Artspace Cinderford
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Truly Original and Fabulous Christmas Decorations
› Read moreTruly Original and Fabulous Christmas Decorations, with Lizzie Godden Saturday 25th November 2023 / 10:30am – 4:30pm (at Artspace Cinderford) Cost: £45 including materials. We’ll use Christmas fabric and card, we’ll print, stitch and collage. At the end of the day, you’ll have several very individual decorations and cards, and lots of ideas to make […]
Portrait or Figure Inspired by Ancient Egyptians
› Read moreSaturday 25th November 2023 / 10:30am – 4:30pm (at Artspace Cinderford) Cost: £45 including materials. We will have a photo selection of Egyptian sculptures and will have to exercise our 3D awareness to reproduce one in clay. As a starting point, we will discuss the examples of Egyptian art, it’s canons, subjects, and aesthetics. Using […]
Making Cord with All Sorts, with Lizzie Godden
› Read moreMaking Cord with All Sorts, with Lizzie Godden Saturday 21st October 2023 / 10:30am – 1:00pm (at Artspace Cinderford) Cost: £20 including materials As long ago as 4000BC the Ancient Egyptians were making cordage using grasses, historically cordage has been made with leather, animal hair and various plant matter. On this workshop you’ll be able […]
A Day of Guided Life Drawing with a Model, with Cherry
› Read moreA Day of Guided Life Drawing with a Model, with Cherry Lyne Saturday 21st October 2023 / 10:30am – 4:30pm (at Artspace Cinderford) Cost: £45 including materials A day of guided Life Drawing with an experienced model in a relaxed setting. We will start with quick warm up exercises and progress to longer poses. Suitable […]
A Day of Guided Life Drawing with a Model
› Read moreA Day of Guided Life Drawing with a Model, with Cherry Lyne Saturday 7th October 2023 / 10:30am – 4:30pm (at Artspace Cinderford) Cost: £45 including materials A day of guided Life Drawing with an experienced model in a relaxed setting. We will start with quick warm-up exercises and progress to longer poses. Suitable for […]
Mindful Photography, with Andy Squiff
› Read moreMindful Photography, with Andy Squiff Saturday 30th September 2023 / 10:30am – 4:30pm (at Artspace Cinderford) Cost: £40 including materials. Andy Squiff is a designer and photographer who has worked in the creative industry for over 30 years, he thrives on the inspiration he finds in nature and enjoys sharing his passion for both creativity and […]
Botanical Casting, with Svilen Radev
› Read moreBotanical Casting, with Svilen Radev Saturday 30th September 2023 / 10:30am – 4:30pm (at Artspace Cinderford) Cost: £45 including materials. Botanical art is made by pressing plants, flowers & objects into clay. They are then removed, and plaster is poured over to create the cast. In the workshop you will create two pieces of art […]
Discover Drama, with Jo Jarratt
› Read moreDiscover Drama, with Jo Jarratt Starts Friday 29th September 2023 / 8 weeks with half-term break 10:15am – 12:30pm £35 Have you ever wanted to have a go at acting? Do you want to develop your confidence? This course offers adults the chance to explore and develop their communication and performing skills; using improvisation, characterisation, […]
Psychedelia, with Warren Day – FREE
› Read moreDo you enjoy art? Do you want to improve your maths skills? Then join Artspace Cinderford for FREE Multiply art classes. Why not try the ‘Psychedelia’ 4-week course with Warren Day? Movements such as Art Nouveau, Surrealism, Op Art and Pop Art shaped the psychedelic style which we know and love today. Have fun exploring […]
Circus and Dance, with Kim Harris – FREE
› Read moreWould you like to learn circus and dance skills? Do you want to improve your maths skills? Then join Artspace Cinderford for FREE Multiply Circus and Dance classes, with Kim Harris.On this free 3-week course we will make numbers fun with circus and dance. Explore addition, multiplication, pattern and symmetry in ways you would never […]
Circus & Performing Arts, with Jo Jarratt
› Read moreCircus & Performing Arts, with Jo Jarratt Starts Wednesday 27th September 2023 / 9 weeks with half-term break 10:00am – 12:00pm £35 Do you like to perform? Do you love the theatre? Do you love the Circus? Come and join us on this 8 week course of Circus, drama and dance, where we shall work […]
Exploring Shape, with Bela Kielt – FREE
