SCARBOROUGH TRICKS & TREATS
Scarborough Town Centre
Monday 30th October – Friday 3rd November
Produced by ARCADE
Funded by Yorkshire Coast BID
Commissioned by Scarborough Town Centre Team
Learn new TRICKS and earn some TREATS during October half term in Scarborough.
With the options of vibrant, colourful, and slightly scary, children and young people will be able to learn new skills and make their own fabulous creations in a series of FREE workshops in Scarborough Town Centre during the October half term holidays.
Scarborough Tricks and Treats, named to echo the cries of many a child at front doors at Halloween, will operate from three town centre locations, featuring local artists imparting their skills and experience to both young residents and visitors.
THE WORKSHOPS (TRICKS)
RUBBER STAMPING
Create your own magic totems using a wide variety of custom made rubber stamps. Once you start stamping, you won’t be able to stop! For 7 years+. Children, please bring a parent/carer.
22 Bar St
Mon 30th Oct – Fri 3rd Nov
TIE-DYE A T-SHIRT
Tie dye your own T-shirt or socks or grab something from our lucky dip. Explore different techniques and experiment with colours. For 4+ years. Children, please bring a parent/carer.
Tue 31st Oct
22 Bar St
BLOOD, GUTS & GORE, SFX MAKE UP
Discover some of the secrets of special effects stage make-up. Black eyes, bloody noses, scars, grazes, fake tears and spots! For 5 - 25 years. Children, please bring a parent/carer.
Mon 30th Oct, Wed 1st Nov, Fri 3rd Nov
Mandy Apple, 44 Newborough
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WINTERCROFT MASK MAKING
Construct a Wintercroft-designed mask using recycled cardboard. For 8+ years. Children, please bring a parent/carer.
Mon 30th – Fri 3rd
Downstairs in Brunswick Centre
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POM-POM MAKING
Experiment with stunning colours and unique yarns to create a pom pom. For all ages. Children, please bring a parent/carer.
Wed 1st Nov, Thur 2nd Nov
22 Bar St
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TWIGGY YARN ADVENTURE
Create a wall hanging or mobile using textured yarns, twigs and branches! Twig wrapping age 4 upwards. Branch weaving age 9-10 upwards. Children, please bring a parent/carer.
Fri 3rd Nov
22 Bar St
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YARN BOWL MAKING
Make a unique bowl out of hand dyed yarns.
For 4+ Years. Children, please bring a parent/carer.
Mon 30th Oct
22 Bar St
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GEL PLATE PRINTING
Learn how to create amazing colourful prints using gel plates, which are soft (a bit like jelly!) and great at capturing detail of objects pressed on to them.
For 9+ years. Children, please bring a parent/carer.
Mon 30th Oct – Fri 3rd Nov
22 Bar St
MORE INFO & BOOK
ACCESS
PLEASE NOTE: The mask making workshops are now being held in the Brunswick Centre (in the old Argos unit). The Brunswick Centre, 22 Bar Street and Mandy Apple at 44 Newborough are all wheelchair accessible.
Wheelchair accessible toilets are available for use at Scarborough Library on Vernon Road and in the Brunswick Centre. Scarborough Market also has accessible toilets.
TREATS
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When you've completed your workshop, you'll get a treat! Ask your workshop leader for more info.
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THE ARTISTS
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Steve Wintercroft leads an environmentally conscious design company specialising in helping people make Masks from waste card. He’s published seven papercraft books and worked on projects for Damien Hirst, Sir Paul McCartney, Björk and Game of Thrones. Steve’s workshops will be led by Kyra Stewart and Amy Carpenter.
The SJT is an independent theatre and cinema based in Scarborough. Their famous theatre-in-the-round (the first of its kind in the world) provides a truly unique experience as the audience is seated all around the stage. Not only does the audience see the performance from every angle, it also brings the actor into the same space as the audience.
Bobby Hick is an artist, curator and serial monoprinter, originally working in galleries in West Yorkshire but now based in Scarborough. She has been sharing her love of printing without a press and holds regular classes introducing people to the joys of gel plate printmaking.
Lisa Silver leads fibre related workshops including teaching knitting, crochet, spinning and yarn dyeing. She is passionate about teaching people to improve their ability and learn new skills.
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This project is made possible with funding from Yorkshire Coast BID.
