Date/Time
Date(s) - Sat 24th May, 2025
All Day
Location
WASPS Inverness Creative Academy, Inverness, , IV2 3JP
You are invited to join us for an exciting Festival of images, words and music!
Join us for FREE at WASPS, Inverness Creative Academy to celebrate the legacy of Moniack Mhor’s Creativity and Care Programme.
For the last three years, Moniack Mhor has worked in partnership with the Calman Trust, Abriachan Forest Trust and Articulate Cultural Trust to deliver a vibrant programme dedicated to the creative development of care experienced young people aged 14-30 in Scotland.
2025 marks the end of our tenure as a Legacy Partner of the Life Changes Trust. The programme’s steering group and fellow participants have worked to collect a selection of art, music, words and workshops which have been shaped during the course of Creativity and Care for the public to experience for the first time. You can find the exhibition in the Gym Hall.
We are grateful to all of our tutors and partners who have made this Programme possible from 2022-2025. Special thanks for this event in particular go to the team at WASPS Creative Academy, Immy Doman, Michele Stodart, Boo Hewerdine, Chris Thorpe, Barry Reid and Mark Ellis.
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![A photograph taken in the Hobbit Hut. Debris Stevenson addresses a group of people who are sitting in armchairs positioned in a circle. She is standing in front of a lit fire and a flipchart. Image captured by @smphotography.7 [Shaun Matheson]](https://www.moniackmhor.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/@smphotography.7Instagram11-240x300.jpg)
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![A photograph taken in Abriachan Forest. Two people in hoodies carry a young person on a homemade wooden raft through the trees. The person being carried sits facing their direction of travel, arms in the air. Image captured by @smphotography.7 [Shaun Matheson]](https://www.moniackmhor.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/@smphotography.7Instagram86-240x300.jpg)
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WASPS is a ‘fully accessible’ building. This includes; ramp access, wheelchair accessible lifts, disabled bathrooms, quiet spaces, and is dog/service dog friendly. If you are concerned about any access requirements, or have any questions please contact inverness@waspsstudios.org.uk
PROGRAMME OUTLINE:
Whole day, 12 – 8pm Exhibition
12 – 1.15pm RETELLING THE CLASSICS – Writing Workshop
Writing prompts and an opportunity to engage with classic literature but with a twist…come and join the workshop to create your own classic! Age 12 and up
1.30 – 1.45pm RUBY AND THE BOUNDARY- Rehearsed Reading
2 – 2.30pm THE ART OF BECOMING – Documentary Premiere
Hear, in their own words, what Creativity and Care has meant to the writers. Captured beautifully in a documentary full of wonderous images of Moniack Mhor and Abriachan Forest, enjoy an engaging evaluation of the final year of the project.
2.45 – 3.45pm ARABIC CALLIGRAPHY Workshop
Join us to create a bookmark being guided by the tutor who will provide all the resources required to let you practise writing using authentic materials using Arabic script. One for the whole family
4 – 4.20pm POETRY READINGS
Original poetry and story telling performed by the writers themselves. Come and be inspired to write your own!
4.30 – 5.30pm ABRIACHAN FAMILY NATURE WORKSHOP
Enjoy time together as a family as we explore nature right in the heart of Inverness and join nature with the arts. One for the whole family
6 – 8pm Live Music and Buffet
Enjoy a buffet while you listen to the words and music created by the participants at some of the residentials over the last three years. We’re delighted to have a house band of participants and acclaimed musicians, Barry Reid, Mark Ellis, Chris Thorpe all led by Michele Stodart, our artistic director for the celebration.
Please register your FREE attendance to the whole event, evening performance or individual workshops using the form here or below:
[Please note that parking at the venue is limited. WASPS is a 10 minute walk from Inverness city centre, so please use public transport where possible. Alternative parking can be found at Eastgate Shopping Centre, or speak with one of our on site stewards]
The Life Changes Trust was established by The National Lottery Community Fund in April 2013 with a ten year endowment of £50 million to support transformational improvement in the quality of life, well-being, empowerment and inclusion of three key groups in Scotland: people living with dementia, unpaid carers of those with dementia and young people with care experience. The Trust concluded their ten year tenure in March 2022. Moniack Mhor is a formal legacy partner of the Life Changes Trust.
