About Cabasa Carnival Arts
Community is at the very heart of Carnival. Our dedicated team work to engage community groups in the delivery of exciting projects
Cabasa Carnival Arts Description
Cabasa Carnival Arts is the North West’s leading carnival arts organisation, producing large scale, spectacular outdoor work, which keeps the community at its heart. Based in Manchester, Cabasa has been delivering high-quality carnival creations to the North-West for the past 5 years, providing a unique and innovative approach to street art and continuing to develop the art-form in the region.
With a dedicated team of artists and volunteers, Cabasa create impressive structures, large puppets, fantastic costume, and promotes the history and heritage of carnival and local communities through percussion, dance, melody, and street theatre.
As Artistic Director, Emily Wood’s vision to spread the techniques and traditional methods of costume development and fabrication has already made a huge impact on the quality and appeal of carnival artistry in the North West
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Happy International Women’s Day! We’re so priviledged to be led and work with amazing women and we currently have a Crowdfunder through Aviva raising funds for our body painting project ‘Metamorphosis’ working with 20 women, both artists and participants. The project will change the lives of peri and post natal women experiencing feelings of anxiety and isolation through through whole body painting. We’ve already raised £110! Thanks to those who have donated so far. You can ...visit our page here or simply share :) https://www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/meta morphosis---empowe… . 📸 @christiandysonphoto . . #internationalwomensday #cabasa #metamorphosis #wellbeing #peri #postnatal #bodypainting
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Hello! We’re taking part in the Aviva Community Fund again this year, but things have changed a little. It’s now a Crowdfunding platform and we have set our target at £1000 to raise project funds for our Metamorphosis: Empowering Body Paint project.
https://www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/meta morphosis---empowe…
ABOUT THE PROJECT
... Metamorphosis explores the Carnival tradition of whole body painting as an empowering, transformative and life changing experience. This groundbreaking project will provide a once in a lifetime opportunity for women and artists to tell their stories through the unique art form, creating beautiful, thought provoking imagery.
Cabasa will change the lives of peri and post natal women experiencing feelings of anxiety and isolation through this artist led outreach and engagement project. An exciting team of emerging and established artists will be trained by high profile industry leaders, learning the incredible power of art as a catalyst for positive change.
We have some great rewards including:
> £20 for a Metamorphosis 2021 Calendar > £50 for a workshop in body painting (10 places available) > £500 for The works! A body paint experience day for yourself where you’ll be painted by one of our artists and photographed by a professional photographer.
Or you can simply donate towards the project.
We'll be posting more about this Crowdfunder over the coming weeks and we have until 20th April to reach our target. Read more and pledge here:
https://www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/meta morphosis---empowe…
-Thank you-
Image by: Christian Dyson Photography Artists: Lizzie Rigby & Kate Rothery Live canvas: Adriana Rosso
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Are you an artist? Would you like to develop skills in body painting and use your skills for improving well being? Cabasa are seeking empowering body painters for our project ‘Metamorphosis’.
We are looking for a group of female artists and trainee/up-and-coming artists who would be interested in developing their practice in community and well being though art, as well as developing artist skills through the medium of live body painting.
This is an initial expression of inter...est as we are awaiting further project funding to see what direction the project will take and this will determine the final outcome.
If you’d like to get involved, please email hello@cabasacarnivalarts.com with your name, your experience, where you’re based, and we’ll get back to you with more information.
About Metamorphosis:
Through the project we want to improve self-esteem, mental well-being and healthy body image for women in Tameside with experience of peri/post-natal mental ill health. The project will be taking place at The Vale in Mossley and we will work with a group of local artists and local women to tell their story, create beautiful imagery and a create a final exhibition through full body painting.⠀
“This project has potential to help women struggling with negative body image. I whole heartedly support the project and would be happy to refer patients who might be interested in taking part” Dr Aisha Malik (MbChb, BSc, MRCGP). Tameside GP.
Photo: Christian Dyson
#cabasa #metamorphosis #mossley #bodypainting #livebodypainting #tameside #wellbeing #peri #postnatal
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Look at our new fairies at Mossley Light Switch on with Global Grooves - Manchester 😍🧚🏻♂️🧚🏻♂️
There's lots of batik, painting and headdress making to be done this weekend if anyone can come in and help? We're in from 10.30am - 5pm at The Vale in Mossley. We're also in during the week: 10.30am - 6pm. We're working hard to get these beautiful costumes ready for Global Grooves - Manchester for Tameside Winter Carnival. Anyone of any experience welcome. Email: hello@cabasacarnivalarts.com to let us know you're coming.
Photo by: Matt Burrell
#volunteer #cabasa #globalgrooves #mossley
PATTERN CUTTER NEEDED
At least 2 days paid work, £125/day
We're in need of someone with experience working in costume or fashion to take on at least 2 days work next week (or this week). You need to be a confident pattern cutter with at least 1 years experience. We have full equipment and facilities for you to use at our studio. Experience of creating crinolines would be a bonus.
