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Fill the Light event

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Eltham Arts have prioritized the wellness of our community by using arts to keep that light of hope shining within our hearts. We invited the community to our Fill the light event to uplift community spirits through making arts and enjoying music.

We invited the members of the community to design lanterns using natural and recycled materials. The participants worked with professional artists learning about a new art form and developing a new skill. They children enjoyed learning the history of Warli art (an old Indian traditional art form) that we used to decorate our lanterns. We all got together with our beautiful lanterns to enjoyed an evening of music and food at Passey Place to celebrate being happy, hopeful and a bonded community.

We would like to thank Eltham Library for their support, our local councillors for supporting us through the project by participating in the workshop and the event. Thanks to our local social media groups and the SE9 magazine for helping us spread the word about the project. We are also very thankful to the Royal Borough of Greenwich for making this happen.

Lantern Making workshop at Eltham Library

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Fill the light event day

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Photos by Marcus Jake

13th Feb 2024

Hello Fill the Light attenders!

We’re looking forward to seeing you on SATURDAY 17 FEBRUARY for the Fill the Light celebration at Passey Place, Eltham – there’ll be live music, yummy food for sale, a display of the What’s on your mind? project so far, and of course – your beautiful lanterns!

·       If you made a lantern during the recent Workshops, then please arrive between 4.00 and 4.30 to collect your lanterns from a gazebo in Passey Place marked ‘Lantern Collection’. You’ll then be ready to carry your lantern and join the sing-along! If you are not there to collect the lantern, they will be returned to the library where they will be stored until 23rd Feb and then discarded. 

·       Before you leave the event, please return the light and pole fitted to your lantern to the ‘Drop off’ point which will be marked – you are of course free to take home and enjoy your lantern. There will be practitioners at the drop off point to help you with this. 

We’re excited to be joined by some great local musical talent! The timetable for the event will include:­­­

•  Starts 4.30pm – Sing-along with vocalist & ukelele player Tony Tang

•  Then music from Acoustic Folk & Country duos The Gillies, Pytchwood & combined as Gillywood

•  Make A Noise – Local Choir with songs from the world of Musical Theatre

 •  Ends by 7.30pm

Please be aware that a photographer will be present taking photographs during the event which may be used for promotion and press – please let one of the Eltham Arts team know if you would prefer not to be included.

We can’t wait to see you lighting up Eltham!

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Fill the Light – Workshops & Event

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All events are FREE but it’s essential to book so we have an idea of the number of people at the event.

Please arrive on time at the Workshops as you will need the whole session to create your beautiful lanterns – if you’re more than 15 minutes late then your place may be given to those waiting.

Please book your free space via this Eventbrite link or scan this QR code:

Songs Across a Wall – live event Sat 21st July at Passey Place, Eltham programme announced!

Community, Eltham, Eltham Arts, Wall Project

2018 July Music Month WALL event

ELTHAM ARTS SONGS ACROSS A WALL

PASSEY PLACE – 21ST JULY 2018

10.15 AM  DANIEL RUSSELL “Bridges over Walls”

10.30AM   JIM PARRY  ‘Once Upon a Wall Medley’

10.50AM   MARTIN GUHA  ‘I’m watching you’

11.10AM   JOANNA GIRDLESTONE ‘Thru the Lines’

11.30AM   CAROLINE KNOTT  ‘Walls (Too high to climb.. low enough to trip over’)..

11.50AM   ELEN BLANEY ‘You Must Decide’.

12.10PM   DAVID FOWLER  ‘Empty Towers’

12.30PM  INDIAN DANCE LED BY ARCHANA PATIL

12.50PM   ANGELA MCCARRON ‘Back To The Wall’.

1.10PM     TONY CLARKE  ‘Map of the world on her wall’

1.30PM     MARIANNE-ROSE TOVEY (LEXY) ‘Tongue And Groove’.

