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Craft: Beginners Pottery - Hand Building Techniques
To Create, design and make a range of pottery items using hand building techniques, with earthenware clay and glazes. Build on skills using techniques of pinching, coiling, press moulding, slab construction and tile making. Explore and use different methods of applying surface decoration to enhance the visual qualities of pottery work. Use sketch books to support the development of ideas. Work in a relaxed and supported environment. Create with clay and discover the feeling of wellbeing it can provide. If ceramics is your passion, experience and share the excitement of the pottery process from raw clay to the fired kiln.
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Dates:Thu 12/09/2024 -
Thu 12/12/2024Times:1:00pm - 3:00pmDuration:13 sessionsLocation:Louth Town Hall (Louth)
Eastgate
Louth
LN11 9NHTutor:Margaret HowlettCourse code:Q00011260How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:2 places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £100.80
Craft: Beginners Pottery - Handbuilding Pottery for Wellbeing
To create, design and make a range of pottery items using hand building techniques, with earthenware clay and glazes. Build on skills using techniques of pinching, coiling, press moulding, slab construction and tile making. Explore and use different methods of applying surface decoration to enhance the visual qualities of pottery work. Use sketch books to support the development of ideas. Work in a relaxed and supported environment. Create with clay and discover the feeling of wellbeing it can provide. If ceramics is your passion, experience and share the excitement of the pottery process from raw clay to the fired kiln.
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Dates:Thu 12/09/2024 -
Thu 12/12/2024Times:7:00pm - 9:00pmDuration:13 sessionsLocation:Louth Town Hall (Louth)
Eastgate
Louth
LN11 9NHTutor:Margaret HowlettCourse code:Q00011262How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £100.80
Craft: Beginners Pottery Skills
This course will enable you to design and make hand built pottery. You will learn how to apply different decorating techniques to enhance the surface of clay work. You will have opportunities to explore personal projects developing creative skills and bring ideas to life. Make use of sketch books as part of research and idea development. Experience and share the excitement of the pottery process from raw clay to the fired kiln.
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Dates:Fri 13/09/2024 -
Fri 13/12/2024Times:1:00pm - 3:00pmDuration:13 sessionsLocation:Entertaining Activities Lincs Ltd (Louth
Louth Town Hall
Eastgate
Louth
LN11 9NHTutor:Margaret HowlettCourse code:Q00011270How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £109.20
Art Appreciation: British Modern Art - from the Newlyn School to the Festival of Britain
In this course, we will focus on a century of artistic creation in Britain. From the artists in Cornwall to the war artists during the Second World War, we will study a varied mix of artists and art movements.
We will proceed chronologically, but will keep in mind several transversal themes, especially that of the dialogue with artistic centres abroad, such as Paris and New York. Doing so, we will wonder whether modern British art followed a similar path as elsewhere or if some singular traits can be identified.
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Dates:Mon 16/09/2024 -
Mon 09/12/2024Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:12 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Caroline LevisseCourse code:Q00018269How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:0 places remainingStatus:Waiting listFee rangeFree to £88.80
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Duration:12 monthsFee:£15
Meditation and Mindfulness
Leading a busy life leaves little room for calm and relaxation. This can make it hard for us to wind down and enjoy the present. But finding these moments of calm is essential for our emotional well-being and mental health.
This meditation and mindfulness course is ideal if you want to learn to relax, be present, and alleviate stress in your life.
Meditation courses teach us to recognise the importance of conscious thought in our everyday lives. Develop concentration strategies to help focus your mind. Understand the principles of mindfulness. Learn to block out intrusive thoughts and enjoy the present moment.
