Lost Characters Opening 25 June 2015
The final artwork for Lost Characters opens on Thursday 25 June 2015 at The Atkinson in Southport. It is a multi-screen video piece which weaves together archive footage, first-person narrative …
The Jack Johnson Tour
Jack Johnson (the hermit of sandhills) and his wife Jill (improv actors Angie and Ian) joined the Sefton Carers in a tour of Jacks haunts around Waterloo and Crosby.
First we …
iPad Comics
A second session with the Graphic Novel Reading group at Maghull Library saw the group develop their images from the previous iPad drawing session into comics. Using the app ‘Comic …
Sounds of The Museum
For the second session with Positive Futures we used the iPad app Madpad to record sounds and video from around The Atkinson and created short abstract soundtracks.
Companions
On Thursday 13 November we caught up with Age Concern’s Companions group at the May Logan Centre in Bootle. We started the session with Time Travel Apple Crumble, wondering, if …
Jack Johnson
Dave Ewing, the archivist at Crosby Library, gave another excellent talk, this time about the hermit of the Sandhills, Jack Johnson.
We met up with the Sefton Carers on Wednesday 12 …
The Tuppence O’Dare Mystery
We journeyed into the wilds of Bootle on Tuesday 11 November, with Tuppence O’Dare, Creative Alternatives and a mystery man…
Tuppence O’Dare is a character developed by members of Creative Alternatives …
iPad Selfies
On Saturday 8 November we met up with the Graphic Novel Reading Group at Maghull Library. We had a great session using drawing software and iPads to create self portraits. …
Mekons, Mummies and Museums
Mekons and Mummies? Both featured in our behind the scenes at the museum visit to The Atkinson with members of Positive Futures. Stephen Whittle, Galleries and Exhibitions Manager, gave us …
Behind the Scenes – Apple Crumble Shoot
A behind the scenes video of the Time Travel Apple Crumble Video Shoot.
Where did Creative Alternatives get the apples from? Did the recipe work? Did they time travel? Will they …
Time Travel Apple Crumble – The Video
Ever wonder what it would be like to travel back in time? Members of Creative Alternatives show you how to make Time Travel Apple Crumble. What is that secret ingredient? …
Bootle Bomb Damage
On Tuesday 28 October 2014, Creative Alternatives and ourselves met with the archivist at Crosby Library, Dave Ewing. Crosby Library currently houses the Sefton photographic archive (over 45,000 photos) and …
Time Travel Apple Crumble Video Shoot
On Tuesday 14 October 2014, members of Creative Alternatives joined us on a Time Travel Apple Crumble video shoot.
After going out scrumping for local apples on the streets of Bootle, …