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Arts & Crafts
Art Practical: Advanced Arts and Crafts for Health and Wellbeing
Early booking is a membership perk for WEA members, where courses are available exclusively before becoming available for everyone else.
Course details
Course code
Q00016834Course date
Start: 23/04/25
End: 23/07/25
Number of classes
14 sessionsTutor
Rebecca WilliamsFee range
Free to £245.70
How you'll learn
Venue
NST Hub (North Somerset Training Communi31 Alexandra Parade
Weston-super-Mare
BS23 1QZ
Level of study
Availability
This course is for early booking only.
Course overview
The purpose of this course is to support your individual health and wellbeing and for you to gain confidence. The course is designed to build on your individual skills and knowledge of arts and craft. You will be given the opportunity to experiment and create pieces of art and or crafts using a variety of materials. This course is about planning for a major piece or of work that will highlight your individual skills and acknowledge the skills and techniques you have learnt. You will be able to take your time to produce a major piece or pieces of work.
This course is for early booking only.
Course description
The aim of this friendly course course is for you to use and develop knowledge to further progress your art and craft work. There will be the opportunity to use a variety of materials and resources during the course, including recycled products for your art and craft makes. You will be encouraged to experiment with the different skills and techniques you have learnt, to produce work that you enjoy and like making. There will be a chance to spend time on a major piece of work, or pieces of work. You will be encouraged to thoroughly plan out your work to produce a piece of art or craft that is of high quality that you can feel proud of. This course will enable you to highlight the skills and techniques you have learnt in your chosen art or craft. You will be expected to be able to plan for your individual piece, or pieces of work. You will also need to be able to explain your choice of materials and resources, together with an explanation of the thought behind the designs. You will need to state what you enjoy about your work and what you would like to be able to make next.
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