Send Project Weblog

During the half-term week in February, local young people from Ripley involved themselves in a Stencil and Graffiti art workshop run by SEND’s creative arts director, Dj Boysie and project director, Moon, at the Blend Youth Project in Derbyshire. The aim was for the young people to design and paint a mural to be mounted on the coffee bar within the project building, as well as having the experience of practicing the art of stencilism and graffiti in a safe and legal way whilst learning about the legalality of graffiti and tagging and its consequences. The project was a big success with all persons involved having input into the design of the mural and very eager for SEND to return to Blend in the near future for further music and art workshops.

Below are a series of photos taken during the week and a video montage of the whole week

http://www.blendyouthproject.co.uk/

The films below were produced as part of a collaborative project between St Stephen’s C of E Primary in Sneinton and SEND.  The project was based on a book the year 6 class were studying called ‘Way Home’ and the children were taught how to use Ableton Live to create a soundtrack storyboard to the book where they explored their emotional reaction using a variety of senses.
The soundtrack they produced was arranged together with an edited video recording of the book.
The children were also involved in a stencil graffiti workshop where they painted 5 pictures taken from the book using stencils designed by one of SEND’s staff.

And the making of….

Big thanks to the pupils and staff of St Stephen’s for their enthusiasm and patience, especially Samina and Rebecca.

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A massive thank you to both Renewal Trust and the Area 6 Local Implementation Group who came to our aid following the burglary of our office at TRACS building in Sneinton. Damage to equipment and uninsured losses meant that our capacity to operate was severely restricted. Thanks to the funding we received we were able to replace vital equipment and get back up to working speed with the minimum of fuss, allowing us to concentrate on developing services and facilities for the community. Watch this space for future updates…

After a few days in Berlin (lucky sod, some may cry) and a few hard days of heads down study (ok not so lucky) Lee has gained his Certified Ableton LIVE Trainer status.

The course was delivered at Ableton HQ in Berlin. Lee had to sit through lectures and a practical exam alongside which he had to submit a course document to demonstrate his ability to deliver sessions using the software.

With Ableton LIVE being our core software, which we use on a daily basis to deliver our music technology sessions, we are very proud of Lee for putting SEND very much on the map as a recognised organisation in Ableton LIVE Delivery.

Find out more about Ableton here

Last week our office was broken into and the majority of our laptops, stacked full of students work, software and music, were stolen, along with our video camera and some of the DJ equipment.

The laptops all have a SEND sticker with the logo on (see above), so keep your eyes peeled!

Our master laptop complete with external hard drive containing tons of past projects was one of the items taken.

As is usually the case with these sort of things, it’s not so much the physical items that bother us, its the content of the laptops. That said, it is proving to be a bit of a logistical nightmare as we are heavily down on equipment.

We just wanted to let our clients know about this issue. Hopefully things will soon return to normal but in the mean time SEND battle on!

SEND are currently running Music Technology sessions at the TRACs building on the Hermitage Square in Sneinton.

Attendees can learn about beat making, production techniques, bootlegging, sampling, effects, mixing; all you need to make music using a computer!

There is a small charge for these sessions. To find out more, and express your interest, please contact the SEND team. Visit the Contact Us tab above to find our email and phone number!

We look forward to hearing from you!

A few pictures from a recent trip to London to visit the Banksy exhibition. This was part of the Arts Award which we are currently delivering to young people at Markfield Community Centre in Leicestershire.

Heres a link to our presentation at the Sneinton Hermitage Open Day, showing our proposed new Music and Arts centre, Windmill Studios. (right click > save target as)

Powerpoint Presentation

And a link to Powerpoint viewer if you don’t already have it

Powerpoint Viewer

Check out the Windmill Studios page for more information, and a video walk through!

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