Visit to Kingswood College of Arts

Met with Loz Wilson (Assistant Headteacher and Head of Creative Arts) from Kingswood College. The school is involved in a number of interesting projects and Loz seemed very proactive in creating opportunities for students to collaborate with other students and institutions outside of the school.

For example Kingswood worked with Hull Truck to put together a number of plays one of which was premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe festival.

http://www.wearekingswood.co.uk/news.php?sid=28

Students have also worked with sculptor Saffron Waghorn on stone carving. Some of the results can be seen as permanent stone sculptors placed outside the entrance to the school.

The school has a learning centre and partners with Hull University and Hull college to deliver a number of course for adults as well as "fun activities ranging from Jewellery Making to Dress Making, Gymnastics, Streetdance, Dance Classes and Musical Theatre."

The school also hosts an annual event called K-fest on site with bands such as The Good Shoes and Sunshine Underground.

http://kfesthull.wordpress.com/







In the gallery area the current exhibition is a series of photographs taken by young people across Bransholme. The project was lead by Wayne Woolen from Bransholme Community Arts Enterprise.

Loz is also one of three founders of art collective 10 x 4. There are currently 32 members. The group hosts exhibitions on a bi-annual basis in the schools gallery and in Pave a bar on Princes avenue.

Green Bransholme

Chris Smith talked a little bit about how green Bransholme is, and only a short walk around proves his point! There was lots of greenery on the walk up to North Bransholme.







The red bridge - what does it go over?


One of the first things we noticed upon our arrival to Hull was the white telephone boxes - very distictive.

Visit to Bransholme Community Arts Enterprise

Made an interesting visit to Bransholme Community Arts who are based at Dorchester Primary School and met with Chris Smith who works their part time and drives alot of their projects forward.






One of the two spaces where BCAE are based.


Unusual shaped bricks outside entrance to BCAE.

There was a craft / greeting card making session happening whilst I was there.
This is a diaroma card made by Anne. They planned to sell the cards at the next school far to raise money for charity.



We said it would be good to make one using pictures of Bransholme. Some the attendees expressed and interest in photography / SLR cameras.

They run numerous sessions at the school including computer and web classes on a Tuesday and youth clubs in centre across Bransholme. Also the residents association are in the process of putting together a newletter over the next couple of weeks and Chris suggested putting something in about the project.

Lost in Bransholme

There's nothing more frustrating than getting lost so the Hull Times have heard of many people losing the way on the massive Bransholme estate and Sutton Park we hope this map will ease your problems of finding a friend or relatives' house among the 185 streets.

Bransholme Arts Centre

Front page of Hull Times 25th May 1973

'What facilities should a new arts centre have?
"It should have a snooker room" "If It had a billiards room my husband would be there every night."
"Table Tennis." replied Maureen.
Bransholme is more of a city now not an estate and up here people only have their gardens to do - there are are only three pubs...."!