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A five-week introductory course for anyone new to crochet. This friendly and informal course is for complete beginners to give you the confidence to use a pattern and start your first crochet creations. In week one you will receive everything you will need to get you started including a ball of yarn, crochet hook and […]
Learn the expressive potential of watercolours to create landscape paintings which convey atmosphere, mood and ideas. Each week we will explore a particular aspect of watercolour paints and use their qualities to express different ideas and atmosphere. Tutor Peter Clayton will explain and demonstrate: Approaches to paint application Mixing colour and the use of tone […]
Join with other artists to develop your critical skills and become more confident in your ability to develop your own artistic style. These friendly, supportive classes are devoted entirely to discussion and criticism of work done at home. The six sessions are based around a focus and specific creative problems set by the tutor. You […]
Develop your piano-playing skills in this relaxed and informal monthly performers’ club. Join pianist Jude Richardson on Sunday afternoons and/or Thursday evenings in a casual piano group class dedicated to helping you gain confidence as a pianist and performer. You can bring finished pieces, music you've just started looking at, original compositions, or anything else […]
Sacred Threads: Stories We Almost Forgot is a reflective exhibition that brings together faith, art and mental health, emerging from a collaborative creative programme developed in partnership with The Lantern Initiative and Takhleeq Leicester. Rooted in community, the exhibition shares works created by participants who took part in a series of artist-led workshops exploring personal and collective stories through making. […]
A one-day workshop to teach total beginners how to write beautifully! Tutor Rosie will teach you how to write in the modern calligraphy type and harness your own style, using loads of different mediums and surfaces. This course will help give you the confidence to use your new calligraphy skills for a wide range of […]
Learn tips and tricks to fuel your passion for sketching and to help keep a sketchbook as part of your creative life. Just like our long-running Thursday Sketchbook Sessions, but now on a Friday morning too! In a relaxed and supportive environment, you’ll learn interesting ways to fill a sketchbook whilst honing your sketching skills […]
Join us to launch of exhibitions 'Sacred Threads: Stories We Almost Forgot'. Sacred Threads: Stories We Almost Forgot is a reflective exhibition that brings together faith, art and mental health, emerging from a collaborative creative programme developed in partnership with The Lantern Initiative and Takhleeq Leicester. Rooted in community, the exhibition shares works created by […]
When Matt was little, their dad bought a classic car. A 1952 Sunbeam Talbot Mark II. Dad had ideas that he and Matt would do it up, repair, rebuild together. They never did, and the car festered in a garage. I mean, Dad had just been through a divorce. Now in their 30’s, Matt would […]
Spend five weeks exploring the potential and power of guitar harmonies. This course will show you how to use the guitar to explore the world of harmony and tap into different sensations and moods within it. After discussing first principles - ‘what is actually happening when we hear a sustained pitch?’ and ‘what is the […]
Flutter over to the Butterfly Boudoir for an evening of costumes, parody, and lots of tease. Expect a variety of group and solo performances from Doe Demure's troupes, Chicas Locas Burlesque and Skytribe Fusion Bellydance. Both new and experienced performers will be taking to the stage. Attendees are forewarned; as is typical of burlesque shows, […]
A weekly opportunity to meet with other writers (or people who want to start writing) to grow your practise and confidence. With focussed writing prompts and time and space to work on your own projects with support from an experienced tutor, these new afternoon sessions will give you the opportunity to share work in progress […]