› Read moreDo you enjoy art? Do you want to improve your maths skills? Then join Artspace Cinderford for FREE Multiply art classes. Why not try the ‘Exploring Shape’ 4-week course with Bela Kielt?. On this course you will work towards creating your own beautiful 3D sculpture from willow and tissue paper? Starting your design work in […]
Knitting for Beginners, with Cherry Lyne
› Read moreKnitting for Beginners, with Cherry Lyne Starts Monday 25th September 2023 / 8 weeks with a half term break. 12:15pm – 2:30pm £35 (£15 concessions) Learn the rudiments of knitting while you create your own scarf. Together we will learn and practice the basic stitches that make up so many garments we love. All materials […]
Print & Paint, with Bela Keilt
› Read morePrint & Paint, with Bela Keilt Starts Tuesday 26th September 2023 / 6 weeks with half-term break 10:00am – 12:15pm (at Artspace Cinderford) Cost: £80/£45 concessions This course will encourage learners to experiment with different forms of simple printmaking and other painting techniques. We will work on paper, card and fabric and you can choose […]
Create Your Own Masterpiece, with Jo Jarratt – FREE
› Read moreDo you enjoy art? Do you want to improve your maths skills? Then join Artspace Cinderford for FREE Multiply art classes. The classes kick off with the ‘Create Your Own Masterpiece’ 3-week course with Jo Jarratt. Develop your painting and drawing skills by creating your own transcription of a famous work of art. Learn how […]
Young Creatives: Advance Ages 12 +
› Read moreYoung Creatives: Advance Ages 12 + Starts Thursday 21st September 2023 / 6 weeks 5:30pm – 7:30pm (at Artspace Cinderford) Cost: £38 (£26 concessions) for 6 week course Are you an experienced young artist looking to challenge yourself? …Perhaps you’ve already got an Arts Award or two under your belt? If so, ‘Advance’ could be […]
Young Creatives: Explore (Ages 11 -14)
› Read moreYoung Creatives: Explore (Ages 11 -14 )Starts Tuesday 19th September 2023 / 6 weeks 6:00pm – 7:30pm Cost: £32 (£22 concessions) for 6 week course Do you have a passion for art? Are you a young creative looking to learn some new skills or explore new ways of working? Well, ‘Explore’ could be for you! […]
Young Creatives: Discover! (Ages 6 – 11)
› Read moreYoung Creatives: Discover! (Ages 6 – 11) Starts Tuesday 19th September 2023 / 6 weeks 4:30pm- 5:30pm (at Artspace Cinderford) Cost: £24 (£16 concessions) for 6 week course Come join us and discover the world of art, craft and design! ’Discover!’ will introduce you to a range of arty projects and you’ll get to try […]
Making Soft Toys, with Cherry Lyne – FREE
› Read moreEver wanted to make your own soft toys? Do you want to improve your maths skills? Then join Artspace Cinderford for the FREE Multiply ‘Making Soft Toys’ course, with Cherry Lyne. In this free 2 week course we will be cutting, hand stitching, jointing and embellishing a teddy bear, that you can take home. It […]
Engage Advanced – Show Practice (Ages 11 +)
› Read moreEngage Advanced – Show Practice (Ages 11 +) Starts Wednesday 13th September 2023 7:00pm – 8:30pm (at Artspace Cinderford) Self-lead classes where the individual is in charge. They will choose what equipment they want to use and what they want to learn. Tutors are present and there to help with ideas, spotting tricks and tips […]
Engage Circus Seniors (Ages 11 – 16)
› Read moreEngage Seniors (Ages 11 – 16) Starts Wednesday 13th September 2023 5:30pm – 6:45pm (at Artspace Cinderford) Take your circus journey further with more tricks than you can shake a stick at. Learn combinations to turn them into routines and bring out your inner performer. Become the unicycle artist you were meant to be. Cost: Block […]
Engage Circus Juniors (Ages 5 – 10)
› Read moreEngage Juniors (Ages 5 – 10) Starts Wednesday 13th September 2023 4:00pm – 5:15pm (at Artspace Cinderford) Develop your skills as a circus performer and learn tricks of the trade. Play circus games with others and see what circus skill your favourite is. Diablo, flower stix, rola bola, stilts, the list goes on. Cost: Block of […]
Aerial Fitness
› Read moreAerial Fitness Starts Tuesday 12th September 2023. Runs for 6 weeks 10:00am – 11:00am (at Artspace Cinderford) Want to try a different kind of fitness class. One that is in the Air. Come along to Aerial fitness where you will work through a range of exercises using, Trapezes, Ropes, Aerial hoop and Silks. Working on […]
Adult Aerial
