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Curious Cargo offers workshops in education in:

Puppet making using a variety of methods, materials & techniques - the images say it all!
Projects featured include: Seeds of the East 'Animated Greenhouse', Manchester; Edge Hill University Performing Arts & Visual Theatre students, Liverpool;
suitcase puppetry 'Super Heroes' project, Oldham; & Oldham Theatre Workshop.




Photo 3 by Lewis Wileman


Curious Cargo offers workshops in projection, shadow & shadow puppetry techniques; creating shadows & environments by using found objects, puppets,
and our own bodies.

Projects featured include: Creative Partnerships 'Inclusion' project with Mary Elliot Special School & Trinity Primary School, Wolverhampton;
V&A 'Image & Identity' project with Manchester Art Gallery & the ReD House, Bury; Artists in Schools 'Playing with Shadows' project,
Blackpool; 'Lighting the Legend' project, Ordsall Community Arts, Salford; Wilson Stuart Special School, Birmingham; 'Gifted & Talented Workshop',
South Birmingham Schools Network.; James Brindley Hospital Schools, Birmingham.





Curious Cargo offers a range of 'performance' workshops include: mask movement, puppeteering techniques, circus skills & street theatre/improve/drama games.
Projects featured include: Seeds of the East 'Animated Greenhouse', Manchester; puppeteering workshops with Edge Hill Performing Arts students,
Liverpool; 'Trade Super Troopers Safe Sex' street theatre project, Leicester, Artists in Schools 'Masks Alive' project, Manchester; suitcase puppetry
'Super Heroes' project, Oldham; & a 'Visual Theatre & Circus Skills' Creative Partnerships project with Newman Special School, Rotherham.

Mask Movement


Puppeteering Techniques

Photo 2 by Lewis Wileman

Street Theatre




Curious Cargo works with groups to make gegant puppets, props, banners, costumes & lanterns to animate parades, and makes bizarre and wonderful
sculptures & props for installations.

An installation of pumpkin lanterns & 2 gegant pumpkin puppets made with East Manchester community groups for the Halloween Howler event in Manchester.
Curious Cargo worked in collaboration with artist Fi Smith.

Photos by Karen Wright

East Manchester Community Group - Christmas Tree Shay

A 'Young Mums' community group in East Manchester worked with Curious Cargo to make this Christmas Tree Shay for the Gorton Christmas Market.
People were invited to use a 'snowball' to knock the Christmas pudding off the top of the tree!
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Garden of Delights Festival - Insect Installation

Working in collaboration with Ordsall Community Arts & primary school pupils in the Ordsall area these giant insects were initially made for a parade,
and then adapted & installed into Platt Fields for the festival.

Gorton 100- Lantern Procession

Commissioned by Friends of Gorton Monastry & New East Manchester Council, Curious Cargo's Tess Hills collaborated with artists: Fi Smith, Jo Foley,
& Elka Szulek to make 200 lanterns with community groups & school children from the Gorton area. The procession celebrated Gorton's 100 year anniversary
as being part of Greater Manchester.

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Manchester Parade- OCA Entry

Working in collaboration with Ordsall Community Arts, artist Fi Smith & young people from the Ordsall area this giant bike, costumes & props made for the
Manchester parade.

Seeds of the East - Flower Installation

Working in collaboration with New East Manchester Council & young people & community groups from the area, these withie flowers were made
& installed as part of the Seeds of the East Festival.

Sunfield 'Sunflower' Parade

Gegant 'sun' puppet, props & banners were made with staff and students of Sunfield School, (pupil's with complex and specific needs),
for the summer parade.


Sunfield 'Under the Sea' Parade

Gegant 'fish' & 'octupus' puppets, props & banners were made with staff and students of Sunfield School, (pupil's with complex and specific needs), for
the summer parade.



Curious Cargo offers mixed-media making workshops which can be tailored to suit your needs. Previous projects have included: wire portraits, mark-making,
silk paper making, withie sculpture, 3D model making, to name but a few.

Projects featured include: Creative Partnerships 'Timeline' project, St Leonard's Primary School, Burnley; Creative Partnerships 'Ear' & 'Inclusion' project with
Mary Elliot Special School & Trinity Primary School, Wolverhampton; Artists in Schools 'Enchanted Forest' project, Manchester; 'Soundscapes - Noisy Washing'
project, Wilson Stuart Special School, Birmingham; 'Gifted & Talented Workshop', South Birmingham Schools Network.; Sunfield Special School, Worcestershire;
Scout Drive Children's Centre, Manchester; 'Families Workshops' Manchester Art Gallery.








Mask making using a variety of methods, materials & techniques - the images say it all!
Projects featured include: Artist's In Schools 'Mask Alive' Project, Manchester; 'Masquerade' project for LGBT Young Peoples Group - Pride, Manchester;
'Gifted & Talented Workshop', South Birmingham Schools Network; Family workshops, Manchester Art Gallery; 'Visual Theatre & Circus Skills';
Creative Partnerships project with Newman Special School, Rotherham; & Manchester Metropolitan University PGCE students.







Quotes:

"Curious Cargo has always delivered well thought through, well prepared fun & relevant work. All of our student's complex and specific needs are catered for with respect,
professionality and lovely humour. Outcomes have always been of a high standard and represent our student's work beautifully". Director of Arts, Sunfield School, Worcestershire.

"I just wanted to say a big thank you for all your hard work on Saturday. It was a wonderful day and the arts workshop really contributed to the success of the marquee.
I'm pleased that over 150 people took part in the workshop - the final piece is great and I'll be considering where we can exhibit it in the future". Danielle St-Amour, Principal Arts Officer ,
Salford City Council

"The children enjoyed the residency - on a scale of 1-10 - 10+!. This particular cohort need a lot of work to keep them on track and Tess managed to maintain this brilliantly.
Shyer children were able to express themselves in drama activity 'safe' behind the mask. It's always lovely to see certain children shine in an area we often have less time to develop due
to constraint's
on SAT's." Yr 6 teacher, St Barnabas CE Primary School, Manchester.

"It is a Joy to work with Curious Cargo, their creativity, passion and skills have allowed us to develop work in a much more exciting manner than we had originally hoped".
Emma Carroll, Senior Manager Schools and Colleges

"Thank you so much for all your hard work towards making 'The Elements' project a huge success and such an incredible experience for everyone".
N.Ponsillo, Project Manager, Manchester Camerata.



    

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