1.50PM     CON MALONEY ‘Billy’

2.10PM     JIM RADFORD ‘Walls of Fear’

2.30PM     KEITH FERRIS  ‘All Life Is There’,

2.50PM     ALAN CUMMINGS/LITTLE BEACH “Let The Walls Come Down”.

3.10PM     DAVE KENNINGHAM AND

ZAHIRA AL-ZAHIRA ‘The Wall’

3.30PM     LIAM FITZPATRICK ‘Across A Wall’

3.50PM     RON RICHARDSON ‘Blood on the Wall’.

4.10PM    INDIAN DANCE LED BY ARCHANA PATIL

4.30PM    FINALE

‘Aspects of Winter – The Eltham Collection’ – CD launch 2 July

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We will soon have our own CD. During the Eltham Arts Festival 2015 there was a Winter Song Challenge. Local musicians were challenged to write a song about Winter. The songs revealed the incredible song writing talent within our community. Many of these were performed at our Festival Finale event at the White Hart.

Ten of these have now been recorded and a CD is being produced. We are launching the CD at Capital Art Gallery 13 Well Hall Parade, SE9 6SP on Saturday 2 July. Call in between 3pm and 6pm to meet the musicians, hear some of them perform live, hear the CD and to buy a copy.

The tracks were recorded at a ‘pop-up studio’ in Eltham with technical services volunteered by Alex Wingham and Phil Saatchi,. The result is a fabulous CD capturing the original songs by ten local talented musicians who are passionate about their music.

A short film, ’The Making of a CD: ‘Aspect of Winters – The Eltham collection’, is available to watch NOW on the Eltham Arts YouTube Channel.

Featuring contemplative songs on the winter theme, the CD focuses on a folk and blues style with both mellow and upbeat tracks. The artists on the CD include:

•Angela McCarron (guitar and vocals)
• Alan Cummings (guitar and vocals)
• The Gillies (Susan Turner and Mark Evans on guitar and vocals)
• John Handley (guitar and vocals)
• Terry Timmons (vocals)
• Zahira al Zahira (guitar and vocals) and Dave Kenningham (guitar and vocals)
• Keith Ferris (guitar, harmonica and vocals)• Stephen Brayne (guitar and vocals)
• Tony Clarke (guitar and vocals)
• Eltham AllStars (Dave Kenningham (guitar and vocals) plus, John Handley (harmonica),  Zahira al Zahira, Gaynor Wingham, The Gillies and Alex Wingham)

A specially-commissioned front cover, seen here above, was kindly designed by local artist Himani Weir reflecting the winter theme of the lyrics and something of the wooded landscape in and around the SE9 area.

The CD (£8) can be purchased at the 2 July launch and after then by following details on the Eltham Arts website www.Elthamarts.org

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“It’s a wrap!” Fabulous musicians and technical wizards

Left-to-right: John Handley, Susan Turner, Zahira al Zahira, Dave Kenningham, Gaynor Wingham (Eltham Arts Chair, seated), Alex Wingham, Phil Saatchi, Mark Evans

We are enormously grateful for all the many voluntary skills and talents donated to give us this marvelous CD, something of which we can all be proud. Above all, we think the CD is yet another great way of bringing the community together, showcasing the creative and artistic talents of Eltham and having fun!   See you at the launch!

Remember to keep checking us out for the latest via:

Twitter: @ElthamArts
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ElthamArt
YouTube: Eltham Arts YouTube Channel

 

Eltham Arts in 2016

Since last year’s successful Winter Festival, the Eltham Arts committee has been busy planning its activity for 2016.

Winter Song CD
Some of you may remember we organised a Winter Song Competition as part of the festival, in which songwriters performed their songs at the finale at The White Hart on Eltham High Street, on 22 November. We’re pleased to let you know that we are planning to record a CD of the 10 Winter Festival songs, which will be available to buy in due course.

Winter Festival 2016
We’re also delighted to announce that the second Eltham Arts Winter Festival will take place between 29 October-20 November 2016.

We’re working on the format now, so if you have any creative ideas, or would like to be involved, do let us know.