For tomorrows session we are to select three potential ideas that we might want to take forward further and gain some feedback and initial ideas.
Leeds West Indian Carnival
- Europe's longest running authentic Caribbean carnival parade.
- Started in the 1960's, as one man's remedy for West Indian homesickness.
- Costumes
- Music
- Food
- Entertainment
- Annually on the last Monday in August.
- Vibrant colour
- Parade
- Carnival Events
- Carnival Arts
- Carnival Workshops
- Brainchild of Arthur France, MBE, form St Kitts-Nevis. Still on the carnival committee to this day.
- The first ever West Indian carnival parade, organised by British Caribbeans and composed largely of black people in carnival costumes with their steel bands, took place in Leeds in 1967.
- Energy
- ‘Carnival also reminds us of our roots, the struggle our ancestors had to bear, the oppression of our leaders, and great role models, but not in vain, for while we continue to celebrate carnival their achievements will remain with us forever’.
- ‘Carnival is not just a legalized rave – lest we forget, millions lost their lives in pursuit of their liberty. Today, carnival best expresses the strategies that the people of the Caribbean and black British citizens have for speaking about themselves and their relationship with the world, their relationship with history, their relationship with tradition, their relationship with nature and their relationship with God. Carnival is the embodiment of their sense of being and purpose and its celebration is an essential and profoundly self-affirming gesture of a people’.
- Leeds is the the next largest english Caribbean-style carnival which attracts over 100,000 people.
- Its origins among the formally free, but still impoverished and angry Africans in the British Caribbean islands were shrouded in violence, amongst the participants, and against the colonial authorities.
- People from all cultures from all over the UK, Europe, America and the Caribbean, come to Chapeltown and Harehills to watch the parade from all over Leeds.
Leeds Waterfront Festival
- Canal Connections a social enterprise along Leeds waterfront - connecting people to the canal environment through arts, creativity and training and development opportunities.
- Developing partnerships alongside the water.
- Work with residents, businesses and organisations whose values match their own.
- Desire to develop and maintain the natural environment of the canal and rivers for all to enjoy.
- Running for 9 years
- Music
- Performance
- Arts
- Family fun
- Activities and creativity on the water, on boats and on dry land, stretching across 5 miles of Leeds waterfront.
- Food
- Locations include: Armley Industrial Museum, Thwaite Mills, Leeds Dock, Granary Wharf, The Calls, Brewery Wharf, Victoria Wharf and The Calls, The Tetley, which brought interactive art performances, hands-on workshops and artist talks to the festival.
- Knitted barge
- Water sports
- Gig barge
- Dragon boat racing
- Splash mobs
- Graffiti master-classes / live street art
- Junk boat building
- Art-runs
- Heritage trails
- Guided walks
Leeds Indie Food - A celebration of independent food and drink
- Celebration of independent food and drink.
- First festival in UK to celebrate independent scene
- 15,000 people
- 100 events taking place in more than 50 venues, with 100 businesses collaborating to entertain diners, drinkers, street food lovers and culture vultures.
- Tasting menus
- Dine-along film screenings
- Edible art exhibitions
- Cookery workshops
- Craft beer tasting
- Restaurants
- Bars
- Coffee shops
- Pocket sized passport gives festival-goers the chance to collect ink stamps and grab priority tickets, discounts, freebies and deals at all Leeds Indie Food venues.
- FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD sign
- Leeds Feast event
- At the heart of the city
I have chosen to look into three festivals further because of the energy and atmosphere they create. I really want to create and engaging design that captures the bright vibrancy of it all and I think these play a big part in making Leeds a great city.
Peer Feedback:
My feedback regarding Leeds West Indian Carnival was to focus on the vibrant colours that are prominent within the event. I could focus on the costumes or even create some sort of map of the parade route. I need to mainly communicate the diversity that the event brings to Leeds. Within the Waterfront festival I was told to focus on the activities that happen on the water so that it shows the clear link rather than just being a normal festival celebration. Lastly for the Indie Food Festival I could look at showing this independence and communicating it through type. I also mentioned the idea of doing a print of all the stamps from a food passport or even consider making my own, so it was suggested to look at what Pentagram did regarding manhole covers.
Overall the feedback wasn't that informative, but I think at this stage it was slightly hard to give feedback. Thinking about it further if I could find some more information about the food stamps I would be more inclined to take that idea further.
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