FREE - lunchtime drop in workshop for hospital staff and volunteers. Come along and get started with Easy printmaking: cards, labels & recycled wrapping paper. Approx. 20mins activity. All materials provided. Bring your lunch if you wish. Booking essential - call ext. 5617
Cost: £5.00
Drawing made easy! ArtCare's Lesley Self will show you how to create drawings using and ipad or tablet. The session will begin with some warm up exercises and introduce you to some basic drawing principles, before having a go with digital apps. Lesley will demonstrate how to use different digital brushes and blend colours. Find out how to use a photograph as a basis for creating your digital artwork. If you have your own device please bring it along.
Cost: £7.50
Ellie Fisher of Elka Textiles will guide you through the basic principles and terminology of weaving and you will create a small woven piece using a frame loom. You will use a selection of fibres including organic cotton, bamboo, flax and hemp. Clear workshop handouts provided for you to take away with you. Suitable for beginners. Visit Elka Textiles website
Cost: £7.50
Tamsin Loveday returns to show you how to make your own decorated journal. If you took part in rubber stamping your prints can be used for your journal cover. This workshop is the second of two linked sessions, which can be taken either alone or together.
Cost: £7.50
FULLY BOOKED - WAITING LIST Artist Tamsin Loveday will guide you through the process of carving your own unique rubber stamps, which can be used for printing. This workshop is the first of two linked sessions, which can be taken either alone or together. Join her next week to make a journal book using the prints from this session. Or use your stamps for card making.
Open to all staff. Come along and join us for National Poetry Day, bring a favourite poem. FREE session. Contact Lesley Self to book a place & find out more.
I’m sat in the hospital canteen
Where all of life can be seen
I look at people around me
With coffees or cups of tea
A couple are sharing a laugh
Are they visitors or staff?
FREE - lunchtime drop in workshop for hospital staff and volunteers. An introduction to the historical archive focussing on the hospital's role in WW2, followed by a walk around the site to view the locations incl. wartime graffiti.
FREE - lunchtime drop in workshop for hospital staff and volunteers. Come along and try your hand and some sketching in the peaceful surroundings of the new Stars courtyard/ Rod's Place. All materials provided. Bring your lunch if you wish.
Cost: £20
Sarah Collins (one of our regular Elevate artists) will introduce you to a range of different songs and styles over the course of 5 weeks, providing opportunities to experiment with harmonies and group singing. The emphasis will be on creating a relaxed atmosphere where participants can enjoy themselves. Suitable for beginners or more experienced. Further courses to continue if interest from staff. Pre-booking essential - call ArtCare on 01722 336262 ext. 5617
Cost: FREE
A monthly group run by hospital staff enabling you to get creatively inspired, to develop your photographic skills and share feedback on images. Open to all hospital staff and volunteers, whether beginner or more experienced. Practical sessions are regularly arranged and themes chosen by those attending the group.
Meetings are on Thursday evenings 6.00-7.30pm. The next meeting is on 27th Jun 2019
Please email coordinator Linda Dunham if you would like to attend. N.B. Please do not email any images directly to Linda - you will be given details of where to upload your photos for viewing at the meeting after you have contacted her.