'Movement' is a collaborative project between the Attenborough Arts Centre’s Next Gen Creatives and artist Mellow Baku. Across eight sessions, the group came together to explore the idea of movement and what it means to them. The title 'Movement' was chosen by the group for its openness and its ability to hold many interpretations. It […]
Create your own unique and beautiful shaped lino cut plates and stamps in this exciting half-day printmaking workshop. Explore working intuitively and organically to build up an original composition for your print. Suitable for absolute beginners or those with some experience who love printmaking, tutor Jo will take you through the lino printing process step by […]
A comprehensive introductory one-day workshop for total beginners to the life drawing genre. Participants will be shown fool proof, tried and tested methods of rendering the life model using a variety of drawing media. By the end of the day, you will have the knowledge, confidence and ability to continue your life drawing journey. Following […]
Join us with John for this first WORD! of the new summer season. John Hegley has been referred to as - ‘Comedy’s Poet Laureate (The Independent), ‘Scandalously talented’ (Sunday Times) and an 'incurable entertainer' (Guardian). Featured on television, radio and internationally for over 40 years, he is author of 12 books, 2 CDs and 1 […]
Phil Nichol: Trying His Best Phil has been getting better at comedy since March 1987. One of these days he may just get it right. Until then Phil just keeps trying. If at first you don’t succeed, try and try your best. This is a tour of Phil, trying his best! Age Guidance: 18+ only ★★★★★ […]
What happens when art becomes a research method? This public conversation explores how theatre and embodied practice can reshape how knowledge is made within and beyond the university. The speakers will reflect on how artistic processes allow different bodies and histories to enter research, and how performance can open space for experiences that resist straightforward […]
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 […]
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 […]
Join Deaf artist Rubbena Aurangzeb-Tariq on a BSL Tour of 'Material Worlds: Contemporary Artists and Textiles'. An ambitious group exhibition exploring how artists are using textiles in surprising and radical ways. Illuminating the diverse roles textiles play in contemporary artistic practice, the exhibition brings together artists who take the intimate and domestic quality of textiles […]
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, […]
If you have an iPad and Apple Pencil and are wondering how to start your digital artistic journey, then this workshop is for you! Procreate is an app that is similar to Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator but much more user friendly and much cheaper at just £10! Tutor Rosie is a self-taught artist and illustrator […]
