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Young Arts Easter Workshops

  • Date

    15th -16th April 2025

  • Suitable for ages

    13-16

  • Cost

    £40 per day

A group of 5 young musicians performing on stage with pink stage lighting. 2 are playing guitar, one on bass, one on the keys and one on the drums.

Creative Industry Workshop days for young people aged 13-16. 

Overview

Get stuck in getting creative this easter holiday with a day of creative industry workshops. Learn hands-on from people working in the creative industries and learn new skills.

 

The structure of the day is as follows:

9.30 - Drop-off, sign-in.

10am-12pm - Session 1. 

12pm - Lunch Break.

12.40 - Short talk about the creative industries.

1pm-3pm - Session 2. 

 

There are 4 workshops available throughout the day. Each of these will repeat, once in the morning and once in the afternoon. Please book onto 2 different workshops throughout the day, one for the morning and one for the afternoon.

Workshops - Day 1

Illustration for a Festival

With Illustrator, Hannah Lou Jones.

Create fantastical characters and imaginative worlds using creative collage. Then use these characters to create designs for branding and merchandise inspired by Green Man Festival. 

Create a 2D Platformer Game

With digital designer, Nick Brown.

Learn to create your own 2D retro platformer game and explore the basics of game design, from character movement to building levels. You will have a fully playable game by the end of the workshop.

World Music and Song-writing

With Musician, Alex Gordon.

Learn about a variety of music styles from around the world and learn how to use these styles to inspire your song-writing. Work in small groups to create compositions with topical lyrics and infectious grooves! Open to all abilities - you do not need to be able to play an instrument already.

Drama Improv and Script-writing

With writer and director, Greg Banks.

Create, find, and tell new stories through the medium of improvisation and learn how to take this into the writing-room. Work with writer and director, Greg Banks, to craft unique scripts from fun improvisation exercises.

Workshops - Day 2

3D Jesmonite Casting

With contemporary product designer, Tom Hancock

Get hands-on in our 3D workshop, and use colourful Jesmonite to make a series of small items. Jesmonite is a form of eco-friendly resin used in the creative industries for lots of different purposes.

Motion Graphics

With digital designer, Steve Waldron

Learn how to use Adobe After-Effects, an industry-standard software for making animations and motion graphics. In this session you'll be able to make your own video intros, lyric videos and more.


 

Breakdown of a Song

With musician, Anya Pailthorpe.

Work with Anya to break down the songs you love into componants to allow you to recreate those songs in your own way. By the end of the session, you'll be able to perform first-class covers of your favourite songs as a band. Open to all, you don't have to be proficient in any musical instruments.

Musical Theatre Vocal Workshop

With musician, Pete Thorogood.

Ace those musical theatre ballads with the help of musician Pete Thorogood. Work in groups to learn musical ensemble pieces, and develop your individual vocal skills.

What we do...

A freeze frame from a pixel platform game. The background is purple geodes, and on the platforms, a small pixel man in a hazmat suit fights giant crabs.
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A group of 5 young musicians performing on stage with pink stage lighting. 2 are playing guitar, one on bass, one on the keys and one on the drums.
A boy sat at a computer using a video editing software.
A group of students singing at microphones in a music studio.
A close-up of someone playing the keyboard. The lighting is colourful.
A large group of students all moving closely with one another in a movement workshop.

If your child would like to attend but the cost of the workshop is a barrier, please email shortcourses@hca.ac.uk.

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