Opportunity to get involved with CoolTan Arts Community Legacy walks

Run in partnership with Centre for Better Health and Hackney Museum.

Interested in Volunteering and gaining new skills? Love walking?

• Want to explore and re-discover East London?
• We welcome disabled volunteers, all walks are accessible.
• Want to help uncover hidden histories?

Then this project is for you!

Join us to celebrate the legacy of 2012, re-discover the area, uncover green spaces, and share your stories old and new that reflect Olympic and Paralympic values

Take advantage of free Accredited and non-accredited training: Walk Leader Training, First Aid, Mental Health First Aid, Public Speaking and Story-telling.

CoolTan Arts Volunteer Walk Leader for Community Legacy walks in East London

Role Description: Do you want to find out more about your area and meet new people, Love to wander or wheel around East London, interested in history, mental health, and art? Want to help break down stigma around mental distress? Would you like to get healthier and be part of the excitement around the Olympics and Paralympics?

This role involves researching, planning and running unique, accessible walks, as a group. Accredited training provided in Mental Health First Aid, First Aid, Walk leader training, storytelling and public speaking training, if you can help run these walks.

CoolTan Arts Largactyl Shuffle walk leader volunteers needed in South London!

Make friends, get fit and have fun!

Help  break down stigma experienced by people with mental distress, the general public and encourage people to exercise. We plan and run montly walks every 3^rd Saturday.  It involves research in local history, developing activities, together telling stories of history in relation to mental health and the London borough of Southwark, researching, meeting people.

If you are excited by this, would like to develop your team leading skills, are creative in planning and designing group activities, then you are just the person we are looking for!

Date: Saturday 18th February 2012
Starting: Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, SE5 8AZ
Times: 12noon – 4:30pm
Cost: free/voluntary donation

Join us for a guided walk on through the streets and green spaces of Camberwell and Borough, ending at Cross Bones Cemetery.

En route we will stop for short talks celebrating past and contemporary LGBT locals, ballads of C18th Transgender lads, famous Southwark LGBT artistes, readings  from an original ‘Fairy Story’ illustrating the relationship between Mental Health and the LGBT community & much more.

There are also ‘Alternative Sports’ for all ages: A ‘Voguing’ workshop,’ Kicking the Bigots Out’ Football on Camberwell Green, the launch of positive slogan balloons,  Hop Scotch, Skipping, Disco Street Dancing, Polari, and  treasure hunts!!

We are looking for a Project Manager to oversee the fit out and move to a new building for CoolTan Arts.

CoolTan Arts has taken the lease on 3,500 sq ft of new premises across the street from its existing building off the Walworth Road London SE171RL. Detailed plans are being drawn up by an architect and it is intended to move before spring. The Chief Executive and staff (8) are fully employed and have neither the time nor the experience to manage the fit-out of the new premises and the move.

CoolTan Arts is delighted to announce that once again our fantastic Textile group have got a place at the catwalk show in Alternative Fashion week.

CoolTan Arts at Alternative Fashion Week 2010

Held at Spitalfields market in East London April 16th – 20th, these catwalk shows showcase the best and brightest of emerging fashion talent. CoolTan Arts Textile group’s theme of ‘rags tags and a velvet gown’, inspired by Dickens and Victorian dress, promises to be a highlight, with our  unique, up- cycled, batiked and bedazzled  garments.

CoolTan Arts is one of only 70 designers selected to show, out of thousands of entries.

Your chance to get involved …

Volunteers needed!
Would you like to gain a unique experience with a lively, independent arts organisation?

The Outside In Portfolio Day on January 20th was a great success. CoolTan Arts volunteers worked together with volunteers and staff from Pallant House Gallery to help 14 participants create online portfolios of their artwork. Some of the work is also being submitted for a London-wide competition and a national competition with the chance to be shown at the Pallant House Gallery in Chichester and the Cafe Gallery Project in Southwark Park. The portfolios created can all be seen on Outside In’s website here

If you missed the Portfolio Day, it’s not too late to create an on-line gallery or enter the competitions.

New Year, new start … new volunteer role for you?

Make it a new year’s resolution to come and volunteer at CoolTan Arts. We have lots of new and exciting opportunities for you to get involved. We started as a volunteer run organisation and our volunteers are at the heart of what we do – we couldn’t manage without you!

As a volunteer, you get a chance to gain new skills and a reference if you want one, make new friends, and volunteer in a safe and supportive environment.  Travel expenses are provided, up to £4.20 per day.

Come and Celebrate Your Success!

Help us celebrate a great start to the New Year! You are invited as a current/past participant or volunteer at CoolTan Arts to join us and hear about some great funding news for the organisation.

