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Advice and Information Session
17 Mar 2010
Do you need help with your rent? Do you have a question about your Council Tax? Our Mobile Information Unit will be at Town Gate, Great Harwood
Time: 9.30a - 3.30p
Location: Town Gate, Great Harwood
Cost: Free
Do you need help with your rent? Do you have a question about your Council Tax?
Our Mobile Information Unit will be at Town Gate, Great Harwood
Call in to see a member of our Benefits and Revenues enquiry Team for help and advice.
A member of our Benefits and Revenues Enquiry Team is available to provide help and advice about Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit and a range of Council Tax issues.
If you would like any further details please contact Benefit, Revenues and Customer Contact :
By telephone 01254 388 111
Email - enquiries@hyndburnbc.gov.uk
On-line - www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/benefits
Happening Today, 10th Mar 10
The Bug Project
Location: Haworth Art Gallery
Time: 14:00 - 17:00
Cost: Free
Insect Art by Pat Ellacott and pupils of year 6 of Spring Hill School, Accrington
Pat Ellacott first became fascinated in bugs, or 'Arthropods' because of her father, who enticed them in to the bathroom overnight by leaving the window open and the light on. Her early interest was revived recently after she started drawing crane flies while working on the cow paintings she is famous for. She sees true beauty in the way insects are made and in how they adapt to changes in the environment and thinks we should be more respectful of them than we generally are. Pat says 'There is an illogical paradox between our response to a dew-coated spider's web and to the creature that spun the silk for it.'
With a grant from the Arts Council, Pat worked to produce the 20 large drawings of insects in this exhibition, then used them as the centrepiece for The Bug Project. The idea of the project was to get young people to enjoy making art while encouraging in them an awareness of climate change and its effects on insects.
The 10 and 11 year-old pupils at Spring Hill had access to new paint boxes, brushes, watercolour crayons and pencils paid-for by the Ribble Valley branch of NADFAS. They looked at Pat's drawings, took part in a bug hunt and met Roger Swales, the Bug Man and his impressive collection of insects. Pupils and staff were able to touch and hold most, though not all, of them!
The resulting fifty-plus 'Bug Project' paintings, shown here with Pat's drawings, show the different ways in which the pupils responded to the experience of close contact with bugs. They demonstrate imagination, enthusiam and creative flair as well as a new - found respect for these creatures which are both vital to the survival of bigger creatures, like ourselves and so easy to discount in the grand scheme of things.
Prints of most of Pat's drawings are for sale in the Haworth shop.
The gallery is open Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 2pm to 5pm
Saturday, Sunday 12 noon to 4.30pm
Email: enquiries@hyndburnbc.gov.uk
Telephone: +44 (0) 1254 388 111
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