Silk Screen Printing
Off The Press Collective
Friday 17th September, 10:00 – 12:00 and 14:00 – 16:00
This workshop is an introduction into the process or a refresher for those who would like to revisit it. We shall introduce the screen-printing process and demonstrate a few printing methods. Under our guidance you will then have the opportunity to work with stencils and experiment with colours and blends. All materials are provided. You just need yourself and an apron. We always suggest bringing some reference material or having an idea of what you would like to print so you can get cracking.
Off the Press is a printmaking collective based in Bury St Edmunds. They specialise in the production of quality prints and are passionate about keeping traditional processes alive.
Bend it like quilters
Sue Calverley and Kip Gresham
Thursday 16th September, 10:00 – 12:00 and 14:00 – 16:00
A whole day workshop for 12 people in which we will design and make several dramatic quilts. You will be introduced to the extraordinary quilts made by groups of African American women in Gee’s Bend, Alabama. Based on the dramatic scale, colour and structure of those famous pieces, you will become collaborators in the processes of designing, selecting colours, cutting and assembling new large- scale works.
The workshop will focus on ways of working together. This is a shared and social event. What we make will be a demonstration of who we are and how we function as a community, just like the women in Gee’s Bend.
Sue Calverley graduated from Winchester School of Art with a degree in Fashion, Woven and Knitted Textiles. Kip Gresham is an artist printmaker who works in close collaboration with a wide range of contemporary artists. Colour and abstract imagery are at the heart of his activity.
Self Portraits
Liz Diamond
Friday 17th September, 14:00 – 16:00
This workshop will use mixed media to produce self portraits.
Liz Diamond trained in illustration and graphic design and has worked with community groups to explore their experiences and identity using multi media.
Electronic Music
Workshop Leaders: Logistics & Nu:Tone
Thursday 16th September, 14:00 – 18:00
We will write, record, and mix a piece of electronic music in this workshop. Suitable for anyone who is interested in making their own electronic music. This is a four hour workshop.
Logistics and Nu:Tone are Drum & Bass producers and DJs from Cambridge, signed to Hospital Records and working in the music business since the early 2000s. Between them, they have released 16 albums and countless singles and remixes.
Writing Drama
Nick Warburton
Thursday 16th September, 10:00 – 12:00
The workshop will be on writing drama in its different forms. It will cover …
The creation of character, voice and narration, and, if there’s time, structure
We’ll look at some case studies, to see how these things work
There’ll be some simple exercises to get you writing.
Nick has written scripts for stage, television and radio. He has won the BBC/Radio Times Drama Award, the Sandford St Martin Award, the Jerusalem Award and the Tinniswood Award, and has been short-listed for the Audio and Music Award, the Sony Award and the Prix Italia.
He created the original drama series Holding Back the Tide and On Mardle Fen. For Radio 3 he wrote A Play for the Heart to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. His adaptation of The Canterbury Tales, written for The Archers, was broadcast during Christmas 2018. He has also written TV scripts for Doctors, Holby City, Born and Bred and EastEnders. He is chair of Radius, the Religious Drama Society of Great Britain, and is an Honorary Fellow of the University of Chichester.
Breakdown the elements of Art
Annabel Lee
Thursday 16th September, 10:00 – 12:00 and 14:00 – 16:00
Explore one object by breaking it down into the elements of art: Line. Shape. Tone. Form. Pattern. Colour. Texture. Objects will be provided or bring something yourself... for example, that beautiful jug that you’ve always wanted to understand WHY it is so beautiful...
Annabel Lee is a local artist, teacher and illustrator. She trained at Wimbledon School of Art and has worked as a theatre designer for over 20 years.
This is an all day workshop.
Two Drawing and Painting Workshops
Steve Russell
Workshop one – look and draw.
Thursday 16th September, 10:00 – 12:00
I will be bringing some objects to draw, including a sock and a can!
Workshop two – look and paint.
Friday 17th September, 10:00 – 12:00
Again, this workshop will be object, not portrait, based. And will also include a can and a sock!
Steve Russell is an artist who deals with issues of self, identity and symbols through the medium of paint. He has developed a figurative style that marries diverse elements into instantly recognisable, idiosyncratic idiom that is at times touching, dramatic and visceral. He produces images that manage to be optimistic and intriguing.
Kickstart your Creative Writing
Jo Browning Wroe
Friday 17th September, 10:00 – 12:00
For anyone who enjoys, or thinks they could enjoy creative writing. A series of exercises will stimulate your imagination and build your confidence to write short stories, or even make a start on that novel! All are welcome.
Jo Browning Wroe has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia and is Creative Writing Supervisor at Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. Her debut novel, A Terrible Kindness, was shortlisted for the Bridport Peggy Chapman-Andrews award and will be published by Faber in January 2022. Her books for the educational market have won awards both here and in the States.
Children’s Art Workshop [Ages 5 – 11]
Startle Art
Saturday 18th September, 10:00 – 12:00
This workshop will be lead by Mary Saldanah, an experienced primary school teacher who now runs an online art project, Startle Art, www.startle-art.com producing materials for Primary School children.
Mary has been particularly busy during the recent periods of lockdown helping parents provide quality art activities for their children.