Launch of Mammoth Speight of the Art and Redwood Centre Art Project!

Corvedale Primary school from Craven Arms, Shropshire were the first school to participate in this 2 month long project in which pupils from over 12 Shropshire schools are undertaking a range of artistic workshops led by professional artists and held at both Shrewsbury and Telford Colleges of Art and Technology.

Stoke College's Speight of the Art Day

On 23rd February, children at Moorpark Junior School enjoyed a 'Speight of the Art Day' at Stoke College, full of fun art activities. On offer was everything from design to dance and music production. Here's what The Sentinel had to say about it:

"Children took part in art workshops with help from college students. Youngsters from Moorpark Junior School, in Burslem, enjoyed a day of crafts at Stoke-on-Trent College yesterday. They were helped to make masks in the classes organised by the Speight of the Art Foundation.

Thanks to our sponsors, Speight of the Art's first ever Fundraising Event was a great success!

Speight of the Art would like to give a huge thankyou to all the people and companies that donated auction items to our 1 March fundraising event. Just have a look at all the fantastic items they donated:

Your invitation to our first ever fundraising event!

Dear All

Please see the attached invitation below to our first ever fundraising event at Peaches Restaurant in Newcastle on Thursday 1 March 2012.
 
We will also be holding an auction with some great rewards and plan some other surprises!
 
Put on your glad rags, bring your friends and come and join us for a fun filled evening!
 
BOOK NOW!
 
With very best wishes
 
Oliver Speight 

Monday 5th December 2011 - Shropshire Children's University Children forum @ 'Enginuity', Coalbrookdale, Ironbridge, Shropshire

Speight of the Art was invited by Peter Jones, Director of Shropshire CU, to become an associate member of this seat of education, embracing children from the age of 4 years onwards. We are now a validated provider of learning, where each child has a passport of education stamped each time he/she fulfils a task, to the point of degree status complete with cap and gown.

Friday December 2nd 2011 - Prize Your Eyes - Moorfields Hospital, London - Art competition awards

Following involvement in the judging of the Competition, the Founder was invited to attend and asked to present prizes for the Art Competition held this year in the children's section of the Moorfields Eye Hospital!

Professor Peter Shah, our Patron and instigator of the Prize Your Eyes competition was also on hand to deliver to those children and parents alike, who were present, an address highlighting the dangers of eye damage and its prevention.

The Aldersley Arena Leisure Paralympics event ( Wolverhampton ), November 18th

This SP8 , Wolverhampton led, activity, began as a result of an article/interview on the Foundation by the Wolverhampton Express and Star newspaper. The organisers of the Paralympic event spotted the interview with the Founder, liked what they saw and invited us to attend!

This resulted in our appearance at the Aldersley Arena Leisure Centre on the 18 November, enabling us to participate in an Olympic inspired event for those disabled and special needs children and with special reference to the Paralympic 2012!

Tuesday November 1st – Friday November 4th, British Ceramics Biennial Celebration – Spode Factory, Stoke on Trent

The 200 years celebration of the Ceramics Industry’s establishment of its world wide recognition as being at the heartbeat of pottery, fine bone china and associated products and industries, was located for a two week period at the former Spode factory in the old town of Stoke .

Special donation award from leading retail centre, Hanley, Stoke on Trent

On Monday the 10th October the Founder was invited to attend a prize presentation held at the main Potteries Shopping Centre at Hanley, Stoke on Trent.

The Potteries management had selected 7 different worthy causes to award significant cash donations.

Speight of the Art was awarded £500 in recognition of its invaluable creative work exceuted in the local community and delivered at those local schools vitally in need of our cultural support . A pat on the back for all of you!

Wednesday 28th September 2011 - St Margaret's Ward, School Prize giving @ Victoria Theatre Hanley, Stoke on Trent

The Foundation's association with St Margaret's Ward School, Tunstall is cementing. From the moment I walked through the front door for the first time some 15 months ago, an acute awareness of those two great presents to give to a child, namely love and time, hit me forcibly.