Attendance: about 15 again.

Apologies from

Sangita, Ruth Ben Tovim, Jenny Fortune.After much debate It was decided that we should work towards forgiving these people.

Steve Chaired  pananabtty@hotmail.com the meeting, and Jenny  jen_gerrans@hotmail.com took notes

1. Introductions
Several new people including a member of Sheffield Street Band, an
archeology student (with lantern making experience), a folklore
lecturer (who is also a musician and writer), and also somebody starting a
community music degree.

2. Street Theatre

This is something that nearly every member of the Creative Action group
is up for.

The Sheffield Creative Action group is holding a workshop about
Invisible Theatre at 4pm at the OPC rehearsal rooms, 67 Earl Street, on Sunday
5th of October
Contact Steve Jackson  pananabtty@hotmail.com / Mozaz  actfourpeace@yaoo.com to help work out this workshop if you think you can contribute. All welcome.

3. Involving Children in Creative Actions.

We were all up for involving kids in the Creative Group somehow. (and
through kids, parents and grandparents).

The proposed Lantern festival (see below) is a very family orientated
project, and would eventually need to utilise spaces for workshops.
These spaces would have to be suitable for kids.

This led to a more general discussion about other spaces.

Various spaces mentioned: i.e. The Access Space, The Everyone Centre,
and the Somali Centre, and the Broomspring Centre.

Use of a disused corner shop: (The Shop/formerly ‘Hill’s’) on (Priory
Rd) was offered. It is presently being cleared out to be used as a more
productive space, also possibly a space in which to project films.

This led to debate about which areas of Sheffield we should be focusing
on. It was largely agreed that we concentrate on one area we know well to
start with (Sharrow?), and not over-reach ourselves. This could serve as a
template for the future.

Some people felt we should focus on a more deprived area.

The Lantern Project would probably aim to be bigger, and cover several
areas of Sheffield, (culminating on the night with marches which feed in from
different parts of town).

At the end of the day the areas would decided by the people who
actually did stuff.


4. Lantern Procession

This is potentially a big project (the bigger the better, I think?!)
The point was raised that the Children’s Festival had held a lantern
parade, as had the Student Games. How do we make this one different to these
city council initiated projects?

We agreed we should try to co-ordinate the lantern procession with the
launch of the SSF. However the SSF launch date is undecided, and a
lantern parade will take several monthes to prepare for. So the Creative Group
proposes that the launch is next Spring.

It was pointed out that the Garden Rooms Studios do a lot of community
art projects with kids already: see:  http://www.gardenrooms.org for details.
Somebody should get in touch.

Jenny had emailed a message to say that the Samba Band were keen to be
involved in lantern activity. She also mentioned that she was an
Architect and would be interested in building a large structure for the
procession (i.e. a dragon!)

Victoria has experience making lanterns, in Brighton.
Matt is confident he can make big lanterns.
We have a contact a Welfare State International, in Ulverston, who will
help us through any difficulties.
It would perhaps be possible to use them as a model. Matt has details
of how they ran their workshops.
We agreed to hold a lantern making workshop. on Monday the 13th of
October (instead of a meeting), from 7-9pm at ‘the Shop’. This is 203A Priory
Road, Sharrow.

This is specifically a workshop to demonstrate techniques for lantern
making, and to discuss logistics, resources. etc.
Anybody who has experience in Lantern Making, or co-ordinating a
lantern procession is most welcome to contribute. Contact Matt Trevelyan to
help work out the workshop.

It was pointed out that funding for Creative Actions, would partly be
the responsibility of the main Social Forum Group.



5. Outreach work/webpage for the Creative Group

A Wiki? page has been set up so that people can share flyposter
designs.
Details of how to access this will be forwarded shortly.

People were encouraged to make their own posters, and stick them up
themselves.

We agreed to write something for Indymedia about proposed Invisible
theatre/lantern workshops, and to mention Indymedia on posters. Also to
create an email address to go on posters.

Matt agreed to moderate the creative group website, and to report back
to main SSF group.

6. Next Meeting

The next meeting of the Creative Group is on Monday 20th of October at
the OPC Rehearsal Rooms, at 7pm.

Some inspiring links:
 http://www.movementoftheimagination.org/ (details of ESF creative stuff
at the European Social Forum
 http://www.spacehijackers.co.uk/ an interesting organisation….
 http://www.uhc-collective.org.uk/ Manchester based creative actions
group
 http://www.beyondtv.org/nato/index.htm
 http://access.lowtech.org

report placed here by mozaz  actfourpeace@yahoo.com
see you sunday i hope?
mozaz