Creative Arts Workshops, Activities and Events

Boys stuff mix

Over the years we have found that boys, when asked often choose from the same list of activities. Difficult to reach young boys and men (teenagers), often enjoy urban music and arts, perceived as cooler. Boy’s engagement in these activities has clear benefits in encouraging self expression through positive creative activities. This is a mixture of activities that many young lads seem to like. It often involves four to six two hour taster sessions, trying out a range of workshops and activities. These usually include Rapping (or faster MC-ing), graffiti art, break dancing (with body power moves) and DJ skills.

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Girls stuff mix

As with the boys, many young girls, especially from aged eleven plus seem to ask for and engage with a range of activities they like. These include street dancing, one of the most requested workshops amongst girls throughout the country, especially with the recent exposure reality TV talent shows have given the genre. Also makeup, hair and beauty workshops and jewellery making. A mix of two hour sessions of each usually applies.

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Singing workshops

Children and adults all love singing. Numerous genres may include RnB, Pop, Gospel and Jazz; they may be taught Choral / Group or Solo. Skills taught include Breathing Techniques, Melodic Dynamics and Harmonics, and Performance Technique. Singing can also be part of our full music production courses.

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The X-FACTOR Challenge

Young people love this! Let us arrange a cool singing / performance challenge, ‘X FACTOR’ style, and discover the hidden talent in your school. Let the group vote for their favourite acts; the audience decides, just like in the popular T.V. shows. Top prize can be a professional CD recording for the winners and a special in-house performance perhaps.

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Samba and African Drumming Workshops

African and Samba drumming are increasingly popular. Hear the beat. Watch the group performing the lively movements. Feel the heightened energy in the room. We do West African, Brazilian and Samba Drumming as well as Kit Drumming and Percussion; all tastes catered for. Use of phonetics and counting rhythm phrases is extremely useful for Key Skills Numeracy learning. African drumming workshops can include a discussion or introduction to African culture as well as the actual drumming. Both are great for children and adults, and it always goes down well. Fantastic choice for cultural events, schools and team building activities.

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Corporate quality film production and film production workshops

We have successfully produced a number of corporate quality films for organisations such as connexions and Knowsley council. Involving both young people, and youth sector workers, we have created promotional films and educational films that have received excellent feedback. Film workshops cover most areas of Film Production utilising digital technology / multi-media. Workshops include Scripting, Storyboarding, Camera Operation, and Editing and so on. With Visual Arts, we often have extended programs; often leading to a complete project It can be an expensive course but well worth it and cheaper with us, than specialist film companies.

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We have some fantastic kids crafts’ ideas (and adults) and fantastic artists to deliver them. Children's and adults crafts workshops may include mask making, clay model making, willow sculpture, glass painting, card making, makeup and beauty, lantern sculpture, jewellery making, bag/cushion making, rock painting, T-Shirt design and puppet making. We also have many environmentally aware crafts projects and workshops on offer, where we make decorative ornaments, instruments or sculptures out of ‘recycled’ objects. We lots of kid’s crafts ideas and we have something for everyone!

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Drama and Group Activities

This may include Role-play or Improvisation, Puppetry, comedy drama and Physical Theatre, to name but a few disciplines. We regularly employ Drama workshops or simply what we call ‘group activities’, for the embodiment of key themes / initiatives, such as social inclusion, anti-racism, and respect for self and others. We have achieved outstanding results from our Drama projects (see testimonials page). Feedback from participants regularly states that their confidence has increased since starting on our courses.

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Japanese Origami and other Art Workshops

Makeup and beauty workshops are great fun for girls and women of all ages. We deliver these both as workshops and more often as six to ten week courses with a certificate of achievement awarded on completion. Workshops involve teaching young women how to look after their skin, hair and nails, as well as beautify themselves with a variety of styles, including more formal looks for job interviews for example. A course may involve learning a range of skills including manicures, pedicures, facials, safe eyelash application, and safe body waxing; nail art, artificial nail application and body exfoliation. All these are things most young girls will regularity do some of, and learning how to do it well and safely is a very useful skill.

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Music Production (make their own compilation CD) programme

Music production - this is by far our most popular course with children and young people of any age. Over six two hour sessions with both a rapper or MC (sometimes a singer) and DJ, students will learn all about Programming, Sampling, Mixing and Arranging Music. Our programmes are all taught by experts in the use of ‘Pro-Tools’, ‘Cubase’, ‘Acid’ and other Music-Production computer programs. Participants’ get to write, practise and then recite and record their own songs or raps that end up on a compilation designed CD that they get to keep. Skills are learned, confidence is built and creativity is enhanced. This is our number 1 recommended course.

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Kids (children's) Party Entertainers - Great party ideas 4 today’s kids

School / Youth or EVENT Disco

We can arrange a variety of DJ’s, Dancers and MC’s to make your Disco or event go spectacularly. Kids are getting more sophisticated, and we have found that using house and hip hop DJ makes it allot more exciting than booking a normal disco. As with a disco, the DJ can play music, but they can also do a bit of a DJ-ing skills and tricks performance during it. Its great fun and very popular. For that special celebration Disco or event, look no further than Nugent Education Ltd.

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Healthy Eating workshops with Jamaican, Indian, Mediterranean foods

This activity helps to promote a healthy diet and healthy eating, with a particular emphasis on Caribbean, Mediterranean, Indian and Japanese food, and cultures. The practitioners’ are Asian, English, Jamaican and Japanese, and offer a fantastic introduction to diverse culinary practises. We provide 1 hr workshops to 8 week courses, loved by children and adults alike. We also provide fantastic BANQUETS for events.

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Animation Station

A workshop looking at the process of 'stop gap' animation. Here, participants will learn one of the many methods used to help bring creations to life. Using modelling clay and their imaginations, the models will be captured using digital cameras and then edited together to create motion. Learners will learn that patience brings out the best results in this imaginative, creatively stimulating and fun workshop. Animation courses can produce full films at a much cheaper rate than conventional filming. Animation is great fun and our videos page has some examples of previous animation workshop completed films.

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Digital Photography Workshop

New to digital photography or wishing to experiment with different settings and effects? Here we would look at particular ways of getting the most of your camera and how to make your shots that much more interesting. This workshop would include an 45 min look around local area/school grounds and aim to teach the process and methods involved in digital imagery. Photography acts as an excellent way to develop creativity and concentration.

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