Inspired by Words and Music

Be inspired by words, text, music and sound to create expressive pictures in a variety of media.

Each week (or two depending on the project) tutor Peter Clayton will propose a project taking written words or music as a starting point for creating pictures.

There will be demonstrations of suggested techniques and uses of various media by the tutor and you’ll be shown examples of other artists’ work as inspiration.

Projects will include expressing given text/words, illustrating given text/words, creating a (large!) bookmark based on your chosen text, creating an album cover based on a piece of music, a response to a piece of music provided by the tutor and using text as an image.

Artists that may be suggested as inspiration include Wassily Kandinsky, Tom Phillips, Sarah Z. Short, Edward Bawden, Paul Cox, Angie Lewin, Rex Ray, Neil Fujita, Sara Fanelli, Eva Kalien, Sophie Taeuber-Arp and Clare Curtis.

Tutor Peter Clayton holds a Fine Art degree and a Post Graduate Certificate in Education. Over a 40+ year career he has shown in over 160 solo and group exhibitions and has collaborated widely with artists of various disciplines, undertaken residences, and worked with local authorities, museums, interior designers and publishers. His personal work has encompassed a wide variety of painting and printmaking media. Subject matter has been inspired by the landscape (particularly woodland), architecture and family history. Peter has taught courses in Adult and Further Education at numerous venues for 36 years and has been a tutor at Attenborough Arts for 25 years.

All materials will be provided.

This 10-week course will run on Wednesdays 1:30pm – 4:30pm starting on 18 January with the final session on 26 March 2025.

Please note: no session on Wednesday 19 February 2025.

Participants must be aged 18+.

Please ensure that you agree to our updated Terms & Conditions before booking as courses/workshops are non-refundable in some circumstances.

We aim to make all our sessions as accessible as possible and carers/PAs are very welcome – just remember to book their free place when you book your session. If you'd like to talk to us in advance of booking or attending your sessions to discuss your access needs, our Box Office team is here to help! Email arts-centre@le.ac.uk, pop in or call 0116 252 2455, open 7 days a week.

We have four blue badge parking spaces outside Attenborough Arts Centre, plus double yellow line roadside parking very close to the building for blue badge holders for up to three hours if our parking spaces are occupied.

Free parking for all customers is available after 5pm on weekdays and all day at weekends in the University of Leicester car park next door to Attenborough Arts Centre on Lancaster Road. The closest public car park for parking at all other times is Victoria Park, 5-10 minutes walk from us (near De Montfort Hall).