We are an arts charity based in Ipswich,
a town in the east of England.
We create art, we make the SPILL Festival of Performance and we run events, groups,
TOOLKITS
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We have a range of resources for you to download, all of them free. From biscuit heritage to topics relating to WW1, growing vegetable creatures to a SPILL artist pack for early makers and Pyre Parade skills in our recipe sheets, we have it covered. Download and enjoy.
LITTLE EDEN
LITTLE EDEN is an alternative growing guide and arts activity pack for young children to create little creatures of their own at home. It also offers activity ideas to develop memory, literacy and speaking skills as well as green little fingers!
THE IPSWICH BISCUIT GUIDE
In 2019 we launched a public competition to search for Ipswich’s very own namesake bake. Loads of people took part, young and old, thinking about place, taste and memory. Ingredients such as malt and spices, referencing links to the old port in Ipswich, were added to what is a simple biscuit bake. The winner of the Ipswich Biscuit competition was 15 year old Eleanor Tadesse with her lemon flavoured biscuit, passed down through generations of women in her family.
Whilst the competition has closed, why not try your hand at the recipe in this resource pack and ‘Ipswichify’ your own bake. There’s lots of other great stuff to find out in there and we even made a special version for schools too.
PYRE PARADE SKILLS RECIPE SHEETS
The Pyre Parade, created by the Rough Band, returns every October in Ipswich as we join together to burn our bad news. We’ve held lots of free workshops, choir rehearsals and other sessions for people to get involved and participate in the Parade across the years. If you’re at home with some scraps of fabric (particularly black, we’re all about the black) use these free recipe sheets to make your own mini effigies, masks or costumes for the next Pyre Parade.
SPILL OPEN TOOLKIT
We made the SPILL OPEN Toolkit as a free resource to aid artists who are early makers of experimental work, be that live art or performance, artists’ sound, film or video, installation, new media work, experimental theatre or other hybrid forms engaging ‘liveness’. It includes advice on what makes a successful application for financial support or opportunities to present; some practical advice on project planning, some ideas on how to promote your work; and links to some useful online resources. Whilst you may be familiar with some of this information, we hope you find this toolkit useful. And it’s free.