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ELAAF - events and exhibitionsThe main focus for ELAAF members is the season of community festivals that we have been working to build up over the last few years. You can read here about last year’s dynamic events. We also look ahead to plans in each district for summer festival events for 2005. Further ahead, we would like to start planning for the nationwide Festival of Muslim Cultures 2006, and discuss how by working together we can provide a strong East Lancashire programme for it. And we would also like to explore how we can introduce an element of Asian or Islamic culture into the Regional Park programme for East Lancashire.
The Dhamak community music programme emerged as part of ELAAF’s "Let's Celebrate" project to develop local festivals. Dhamak started in 2002 with open music workshops for young people around four districts of East Lancashire. Our young participants have come a long way… Dhamak Launch CD Album: The Dhamak Collective, East Lancashire's own homegrown multicultural band, have released their first CD. The mini-album, The Beats, marks three years' progress on this exciting project. The CD is a collection of songs that have come out of the project. Dhamak play an exciting blend of Asian beats, western dance music and guitar rock brought together using voice, percussion, DJing, new technology and all sorts of instruments. The Dhamak sound is an eclectic mix of hip hop and fusion music which will appeal to music lovers from all sections of the community. The Beats is a mini-album, featuring six tracks recorded at the Hothouse in Morecambe. The Beats is on sale from Mid Pennine Arts, price £5. What Is Dhamak? For more details, please click here. (PDF download - file size 41K). For more information about Dhamak, or if you would like to take part in the project contact Catherine Smith at Mid Pennine Arts. Here we bring you details of exhibitions that will be of special interest to anyone involved with our local communities of Asian origin. 'Carved Earth' been originated by Shisha, the Manchester-based visual arts agency promoting artists of Asian origin. CARVED EARTH
Carved Earth is touring after an initial showing at Bolton Museum. We hope it will come to the Mid Pennine Gallery in 2006. Beautiful publications are available to accompany both of these shows. They can be sourced from Cornerhouse Books in Manchester. FESTIVALS 2006 Plans are coming together for next year’s season of multicultural events around the towns of East Lancashire. ELAAF and MPA will be helping the organising committees to plan for bigger and better festivals this time around. If you would like to get involved in planning your local festival, contact Nick Hunt at MPA on 01282 421986. We will put you in touch with your local organisers, who will be very glad to hear from you. EVENT REVIEWS Please click on the following to read a review. (These are PDF downloads). Haslingden
Mushaira 2004 (file size 48K) Festivals
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Lancashire’s multicultural music project, three years on and
going from strength to strength…
Carved
Earth is a unique exhibition by one of the most exciting young ceramicists
in Britain, the Blackburn-based Halima Cassell. Halima’s work
is a fusion of her multi-cultural background, inspired by a combination
of her Asian roots, a fascination for African pattern work and a
love of Islamic architectural geometry. Using heavily grogged clay,
Halima works on a large scale and utilises a relatively thick surface
into which she deeply carves complex geometric patterns. The exhibition
is part of the Shisha initiated Parampara Programme.Contents copyright ELAAF 2005. |
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