Hello Active Artists and Good news, There's an opportunity to make Leeds Active Arts a society in Leeds College of Art this year, with this official society in place, we can get rooms to run workshops in, we can get support from the College, and funding, and get the possibility to charge people memberships so we can grow and get bigger as a movement.
I need to send out a letter soon inviting new members to join, so if your interested visit Here. For further information please email me Here

Ash Road Allotment will play host to a group of young artists from Leeds College of Art on the 4th of September 2011.There'll be all sorts for sale both for the public and limited work for the allotment itself being

constructed on site. It will be good to see some of you there for more information please visit Here

Active Artists around Europe August 2011

Third and final stop was to Prague to visit a activist who is setting up her own website World2write, which is a open forum for discussions, visuals, information in forms of PDFs that can be downloaded. Its all about the world we are living in. 

In the streets of Prague brings great inspiration 

Activist and fellow volunteer Dena Arya 

She needs a logo designing and visuals, so get you thinking caps on Active Artists because there will be an opportunity to write articles for this website as well as visuals.

Active Artists around Europe August 2011

Second stop Slovakia, to volunteer for Water and people a world renowned NGO founded by Michal Kravcik a scientist that specializes in the knowledge of the ‘New Water Paradigm’ an alternative view on the causes on climate change and desertification. 

Michal Kravcik and co giving us a lecture about water over dinner,

People and Water

Water is the necessity to all existence and with out water the Blue Planet would cease to exist. Additionally where you have water you have life; historically humans have thrived in water rich regions. So subsequently what sense does it make, that water is diverted away from the land, back into the sea; without benefiting the people and the ecology surrounding it first.

Active Artists Hard at Work

This is the notion of the Blue alternative, by keeping water in the land to regenerate the small water cycle, to basically transform the land making it greener, wetter and to thrive naturally.

Excursion to in High Tatras Slovakia to see the Dams in Action 

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Flood Prevention dams, that we were building.  

There is fundamental issue when there is a lack of water in an area as extreme forms of weather occurs. As the systems diverting water back into the seas, catalyze desertification. So the canalization in agriculture, the sewage systems in cities and the logging roads in forests, all consequently lead to concerns of the extreme weather patterns. So measures are being taken to keep water in the land to benefit the people, animals and ecology. This is what is shown, ^ what we were working towards.  

There will be a competition to create visuals for the website of this charity soon. We are also writing a report on our experience to give to the Slovakian Government so any proof readers give us a shout. Spending two weeks there we all have become specialists in water, so anyone interested watch this space for upcoming workshops to further your knowledge about upcoming water crisis.  

Active Artists around Europe August 2011

This summer Active Artists have been to Amsterdam, Prague and Slovakia to volunteer for charities, and find out more about their missions and how we as artists can help them.

First stop Amsterdam to visit Innergift Headquarters a charity that helps children in India better there education and life, Hennriette the founder visits India twice a year to personally make sure that the money is getting spent in all the right places. 

Kat Troung from Leeds in the Van Gogh Museum 

Active artists Brain storming ideas for re branding 

She needs help rebranding and organising her media,
 so any Graphic designers that like logo design, web and layout get in touch thanks.

Leaflet that needs Re branding 

Further information please visit Here to get in contact please visit Here

The Craft Stalls

Throughout the day families came along and got involved with are Interactive Stalls, the church was a great atmosphere and had enough space for people to get crafty and feel relaxed. 

Thanks To Kat and Loti for running the Face painting stall which was very popular with the kids as well as the Adults, from Spider-man to flowers and tigers, people were defiantly getting in to it!

The craft & Zine stall was a great Success, we roughly made £80, selling local artists work. We had everything from Hand made books, Zines and Hand crafted Bracelets. The stall also sold one off prints and our felt creatures. I would like to thank Pauline, Jake, Garry and Bianca For manning the stall. And to all the local Artists who contributed work to sell. 

  

The craft & Zine stall was a great Success, we roughly made £80, selling local artists work. We had everything from Hand made books, Zines and Hand crafted Bracelets. The stall also sold one off prints and our felt creatures. I would like to thank Pauline, Jake, Garry and Bianca For manning the stall. And to all the local Artists who contributed work to sell. 

I would like to give out a massive thanks to Claire, Katy and Fran, for selling there unique jewellery ranging from, beautiful hand made wooden brooches, to awesome animal necklaces and keyrings. 

The peg making stall ran by Tasha Simpson and co, consisted of a chance for children and adults to come and get a bit sticky by making there very own pegs. 

The peg making stall ran by Tasha Simpson and co, consisted of a chance for children and adults to come and get a bit sticky by making there very own pegs. 

The Cake stall ran by Elouise & Lauren and co made lovely cakes and sold lots of personal gifts ranging from home made bags and publications. 

The Felt stall was run by Active Artists Tom. Katie and Claire, a range of outcomes came about, 

including the templates designed by Tom Woodland. 

Henna and Hair braiding was also available. 

THANKS CRAFT STALL PEOPLE 

Rising Sun In Aid of Japan - 15th May 2011

Chain Reaction a Bike powered Sounds system was used to power the Music - 

We spent all day taking turns to power the sound-system, it was great to be green and kept us all warm in the cold church. I would like to personally thank Chain Reaction for keeping up momentum even when we had technical difficulties. 

Rising Sun In Aid of Japan - 15th May 2011

Rising Sun in aid of Japan, was a fundraiser organised by - Subconscious Arts & Leeds Active Arts in association with Satyagraha. The event was held a Left Bank Church on Cardigan Road from 12 - 12.

The Overall Out come was that we raised £1500 which will be donated to The British Red Cross & Shelter Box, and made contacts with the student and Japanese Communities of Leeds. 

The Jesus Sculpture that was preaching through music :)   

The Stage which was set up on the morning of the event. 

Andy Joy - To Knit or Knot

Andy Joy did a performance art piece that was aimed at trying to get people involved with building a huge dream catcher and allowing people to interact with a suit case of knitting needles and wool. I went to this at the Leeds Met as she is a freind of mine and enjoyed myself, it was a nice way to spend the afternoon. The tree in the corner is called the "bong tree" it took one woman seven years to crochet and hangs on a garden umbrella. Impressive I reckon. Just a few ideas there anyway.

Tom.