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Craft: Calming collage
Collage is all about creating something awesome from scraps and there are no rules. Discover the
creative, calming and relaxing craft of collage.
Craft in general is known to have a positive effect on mental health for those who do it, and collage is a
no stress, no rules fun activity and is an excellent way to instil calm.
Anything goes with collage: you could create a landscape or a sunset or an abstract placement of
random shapes and colours – it is completely up to you.
This course is aimed at beginners, those new to or nervous of the randomness of collage but would
benefit from the calming effects of this simple, fulfilling craft.
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Dates:Wed 11/09/2024 -
Wed 23/10/2024Times:1:00pm - 3:00pmDuration:7 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Tracey BroomfieldCourse code:Q00016480How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £51.80
Art Practical: Arts & Crafts for Wellbeing
Indulge your creativity while nurturing your wellbeing by joining us on this Arts and Crafts course designed to provide relaxation, self-expression, and practical skills, whilst exploring your artistic style. Through a series of hands-on sessions, you will explore the therapeutic benefits of crafting while learning to create beautiful pieces from fabric, glass jars, and natural materials. From crafting beads to dabbling with macramé techniques, embellishing vases to repurposing old fabrics into new decorations, this course offers a holistic approach to artistic expression and self-care, as well as helping to foster an interest in crafty recycling and how we can use found, natural materials to create unique artwork.
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Dates:Wed 23/10/2024 -
Wed 04/12/2024Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:7 sessionsLocation:Belle Isle Tenant Management Org. Commun
The Gate ,Off Haverfield Rd
Leeds
LS10 3QHTutor:Victoria BouldCourse code:Q00019326How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £58.80
History: The History of the World in Ceramics with Terry Bloxham
The History of the World in 100 Objects? Terry Bloxham, former curator in the Ceramics & Glass Department of the Victoria & Albert Museum will teach us how it is possible to gain a knowledge of global history from our shared heritage of ceramics by considering the different clay types that have been used in their manufacture, and where these clay types occur naturally in the world, along with the different decorations which adorn the finished ceramics. She will also discuss the ways in which ceramics became shared globally.
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Dates:Mon 06/01/2025 -
Mon 06/01/2025Times:10:30am - 12:30pmDuration:1 sessionsLocation:Friends Meeting House (Berkhamsted)
289 High Street
Berkhamsted
HP4 1AJTutor:Guest SpeakerCourse code:Q00018329How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £8.40
Art Appreciation: The Sistine Chapel
The Sistine Chapel is indeed a jewel box of great painting. With works by Botticelli, Ghirlandaio, Perugino and Michelangelo, some of the greatest works of the Italian Renaissance are to be found there. But this is more than just a collection of great works. It is also the pope’s private chapel and so these works were created not just for display but to relay a greater message to the world, But how many of the thousands of visitors really understand that message or what these works are about? In this study day we shall seek to decode the 'messages' contained in these great works and see what Sixtus IV and Julius II and their artists were really saying to us.
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Dates:Tue 04/02/2025 -
Tue 25/02/2025Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:3 sessionsLocation:The Cornerstone (Wokingham)
Norreys Avenue
Wokingham
RG40 1UETutor:Guest SpeakerCourse code:Q00017593How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee:£30.00
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Duration:12 monthsFee:£15
Art Appreciation: French Art from Louis XIV (17th c.) to the French Revolution (1789)
In this course, we will have a look at an exciting and troubling period in the history of French art: the reigns of Louis XIV, Louis XV, and Louis XVI. Stretching from the 1640s to the 1790s, this period saw the rise of absolutism as well as its demise, with the French Revolution.
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Dates:Tue 25/02/2025 -
Tue 25/03/2025Times:1:30pm - 3:30pmDuration:4 sessionsLocation:St John's United Reform Church Orpington
Lynwood Grove
Orpington
BR6 0BGTutor:Caroline LevisseCourse code:Q00017569How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £50.00
Art Practical: Culture and Decoration - Personal Outcomes
Explore the connection between culture and decoration in this creative course, designed to help participants express personal outcomes through art. Ideal for those with an interest in creative exploration and cultural influences.
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Dates:Fri 04/04/2025 -
Fri 23/05/2025Times:11:00am - 4:00pmDuration:8 sessionsLocation:NST Hub (North Somerset Training Communi
31 Alexandra Parade
Weston-super-Mare
BS23 1QZTutor:Victoria HendzelCourse code:Q00017775How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £168.00