Staff arts club: Exploring textures (Mixed media)

Date: Thursday 13th November 2025
Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Working with texture medium, adding mixed media with acrylic paint & inks to create marks & interesting textural surfaces to add into future paintings. We will work on small 6” x 6” tiles of board to explore marks with brush and various mark-making tools.

Lindsey Cole is a New Forest based artist. Her work is of varied subject and media. She enjoys expressive marks and textural surface, while exploring the process with paint and ink. Lindsey draws her inspiration from the natural world, the New Forest and the surrounding coastline, responding to atmosphere and light. Her work is of a semi-contemporary abstract feel.

Subsidized staff cost £5

Email ArtCare to find out more and book a place

Watercolour brushes alongside paint box

Staff arts club: Beginners Watercolours

Date: Thursday 2nd October 2025
Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Watercolour painting is a technique that uses water-soluble pigments applied to paper, known for its transparency and fluidity, allowing for a wide range of expressive effects.

Jane Staniland will first teach you a range of simple watercolour techniques including colour mixing, brush loading and brush strokes; flat and variegated washes and glazes; Lifting off and masking techniques. She will then take you through the process of creating a landscape painting featuring water, perspective and composition using many of the techniques you have been taught.

Subsidized cost for staff £5 - All materials will be supplied, but if you have your own that you would like to use, please feel free to bring them along.

Please note this workshop is being held at a later time than usual- 7-9pm

Email ArtCare for more details and to book a place

Collaged craft pack cover designed by work experience student

Staff: Come & Create – October

Date: Thursday 9th October 2025
Time: 12:15 pm - 1:45 pm

Drop in anytime 12.15pm- 13.45pm to use our creative space for your own project. Please bring your own materials and ideas to the Culture Club and enjoy sharing your project with others. This session is ideal for those who would like to bring a small craft that they are working on such as knitting, sketching, scrapbooking or beading and are happy to share some skills with interested people.

Members of the ArtCare team will be on-hand, tea and coffee will be provided. Open to SDH staff and free of charge.

Email ArtCare to book a place or find out more

printmaking materials on tables in culture club

Creative Coffee Club – October

Date: Thursday 16th October 2025
Time: 11:00 am - 1:30 pm

Join us for coffee and creative activity every 3rd Thursday of the month.  Drop in anytime 11am - 1.30pm for coffee and relaxed creative activity - follow easy instructions with ArtCare staff to help, Open to all and free of charge. No previous experience necessary

historical books and artefacts including nurses cape on dummy in culture club history space

History Coffee Club – October

Date: Thursday 2nd October 2025
Time: 11:00 am - 1:30 pm

Join us for coffee, chat and exploring our history archives on a different topic every 1st Thursday of the month.  Drop in anytime 11am - 1.30pm for coffee and relaxed discussion whilst exploring our archives and history collections.  Open to all and free of charge. No previous experience necessary.

brown oak leaves fallen on ground

Nature Walk – October

Date: Tuesday 7th October 2025
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Join us for an informal nature walk around Salisbury District Hospital guided by James Macpherson. Each month we will be meeting at ArtCare's Culture Club (next to The Green at Salisbury District Hospital) We will go on a gentle stroll around the fields and site of Salisbury District Hospital. Open to all and we will be exploring the natural environment looking out for autumn nature sightings and hunt for fungi!

Montage image of art materials

Creative Coffee Club – September

Date: Thursday 18th September 2025
Time: 11:00 am - 1:30 pm

Join us for coffee and creative activity every 3rd Thursday of the month.  Drop in anytime 11am - 1.30pm for coffee and relaxed creative activity - follow easy instructions with ArtCare staff to help, Open to all and free of charge. No previous experience necessary

Montage image of art materials

Creative Coffee Club – August

Date: Thursday 21st August 2025
Time: 11:00 am - 1:30 pm

Join us for coffee and creative activity every 3rd Thursday of the month.  Drop in anytime 11am - 1.30pm for coffee and relaxed creative activity - follow easy instructions with ArtCare staff to help, Open to all and free of charge. No previous experience necessary

historical books and artefacts including nurses cape on dummy in culture club history space

History Coffee Club – September

Date: Thursday 4th September 2025
Time: 11:00 am - 1:30 pm

Join us for coffee, chat and exploring our history archives on a different topic every 1st Thursday of the month.  Drop in anytime 11am - 1.30pm for coffee and relaxed discussion whilst exploring our archives and history collections.   Open to all and free of charge. No previous experience necessary.

historical books and artefacts including nurses cape on dummy in culture club history space

History Coffee Club – August

Date: Thursday 7th August 2025
Time: 11:00 am - 1:30 pm

Join us for coffee, chat and exploring our history archives on a different topic every 1st Thursday of the month.  Drop in anytime 11am - 1.30pm for coffee and relaxed discussion whilst exploring our archives and history collections.  Open to all and free of charge. No previous experience necessary.

materials and equipment for collage laid out

SDH staff: Come and Create in the Culture Club – July

Date: Thursday 10th July 2025
Time: 12:15 pm - 1:45 pm

Drop in anytime 12.15pm- 13.45pm to use our creative space for your own project. Please bring your own materials and ideas to the Culture Club and enjoy sharing your project with others. This session is ideal for those who would like to bring a small craft that they are working on such as knitting, sketching, scrapbooking or beading and are happy to share some skills with interested people.

Members of the ArtCare team will be on-hand, tea and coffee will be provided. Open to SDH staff and free of charge.

Email ArtCare to book a place or find out more

montage of orchid, daisy and wildflowers

Nature Walk – July

Date: Tuesday 1st July 2025
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Join us for an informal nature walk around Salisbury District Hospital guided by James Macpherson. Each month we will be meeting at ArtCare's Culture Club (next to The Green at Salisbury District Hospital) We will go on a gentle stroll around the fields and site of Salisbury District Hospital. Open to all and we will be exploring the natural environment looking out for nature sightings seen in July.