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Sudbury provides Offshoot fundsSudbury DFAS helped support a summer workshop in fi lmmaking organised by The Offshoot Foundation, which delivers fi lmmaking training to disadvantaged and young people in Suffolk. The summer week involved 26 young people aged nine to 17. Working together in three groups, they learnt how fi lms are made, before choosing their genre, writing, performing and producing their own fi lm. As well as the creative benefi ts, those taking part learnt organisational, communication and team-working skills. Valuable work experience was provided for a further nine young people who helped to run the workshop, some of whom hope to pursue a career in fi lmmaking.Left: Learning new skillsHigh Wycombe offers a snapshot of NADFAS benefi tsHallamshire helps restore view of old Sheffi eldHigh Wycombe DFAS chose to hold a special event to raise funds for its Young Arts projects and raise the profi le of NADFAS and the appeal of what it has to offer other local arts minded groups.Charlie Waite, NADFAS-accredited Lecturer and well-known landscape photographer, was invited to lecture on ‘The Making of a Landscape Photograph’. Local photographic interest groups were invited to attend, as well as Society members. The event was a great success, with an equal number of members and non members.After viewing numerous of Charlie’s iconic images, the comments received included “Brilliant”, “Engaging”, “Informative”, “Humorous” and “Thought-provoking”. The audience also enjoyed the new format: two morning lectures with cakes in the interval.Clearly a photograph can be a work of art and it is hoped that Charlie Waite will be converting many more members to the idea of it as “an enormously engaging art form”. The event was clearly a success as a number of the non-members in the audience applied to join the Society waiting list.A fascinating 19th-century painting of Sheffi eld has been fully restored thanks to Hallamshire DFAS. Early in 2015, Hallamshire DFAS offered to contribute to the restoration of Sheffi eld from Heeley by an unknown artist, dating from about 1830. It was among a group of dirty and damaged paintings in the Sheffi eld Museum archives, and was chosen because the Society felt the traditional style would appeal to members – and it is still possible to identify the location. The offer was enthusiastically received. Over the following months, members were able to visit the restorers and museum staff came and talked about the project. The picture is now part of the permanent exhibition at the newly re-opened Weston Park Museum in the city. Below: The restored paintingJoyous autism mural adds a new dimension to FalmouthFalmouth DFAS has collaborated with local autism charity Spectrum and a London-based street artist, Marc Craig, to help give expression to the challenges and achievements experienced by families who have members living with the condition. The result was a mural on the walls of a tunnel leading from a car park to Falmouth’s main street. This joyous, dramatic and colourful creation includes some of the children’s hopes for their siblings and pride in their achievements, however small, which mark their journey along what can be a long and diffi cult path in life. Society Chairman Richard Turner said he was delighted the group had sponsored a project to bring autism to the notice of the residents and many visitors who enjoy Falmouth’s glorious setting on the Cornish coast.Above: Celebrating the opening of the tunnel mural64 NADFAS REVIEW / SPRING 2017 www.nadfas.org.ukSOCIETIES NEWS