly perform locally or internationally in carnival events, or have experience in producing outdoor events, Creating Carnival will be a fascinating insight into the backstage aspect of the art form, and is also a forum to share ideas and explore the future of carnival in the UK.