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Dates:Thu 19/09/2024 -
Thu 28/11/2024Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:10 sessionsLocation:The Cornforth Partnership (Ferryhill)
68-70 High Street
West Cornforth
Ferryhill
DL17 9HSTutor:Margaret MordueCourse code:Q00018476How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee:Free
Film & Media: 5 Forgotten Classics from Ealing & Gainsborough
Exploring five arguably lesser known classics produced by British film studios Ealing and would be ‘rivals’ Gainsborough, both stalwarts of 1940s and early 1950s cinema. Ealing Studios are still renown for their many now classic comedies produced throughout the 1940s and into the 50s but perhaps the repeated focus on the same films has lead to other equally remarkable classics from their own studio becoming overshadowed. Likewise, a repeated focus on Ealing Studios has perhaps stolen praise from other British studio of the era Gainsborough. This course aims to reinvestigate some of these ‘forgotten’ classics.
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Dates:Fri 20/09/2024 -
Fri 18/10/2024Times:2:00pm - 4:00pmDuration:5 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:George CromackCourse code:Q00017778How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £37.00
Certificate in Mental Health Awareness Level 2
Gain essential skills for care jobs and support work to help you improve the care you give. If you want to work in mentoring, counselling, or as a support worker, this Mental Health Awareness training will teach you important skills employers look for.
This course builds on your existing knowledge. We will study definitions of ‘mental health’ and laws around care provision. Learn about the most common mental health conditions in the UK today. Gain greater awareness of the symptoms, causes, and treatments for these conditions. You will study stress, anxiety, phobias, and depression, among others.
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Dates:Tue 24/09/2024 -
Tue 24/06/2025Times:9:30am - 1:00pmDuration:33 sessionsLocation:The Cornforth Partnership (Ferryhill)
68-70 High Street
West Cornforth
Ferryhill
DL17 9HSTutor:Margaret MordueCourse code:Q00018675How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £362.00
Art Appreciation: Being Seen: British Women Artists 1900-1970
The changing social, cultural and political scenes in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries afforded new opportunities and a chance for women artists to emerge from the shadows of their male counterparts. This course will consider the impact of British women artists in the twentieth century, from the early part of the century when artists such as Vanessa Bell and Winifred Nicholson began to make their mark, to post- war artists such as Bridget Riley and Pauline Boty, and will include some of the key women artists of the twentieth century.
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Dates:Tue 01/10/2024 -
Tue 26/11/2024Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:8 sessionsLocation:Bedhampton Community Centre (Havant)
21 Bedhampton Road
Bedhampton
Havant
PO9 3ESTutor:Michaela CranmerCourse code:Q00016861How you'll learn:In venueStatus:Waiting listFee rangeFree to £67.20
Art Appreciation: British Modern Art from the Newlyn School to the Festival of Britain
In this course, we will focus on a century of artistic creation in Britain. From the artists in Cornwall to the war artists during the Second World War, we will study a varied mix of artists and art movements.
We will proceed chronologically, but will keep in mind several transversal themes, especially that of the dialogue with artistic centres abroad, such as Paris and New York. Doing so, we will wonder whether modern British art followed a similar path as elsewhere or if some singular traits can be identified.
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Dates:Fri 10/01/2025 -
Fri 04/04/2025Times:1:00pm - 3:00pmDuration:12 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Caroline LevisseCourse code:Q00017980How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £88.80
Art Appreciation: Paul Nash: Dreamer of the Modern World
Discover the fascinating life and work of 20th century artist, Paul Nash. Chart his significant impact on British art from 1914 to his death in 1946: from his experiences as Official War Artist during both World Wars; and his contribution to the development of British Surrealism and modern landscape. The course explores also Nash’s fruitful collaboration with his wife, the writer and Suffragette, Margaret Odeh. Central to this course will be a focus on Nash’s interest in spirituality and Eastern philosophies, exploring how his paintings articulated certain subjects and motifs that helped him make sense of a world of conflict.
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Dates:Thu 16/01/2025 -
Thu 13/02/2025Times:10:30am - 12:30pmDuration:5 sessionsLocation:Enfield Baptist Church (Enfield) (Enfiel
Cecil Road
Enfield
EN2 6TGTutor:Chantal CondronCourse code:Q00017403How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £60.00