We're really enjoying our partnership with Brass Bands England! So much joy exploring the history of Brass Banding with hundreds of pupils through visual arts, history & music. This week we are at Heritage Quay exploring the wonderful archive there Brass Bands England

What a fabulous week with Danielle Spargo & Sarah Baumann 🎶💖✨ at Heritage Quay for Brass Bands England with 180 pupils from HD1 - they loved being brass band detectives during their week of visits - They told us ✨🎶 BRASS BANDS are AMAZING! ✨🎶

Shape North have loved working with pupils from yr4melthamce Meltham C E Primary to create recycled art birds inspired by traditional folk tales about kindness as part of Holmfirth Arts Fest festival for the community garden. Join Mikron Theatre Company 🇺🇦 there tonight for a performance🫶

Last year we brought music to over 10,000 young people in Kirklees. We worked in partnership with many wonderful partners who all shared the same mission - to make Kirklees great! This film is a snapshot of the work- Everyone deserves creativity 🎶 youtu.be/WhkZosLvm_M?si…

There were lots of smiley faces today as these little puppets left the studio to go home x This making session was inspired by the animals seen on a trip to Chester Zoo They even designed and painted fabric bodies 🫶 Meltham C E Primary NSEAD Kirklees Council

Ahoy there ! ⚓️Fisher people ⛵️Sketching , imagining & illustrating with yr3melthamce

Great to see this write up 🙌

Shape North are incredibly proud to have worked with ianberry.art His current exhibition Garden Museum has given opportunity for pupils artwork from Kirklees to be intertwined within his new exhibition. Ian’s reel captures how important this work is instagram.com/reel/C-I2uMToI…

What a wonderful write up of the work which has taken place . Ian has elevated Kirklees children’s artwork to new heights. What an amazing platform and generosity.

Join us for an inspirational day Creative Arts & Education Conference “Building Connections” 13:9:24 University of Huddersfield Keynotes from International textile artist Ian Berry & renowned ceramicist Keith Brymer Jones, creative workshop’s,CHEAD panel discussion, lunch & networking

We are really looking forward to our Creative Arts & Education conference in partnership with Huddersfield University School of Arts and Humanities at University of Huddersfield next week. We have amazing, inspirational partners with us, speaking & leading workshops- we can not wait.

This summer Shape North were recognised by nsead as 'Learning Innovations Award - Regional Winners'. What a privilege! We are proud to be acknowledged for our work in the creative education sector. Thanks nsead for the lovely pictures. Sophie Leach Diane Quinn @nseadGenSec

Thank you to Dryad Education for supporting the conference . 🙌

It is such a pleasure to work with partners on a shared mission to keep creative education high on the agenda for discussion. Thank you for your support Royal Ballet & Opera Schools

Thank you for travelling to the conference to support us on our mission to build connections and keep creative education as a priority discussion.

Our 'Building Connections Conference' was a day of connection & positivity. Shape North's mission to keep creative education high on the agenda, valued & accessible to all was supported by so many partners who joined us to align their voices- we all need to act now & make change.