Farewell Bash Street’s Back at the McMenace! From Your Friend, The Big Draw’s Big Bash.

Over the last four months, here at Creative Learning HQ we have been living, breathing and embracing everything Bash Street and Beano as we celebrated 80 years of the Beano here at the McManus. STOP PRESS! We have even been DREAMING about Bash Street!

We have delivered over 140 Beano and Bash Street inspired events, school sessions and creative learning activities for families, schools and young people! Cor blimey!!

Last month saw us laugh, laugh and laugh some more as we rounded off a fantastic summer with one of our final Bash Street’s Back events for this year’s The Big Draw. The Big Draw was founded in 2000 and is a visual literacy charity that promotes the universal language of drawing as a tool for learning, expression and invention. The theme for 2018 was PLAY, and for us, this was the perfect opportunity to get our pencils at the ready to celebrate The Bash Street Kids and our city’s fascinating comic history.

Digital Doodles.

We enjoyed a fab comic and storyboarding workshop with our Comic Caper artists from Dundee’ Comic Space, before joining our special guest Dennis the Menace and his trusty sidekick Gnasher for our pop-up gallery activity ‘When The Bell Rings. Dennis and Gnasher kindly posed for their portraits so we could test our live drawing and portrait skills! We rounded off the day of comic inspiration with a live drawing session on our new digital smart screen and created digital storyboards inspired by Dundee’s love of comics!

This was the most successful ‘Big Draw’ yet! – Freelance Artist Feedback

What a great Creative Learning send off to our fabulous exhibition ‘Bash Street’s Back at the McMenace’!

Our latest exhibition, ARTIST ROOMS Lawrence Weiner is now open so keep up to date with our upcoming projects and reflections via the blog. Lots to come over the following weeks as we take a journey into the world of conceptual art with our McManus Youth Action group and the Wednesday Writers creative writing group.

#creativelearning #TheBigDraw #Play2018 #mcmanus #learn #create #discover #Dundee2018 #whatsondundee

Skool’s Out but The Bash Street Summer Skool is About to Begin!

Calling all residents of Beanotown! Get your Beano chopper bike ready and join us and our favourite Bash Street Characters as we launch our summer project, The Bash Street Summer Skool next week!

Our Skool doors open on the 9th of July as we kick off with Dundee Comic Creative Space. Join these awesome comic experts and learn how to draw, write and design your very own McMenace comic! This Skool Department runs for two weeks; Week one is Monday 9th July – Thursday 12th July and Week two is Monday 16th July – Thursday 19th July. This Skool department is in class between 10am -1pm.

Our Makin’ A Din Department is next; work with our freelance musician’s and make and play your very own Beano-inspired musical instruments! This Skool department opens on Monday the 23rd July – Thursday 26th July for Week 1 and again on Monday 30th July – Thursday 2nd August for week 2; all Makin’ A Din sessions run between 10am – 12pm.

Our third Skool Department is the Department of Actin’ Up. Meet and work with our freelance actors from Zero Three 15 Company to perfect your comic timing with jokes, pranks and comedy high jinks! This Skool Department runs for two weeks; week one is Monday 23rd July – Thursday 26th July and Week two is Monday 30th July – Thursday 2nd August, between 2:00pm – 4:00pm.

We have spaces available in our Makin’ A Din and our Actin’ Up Departments! Our classes are in skool for the full two weeks Monday to Thursday; to book your two week place, please contact the Creative Learning team on 01382 307 216 or email us at creativelearning@leisureandculturedundee.com.

Have fun McMenaces! #mcmenace #Beano80 #beanotown #LoveDundee #YOYP2018 #SunnyDundee #Dundee2018 #creativelearning

WHIZZ BANG! Bash Street’s Back at The McMenace!

 

KAPOW!!  WHIZZ!!  BANG!!

We are very excited to announce that our much anticipated exhibition, Bash Street’s Back at the McMenace has officially opened!! The past couple of weeks have been crammed full all things Bash Street here at The McManus and we have officially re-named ourselves The McMenance for the Summer! Pea-shooters at the ready, look out for Plug and all his pals and join us as we celebrate 80 Years of The Beano!

Here at Creative Learning HQ we have been rather busy BEANO-fying our family space (and ourselves), planning our fun-packed activities and donning our Dennis t-shirts and BEANO badges! Drop in to our Family Space for free funny stuff, including dress up, comics and craft activities. The Family Space is open daily during our regular opening hours.

Last week we celebrated the exhibition launch with our VIP’s, pupils from The High School of Dundee and explored all things Bash Street and Beano. We created our own Beano badges and Beano puppets and pupils got a sneak preview of the exhibition and learned how their school was the original inspiration for the famous Bash Street Kids!

There is lots to see and explore this summer, so here is a handy run-down of what you can take part in over the summer!

When The Bell Rings…when you hear the school bell ringing, join the McMenace Gallery Gang for pop-up activities inspired by The Bash Street Kids! (Weekends and school holidays at 2:30pm).

School may be out but McMenace Summer S’Kool is definitely in! Our fun summer holiday project offers young people aged 10 – 14 yrs an opportunity to explore the exhibition creatively, through art, music and drama. Enroll into The Deartment of Arty Capers to create a McMenace comic with Dundee Creative Comic Space, join The Department of Makin’ A Din to make and play instuments like a Bash Street Kid or sign up to The Department of Actin’ Up to perfect your comic timing with jokes, pranks and high jinks!

All S’Kool Departments FREE but places are limited. To book please contact the Creative Learning Team on 01382 307 216 or email us at creativelearning@leisureandculturedundee.com.

Follow our social media channels for the latest exhibition news and updates! #mcmenace #Beano80 #beanotown #LoveDundee #YOYP2018 #SunnyDundee #Dundee2018

Have fun McMenaces!