How would you like to spend 3hrs in a fun and friendly environment, experimenting and creating some fluid art pieces which will be yours to keep or gift to someone special “You don’t have to be an artist to be creative” Artwell Art Therapy You will learn the basics of fluid art, colour matching and...More
How would you like to spend 3hrs in a fun and friendly environment, experimenting and creating some fluid art pieces which will be yours to keep or gift to someone special “You don’t have to be an artist to be creative” Artwell Art Therapy You will learn the basics of fluid art, colour matching and...More
Lino etching is a relief printing process that uses caustic soda paste to etch into lino blocks. This technique can be a good addition to traditional cut lino. You will experiment with mark-making through the use of simple ‘resists’, a way of protecting areas of your block against the caustic. This...More
Leeds-based artist and trainee art psychotherapist Thahmina Begum has designed a bespoke series of workshops to invite participants to consider our relationships with one another and how we perceive and are perceived by other people. Begum's aim is to explore a broad spectrum of emotional responses,...More
Rural environments are frequently seen as existing in opposition to queerness, with urban spaces typically being more accepting places for LGBTQIA+ people. This exhibition looks at ways in which queer artists are re-connecting with the landscapes around them by mapping and navigating their queer ide...More
The Summer of Love is a series of events and projects taking place across Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) that celebrates human relationships, understanding and love between people. Taking inspiration from the current exhibition Robert Indiana: Sculpture 1958–2018, the programme runs from the summer...More
You will be guided through the design of your stencil as well as the printing process itself. To make the print, ink is pushed through a mesh screen, with shapes blocked out by the stencil of your own design. A thin, quick drying layer of ink is transferred to the printing paper and, once dry, furth...More
Weekend Course Saturday 22nd & Sunday 23rd October 2022 10 – 4pm Your tutor: Karen Stansfield This fun, hands-on course will cover the whole screen-printing process – from preparing images and exposing them onto screens using the photo-emulsion process, to printing and fixing your designs using...More
Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th October 2022 10am – 4pm Your tutors: Jenny Thomas and Fabian Osborne Over the course of the two days you will investigate ways of working with lino blocks and a caustic soda paste to bring textural qualities to relief printed images. Lino etching is a very painterly tec...More
Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th October 2022 10am – 4pm Your tutor : Kate Desforges The course is led with a hands-on approach from the start, with plenty of examples and demonstrations along the way. You will make 2 etching plates during the weekend, and there will be the opportunity to produce a good...More
Evening workshop : Thursday 6th October 2022 6pm – 9pm Tutor: Cath Brooke Come and get your hands inky and your creativity flowing in this taster session workshop which will introduce you to the technique of Monoprint; a way of producing unique, one-off prints by rolling ink onto a plastic plate sur...More
Saturday 24th September 2022 11-4pm Your tutor: Kirstie Williams Learn the process of screen printing using natural mordant pastes and natural dyes to dye and print cloth. This day workshop will give a basic overall introduction to natural dyeing and printing techniques onto fabric, with time for pr...More
Beautiful art created using lollipop sticks, feathers and an old toothbrush. No experience required. There are 4 places still available at the Wildflower Meadow Workshop on the 7th September 2022 1 ~ 3pm. Workshop to be held at Piccadilly (next to Cobbles and Clay) in the beautiful village of Hawor...More