Come and find out about the exciting new projects that 2012 has to offer. There will be food and drink and a chance to enrol for upcoming workshops, events, walks and fashion shows!

Come and celebrate your achievements!

Come and give us your opinions on the direction of CoolTan Arts!

Feed into the CoolTan Arts Business Plan for 2012 – 2015

what do you want to see more of? What should we do less of? This is your chance to formally feed into the CoolTan Arts Business Plan and strategy for the next 3 years! Come and join other participants, volunteers, staff and Trustees in a discussion hosted by Ian Beever.

For more information, contact jenny@cooltanarts.org.uk.

These 3 workshops are FREE and open to anyone, if you have a Personal Budget or not.

 
Learn new skills and help others learn about the personalisation process.
Don’t know what that is? It doesn’t matter, you can find out as part of the group. Tried to get a personal budget? Great! We’d love to hear from you.

Film making
Fridays 11am – 3pm
Lunch provided
Our group of friendly volunteers are making a creative documentary film about different experiences of trying to get a personal budget, both good and bad. Help organise interviews, learn to use a camera to film, edit the film and plan a documentary.

The CoolTan Arts Christmas Party took place on December 20th 2011. It provided an opportunity for participants, volunteers, staff, trustees, family and friends to come together and celebrate the festive season.

The Deputy Mayor of Lambeth, Cllr. Clive Bennett, began proceedings by congratulating CoolTan Arts on its valuable work and listening to the concerns of staff, volunteers and participants.

There was music, dancing and karaoke, along with a wonderful selection of food and drink. Volunteers each received a gift, generously donated by Team London Bridge, and celebrations continued long into the night.

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Just a few photos from Asia’s Leaving party at CoolTan Arts.

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CoolTan Arts believes mental wellbeing is enhanced by the power of creativity

PRESS RELEASE

CoolTan Arts Largactyl Shuffle – Jingle Bells Walk

Date: Saturday 17^th December 2011

Starting: Tate Modern, Turbine Hall entrance SE1 9TG

Finishing: Maudsley Hospital

Times: 12noon – 4pm   Cost: free/voluntary donation

Come and join us and make some festive noise!

We will be singing and playing our way through the streets of Southwark, bringing some merry cheer and light as the nights draw in. Your voice and instruments are very welcome!

The Largactyl  Shuffle William Blake Walk took place on the 19th November 2011 at Tate Modern. The walk focused on the life of William Blake, an English poet, painter, and printmaker (1757 – 1827).  He was unrecognized during his lifetime,  but now Blake is considered a influential  figure in the history of both poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age.

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CoolTan Arts art exhibiton at Carnegie Library took place 0n the 16th November 2011. There was poetry readings from CoolTan Arts poets and artwork showcasing  mixed media, collage, painting, drawing, sculpture and batik.

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Come to CoolTan’s

Christmas Party

Tuesday 20^th of December

6-10pm at CoolTan

All are welcome so come along and help us celebrate. There will be refreshments, music, karaoke and merriment.

Guests are asked to bring along a plate of food to share and a £1 gift to exchange under the tree.

CoolTan Arts, Unit B. 237 Walworth Road, SE17 1 RL

RSVP suzie@cooltanarts.org.uk Or: 0207 701 2696

Thank you to everyone who joined us on our BIG Largactyl Shuffle Walk. We received very positive feedback about the walk.

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Date: Saturday 19th November 2011

Starting: Tate Modern, SE1 9TG Finishing: Bunhill

Times: 12noon – 4pm Cost: free/voluntary donation

Join CoolTan Arts Largactyl Shuffle, a free guided cultural walk around Southwark, promoting mental health and physical wellbeing, using art, humour and history and de-stigmatising mental distress.

This walk focuses on William Blake, an English poet, painter, and printmaker (1757 – 1827). Largely unrecognized during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. During the walk, we will explore themes of Poetry, Art, The City of London, Blake’s influence on artists, Religion, Politics, Revolutionaries, Abolition, Riots and Mental Health, not to mention Non-Conformism!

At CoolTan Arts…
WOMENS’ I.T. Wednesdays 1.30 – 3.30pm

Learn Computer skills or brush up on old ones. The group will be working on creating a book with illustrations. You can learn Photoshop, Office word, and internet skills. Learn at your own pace, learn what you feel comfortable with.

WOMEN’S POETRY Thursdays 2.25 – 4.25pm

Come and join this new, fun and friendly class, whether you are a published poet or never scribbled a line, learn to appreciate poetry, and produce your own creative writing in a safe and supportive environment.

Workshops start 3rd Week of October 2011, but you can join after this date.