• An Introduction to Carnival
• A Presentation of a wide variety of carnivals from around the world and all over Britain followed by a brainstorming exercise

• Designing a Carnival Band
• Presentation followed by collective design sessions, practical exercises in drawing and model making, budgeting, materials suppliers, production schedules. By the end of the weekend students will have designed large scale characters and a section costume each.
  
  

Adult residencies (7-10 days)
The adult Making of Mas is an advanced carnival skills course for self employed and unemployed artists. The course will train up a local team of artists who can then be employed to deliver and develop high quality carnival activities within a region. We provide course handouts for every module of the programme and are at the moment, investigating publishing a training manual.

The aim of the course is:

• To give participants a broad understanding of carnival, as an art-form, and from a global perspective
• To teach essential carnival costume construction making skills
• To facilitate participants to deliver workshops in schools and the wider community
• To enable participants to become self-employed and successfully seek employment in the field

The programme covers:

• A thorough introduction to a wide variety of carnivals around the world and throughout Britain, exploring the different cultural influences that have led to the carnival as it exists today, including short sessions on performance, choreography and music
• Conception, designing and planning of carnival productions/ mas bands, how to transform ideas and drawings into reality including budgeting, production management and sourcing materials
• Practical carnival costume and making skills, including backpacks, flags and standards, textiles, pattern cutting, headdresses and jewellery making




Flying Fabrics - An exploration of textile techniques for carnival; including Batik and silk painting; printing techniques; dying fabrics and making patterns for costumes, wings, flags and standards. Pattern Cutting and Sewing - Students’ practical skills are developed in pattern cutting and sewing. Construction: backpacks - Students are taught various construction techniques and structures are built for their designed costumes. Masks and Moulds - Techniques of moulding and carving for mask making are taught.

• Advice to participants on delivering workshops in schools and the wider community, how to become self-employed and seek employment
• The structure of the course will be tailored to each region following a feasibility study.

Kinetika also provide one day workshops in the following:

• Event Management - Students have a one day workshop learning about risk assessments and route control
• Planning workshops for schools and Community - Students are taught how to plan a series of carnival workshops to be delivered in schools
• Into self employment - A start up guide to self employment, CV’s, portfolios, marketing and money.