... We're based at The Vale, Mossley OL5 9JL
Please get in touch via kate@cabasacarnivalarts.com
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It’s the National Lottery’s 25th Birthday today! Huge thanks to players of the National Lottery, we received lottery funding to deliver our Empowering Body Paint Project over the coming year! The lottery helps fund many other brilliant projects like ours. The National Lottery Community Fund . . #NatonalLottery25 #cabasa #bodypaint #empoweringbodypaint
Volunteer With Us This Autumn:
We're into the autumn season now and we have some beautiful things happening in the studio. We're making costumes leading up to Tameside Winter Carnival on Saturday 16th November for Global Grooves - Manchester.
We're making a beautiful Carnival King and Queen as showpieces, we're also making fairies on stilts, headdresses for drummers and dancers and working on some new large puppets.
... It's all very exciting and there are lots of jobs to get stuck in with, whatever your experience, there's something to do!
Read how you can get involved here: https://buff.ly/2WnJ894
Photo by: Matt Burrell.
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A big thank you to the lovely team at Mossley SOUP and Emmaus Mossley for letting Emily pitch at Mossley SOUP #9 last week. Although we didn't win on the night, it was great to let people know about our Empowering Body Paint Project and find out more about the wonderful work that's happening in Mossley, where we're based.
Thanks to those that voted for us and chatted about the project afterwards too. Well done to Mossley Town Team, we're looking forward to seeing Mossley in bloom over the coming year.
Check out these stunning photos:
Tonight is the night! Emily will be pitching our Empowering Body Paint Project at Mossley Soup at Emmaus Mossley, the event starts at 6.15pm, it’s £5 for soup, entertainment and a chance to hear about some wonderful projects happening in the area.
Join us this Thursday, we’ll be pitching at Mossley Soup 🎨 🗳 🤰
We need your help! We have been successful in getting a pitch slot for Mossley SOUP on Thursday 24th October at Emmaus in Mossley at 6.15pm for our Empowering Body Painting project.
What is Mossley Soup? Mossley SOUP is a way of promoting, raising funds, and celebrating great ideas to build a better community in Mossley, there will be multiple pitches from other local projects. Enjoy a hot bowl of soup, some entertainment and help a local community idea blossom. At the end o...f the night after a series of short pitches, the winner with the most votes from the audience wins the money put in the pot on the night. So come along, eat some lovely soup and vote for our Empowering Body Painting project.
About our project: Through the project we want to improve self-esteem, mental well-being and healthy body image for women in Tameside with experience of peri/post-natal mental ill health. The project will be taking place at The Vale in Mossley and we will work with a group of local artists and local women to tell their story, create beautiful imagery and a create a final exhibition through full body painting.
See you on Thursday 24th October for SOUP. Read more here: https://buff.ly/2IULPJM
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- Hand painted, hand made -
We are delighted to announce that our Artistic Director Emily has secured a place on the Lloyds Bank Social Entrepreneurs Trade Up Programme from the School for Social Entrepreneurs. Would you like to rock out down the aisle with a hand painted silk wedding dress? Emily will focus on developing stunning hand painted silk wedding dresses to bring a bit of Carnival to the aisle. All of the money made from these bespoke, hand made creations will be go...ing back into our social enterprise (Cabasa is a registered Community Interest Company). Heading up Cabasa, Emily also provides regular opportunities to up-and-coming artists as well as delivering projects inspiring social change and using visual arts to improve people’s well-being and health.
If you’d like to find out more about Emily’s bespoke, hand painted wedding dresses, email hello@cabasacarnivalarts.com.
A big thanks to School for Social Entrepreneurs North West. The programme allows social entrepreneurs to take their business to the next level with support, advice and finical help to make good ideas happen. If you’re a social entrepreneur, visit their website to apply for their next round of support here: https://buff.ly/30YTqgR
#ssenorthwest #socialentrepreneur #emilywood #cabasa #weddingdress #handmadehandpainted
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Congratulations to our favourite drumming power-house Juba do Leão, they recently turned 14! We have loved creating costumes for their drummers and dancers over the years, inspired by North Eastern Brazilian traditional Carnival and Afro-Brazilian deities and influences. We regularly collaborate on big events with each other. Here’s to more! .
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... #cabasa #jubadoleao #costume #maracatu #orixa #mossley
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Everyone’s hard work in action with Global Grooves - Manchester. New drummers costumes 😍 Join us this weekend at The Vale in Mossley to make even more beautiful things. . #Repost @global_grooves with @make_repost ・・・ Our 65 strong Bateria making their funky way through @fotscleethorpes 😎... . #grooveisintheheart #timetogetfunky 💃🕺💙🥁 📸 thanks to @andystratford68 Costumes by @cabasacarnivalarts Dancers from @carnivaldanceacademy
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