› Read moreAdult Aerial Starts Tuesday 12th September 2023. Runs for 6 weeks 11:15am – 12:45pm (at Artspace Cinderford) Come and have a go on a variety of aerial equipment from rope climbing to static trapeze. Enjoy a different type of exercise whilst your feet are off the ground and upside down. Cost: £6 per session. Concessions available […]
Homegrown Performance Showcase
› Read moreHomegrown Performance Showcase Artspace Cinderford presents an evening of local community performances: drama, dance, circus and song. Friday 14th July / 7:30PM The Wesley, 7 Belle Vue Rd, Cinderford, GL14 2AA Featuring… – The Forest of Dean Community Choir – Wyedance – Discover Drama – Engage Youth Circus – Youth Aerial – Circus and Performing […]
Portrait Inspired by ancient Romans, with Dorota Rapucz
› Read morePortrait Inspired by ancient Romans, with Dorota Rapucz Dufort Using a photo selection of Roman portraits we will have to exercise our 3D awareness to reproduce a portrait in clay. As a starting point will be a model of the human skull and on its shape we will model what we can and cannot see […]
Jigsaw Linocuts, with Emily Bagnall
› Read moreThis linocutting workshop will provide a fab, fun and simple way of making a complex multi coloured block print from just one block of lino. Once carved the lino is cut like a jigsaw, inked and then reassembled before printing, there are however some useful tips and tricks along the way and some interesting options […]
Introducing Sculpture: David’s Eye, with Svilen Radev
› Read moreSculpture is the artistic process of creating shape and form in three dimensions. In this workshop you will be clay modelling and casting in plaster your very own David’s Eye – fragment of Michelangelo’s famous sculpture. Don’t worry if it’s your first-time stepping foot in a sculpture class, this workshop is completely beginner friendly and […]
Drawing the Figure from Life, with Cherry Lyne
› Read moreA day of guided life drawing with a model. Starting with quick warm up sketching then gradually extending into longer poses. £60 All materials provided. Please bring a packed lunch To express your interest in a place, please contact Dan on 01594 825111 or email dan@artspacecinderford.org
Thinking differently about Diversity
› Read moreThinking differently about diversity at Westonbirt Arboretum FREE creative arts workshops for neurodivergent people and their families/carers. As part of a new project exploring the connections between biodiversity and neurodiversity, we are inviting neurodivergent people with additional support needs (along with their carers and families) to join us for a FREE creative arts workshop at […]
Processing Earth Pigments for Printmaking
› Read moreLearn how to grind, sieve and muller raw ochre pigment to make watercolour paints and inks for printing in this one-day workshop. Participants will take home a set of unique prints as well as a small set of watercolour paints and inks that they have made themselves. Suitable for all abilities. Nichola Goff is a […]
Poppy Painting, with Yvonne Featherstone
› Read moreJoin Yvonne Featherstone for this one-day acrylic painting workshop where I will take you through a step-by-step tutorial on how to produce this beautiful poppy painting. We will be working on an A3 canvas and I will show you various application techniques to help you produce your own masterpiece. £45] All materials provided. Please bring […]
Mindful Photography, with Andy Squiff
› Read moreThis is not a technical workshop, you can bring any camera that you regularly use, including your phone. Before we start taking any shots we will take time to relax using breathwork and qi gong to help us awaken our senses and connect with our environment, discovering new ways to look at the world and […]
Portrait Sculpting, with Dorota Rapacz Dufort
› Read moreSculpting a portrait in clay is a challenge for this workshop. Our model will be seated opposite you, and we will take turns in modelling for each other. Sculpting is another way of observing life and training your eye and hand coordination. There will be an armature on which we will apply the clay into […]
Take Part In Art
› Read moreArt and circus activities for families with a child or young person with Autism / autistic characteristics. When: Saturday 15th October 2022 / 10:30am -12:30pm and Thursday 27th October 2022 / 10:30am -12:30pm Where: Cinderford Artspace, The New Mercury, 3 Woodside Street, GL14 2NL Age: Suitable for ages 8-14Age range can be flexible and siblings are […]
Take Part In Art
› Read moreArt & Circus activities for families with a child or young person with Autism / autistic characteristics.
