What’s On

The Next Steps programme is a flexible, 8 workshop programme designed to help you to move forward with your use of art as a positive coping mechanism to support their mental health.

How does who you are and who you were lead to who you could become? In this session, we will focus on the future and imagine what we might achieve creatively and in our lives if we     were free from our daily restrictions.

Add a personalised touch to your cards this year, decorate christmas cards with thread using the push pin method. Draw your design on paper, create holes for your thread and gently ‘sew’ through the holes you have made. No sewing experience required! 

Create your own unique christmas cards using the effective technique of Chin Colle to add a layer of colour to your work. Suitable for everyone. The session will explain how to use the tools and printing press so you can feel confident coming back and doing it yourself!

This is an introductory workshop to songwriting. We will explore creating a mood in a song, through lyrics and music. The workshop is open to musicians and non-musicians alike, and instrumentalists are invited to bring their instruments with them. First Christmas number 1 for the studio, here we come!!

Learn about celebrating the end of the year without the tinsel and carols as we learn how to paint images of light in acrylics and talk about other traditions associated with this time of year.

Unwind and enjoy a relaxing session full of the smells of
winter as we create our own bespoke christmas wreaths. Please feel free to bring some of your own materials to add to the wreaths.

If you are attending the session in the
park please wear appropruate clothing and footwear.
The park has steep inclines and areas that may be slippy.

We will be meeting at the cafe in the park at 10am.

In this workshop we will be making beautiful Christmas stained glass ornaments! Please note, participants must have previously attended the Introduction to Stained Glass course.

A fantastic way to have a greener christmas with these reusable fabric wrappings. Traditionally used in Japan as a way to wrap presents from a single piece of cloth known as Furoshiki. Join us to learn how to create your own and how to fold your present in the traditional way.

Yule is one of the oldest winter solstice festivals, thought to have originated in Northern Europe thousands of years ago. Yule festivities surround themes of light, fire and feasting - reminding us that even the darkest times come to an end. Celebrate the return of the light by crafting tissue paper lanterns decorated with elements found in nature.

Make a reusable rag wreath from fabric scraps: using a no-sew technique we will create an entirely unique piece that can be enjoyed all-year-round and for years to come! If you have any sentimental items or old clothes you want to repurpose, bring them to the session and incorporate them into your piece.

Unwind and enjoy a relaxing session full of the smells of
winter as we create our own bespoke christmas wreaths.
Please feel free to bring some of your own materials to
add to the wreaths.