OWA Events and Festivals

Thames Festival 2006 'Carmen'

By day

By night

Womad 2004

THAMES FESTIVAL 2004

LABAN CENTRE costume making with Addey and Stanhope School

BICESTER Winter Procession 2004

BICESTER CARNIVAL 2003 'The Four Seasons'

Bicester

OTHER EVENTS up to 2002

LEWISHAM ROAD/HOME SAFETY INITIATIVES 2002
Series of workshops on Lewisham High Street, drawing attention to issues of road safety and safety within the home.

PECKHAM YOUTH CARNIVAL 2002
'Bling, Bling' theme with Bling Bling jewellery, images and a giant gold Radio on a trailer and bike.

LEWISHAM PEOPLE'S DAY 2002
Mask making to compliment the storytelling under OWA canopy.

LORD MAYORS SHOW 2001
OWA worked with six schools on Tower Hamlets making water creatures mounted on bikes, this gave us a collection of 12 birds and creatures.

DOWNHAM ESTATE - LEWISHAM
50th Birthday Celebration OWA worked with Mallory school Art department and made large bird puppets to be carried on the procession. Large flags were also made at youth clubs and a giant 50th birthday cake.

STREETS ALIVE - LEWISHAM
Working at various venues, OWA produced four large banners, which were hung around Lewisham Clocktower. Plastic, withy and tissue flowers were also made and hung on lampposts surrounding the market area.

LEWISHAM WINTER FESTIVAL '01
Working with Kilmorie Primary School, we made hand held large silver flowers for the children to carry on the procession, accompanying a giant Snow Queen lantern. The Snow Queen was then hung as part of Lewisham Shopping Centre's Christmas decorations.

LEWISHAM WINTER FESTIVAL '02
Working with three local schools building lanterns to carry on the procession alongside two large cloud structures.

CONTACT A FAMILY
" Stunning stuff. Right on target, everyone loved your arty partying, for two happy afternoons of whirlwind building and streaming colour"

JOHN BALL SCHOOL
" The decorated trees looked amazing, and part of the fun was in trying to spot your own decoration among the mass of colour".

	THE WOMAD FESTIVAL Ndebele theme " we felt it worked incredibly well and had a really strong visual impact" "Both Francina and Angelina ( Ndebele artists) thought the costumes were fantastic. What higher approval could you want? It was a real tribute to the thought and ingenuity you had put into the workshop programme"
	Las Palmas - Gran Canaria " we were certainly aware of lots of happy children tumbling out of your workshops wearing their costumes. It is always amazing to see the concentration and energy that even very young children put into these sessions".

	Aboriginal theme " an inspired set of workshops, the costumes looked fantastic at the head of the procession and the fluorescent colours worked brilliantly"
	Celebration of India's Independence " As always brilliant and very well organised, the peacock costumes were fantastic. Children and parents had obviously developed a real bond with you over the weekend and took great pride in wearing their costumes in the procession".
	WOMAD 2002 recycle theme
	THAMES/SUMMER UNIVERSITY SOUTHWARK "all that you did during the Summer University and helping us find our place in the event was fantastic. The feeling of walking through the streets in a fish will never be forgotten"

	CONTACT A FAMILY " Stunning stuff. Right on target, everyone loved your arty partying, for two happy afternoons of whirlwind building and streaming colour" " Otherworld Arts gave young people a chance to explore and play, and as always you gave staff a lift with your innovative creations".



	MILLENNIMUM OWA were one of five groups who took part in making flowers in schools and at on site workshops
	MERIDIAN CLOCK Along with other groups OWA facilitated workshops in schools making flowers, snowflakes, leaves and butterflies, and also took part in the on site workshops
	THAMES FESTIVAL 2000 OWA worked with 10 London schools to produce large birds mounted on bikes. This was achieved by providing an INSET day for the teachers and providing them with worksheets. We then went into schools offering hands on support. The children also made fish hats.

	THAMES FESTIVAL 2001 OWA were commissioned to build a centrepiece, which became the THAMES SERPENT.
	We also made various bike sculptures out and about at other festival to add to the collection. OWA ran 3 days of open workshops on the Southbank encouraging people to join the procession. At the same time, due to the events of September 11th we also made a 2-metre diameter Globe - " a world without borders" where participants made flowers to fill in the landmass.
	THAMES FESTIVAL 2000
	Waterloo mass camp, costumes made to compliment 'Shademakers' Ants and birds. Workshops were run for three evenings leading up to the weekend with local projects, adults and children enthusiastically worked towards the procession.

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