Take Part In Art
› Read moreArt & Circus activities for families with a child or young person with Autism / autistic characteristics.
‘home is where the ART is’ Online Exhibition
› Read moreHome is where the ART is: Creativity in lockdown You are invited to join Artspace Cinderford on Zoom at 7pm on Friday 28th May, to celebrate the launch of a brand new online exhibition to promote creativity by over-50s. Funded as part of the Arts Council England Celebrating Age programme, this online exhibition – called […]
Peculiar Portraits 2, with Warren Day via Zoom
› Read moreFridays 12th February – 19th March 2021 1:00 – 2:00pm Have fun experimenting with a range of mixed media to produce some strange and unusual interpretations of portraits. We will look at other artists who have explored this subject to produce unconventional and memorable portraiture artworks using materials such as paint, found objects and chocolate […]
Exploring Paper Weaving, with Helen Parkinson via Zoom
› Read moreFridays 12th February – March 19th 2021 12:00 – 1:00pm In this class we will be exploring some creative techniques used in paper weaving, we will be adding texture by incorporating both natural and manmade material elements as well as looking at random weaving techniques. We will explore two different ways to make a simple […]
Printmaking Without a Press , with Melanie Clarke
› Read moreThursdays 11th February – 18th March 2021 10:30 – 11:30am An introduction to printmaking using methods easily done at home with minimal equipment. We will explore printing with different surfaces incorporating relief printing, stamp printing with hand made blocks and vegetables! Try monoprinting making layered coloured images using drawing and stencils. This will be a […]
Spring Share 2021, with Jane Spray via Zoom
› Read moreTuesdays 9th February – 16th March 2021 10:30 – 11:30am With a relaxed and open, mindful attention, we will observe, explore, share and enjoy the unfolding of this particular Spring together. We will record what captivates both our senses and our imaginations, in individual ways, including through words. Short writing exercises and prompts will be […]
30 Days of Drawing, with Correne Preston via Zoom
› Read moreTuesdays 9th February – 16th March 2021 10:30 – 11:30am Each week on Zoom we will focus on a specific drawing skill e.g. shading, mark-making, perspective etc. After some skills practice, we will do a 20 minute drawing as a group which focusses on that week’s skill. Learners then have a week to do four […]
Peculiar Portraits, with Warren Day
› Read moreFridays. 2:00pm – 3:00pm. 22nd January – 26th February (6 week course). Have fun experimenting with a range of mixed media to produce some strange and unusual interpretations of portraits. We will look at other artists who have explored this subject to produce unconventional and memorable portraiture artworks using materials such as paint, found objects […]
Re-Imagining Still Life, with Melanie Clarke
› Read moreThursdays 1:00pm – 2:00pm. 21st January – 25th February. Six sessions are to run on consecutive weeks using objects familiar to everyone and perhaps mean something to each learner. This will be the starting point to explore some different ways of representation. The ‘still life’ could be made from stones and shells collected on the […]
‘Discover Drama, with Emily Bagnall’
› Read moreMondays. 10:30am – 11:30am. 18th January – 22nd February. Drama is the power of stories. Storytelling is one of the oldest forms of entertainment and drama. Together as a group we will work on some classic tales that have been told for centuries and we will look into the way to bring drama into the […]
Tools of the Trade, with Warren Day
› Read moreHave fun exploring different techniques whilst looking at the varied subject matter of everyday household tools and how they differ in shape, size and material. We will look at tools in the shed, kitchen and artists’ studios to name a few and make interesting drawings, paintings and 3D relief artworks to celebrate their diverse looks […]
Exploring Paper Weaving, with Helen Parkinson
› Read moreIn this paper weaving class we will explore colour theory and experiment with different ways of applying colour to paper before weaving these sheets together. We will learn about different weaves used in loom weaving and apply these weaves to our paper weaving as well as experimenting with op art and random weaving techniques and […]
Discover Drama
› Read moreHave you ever wanted to have a go at acting? Do you want to develop your confidence? This 6 week course will see us working on character development. Working from our own homes we will look at building up a character step by step. We shall look at perfecting a monologue to share through zoom. […]
Illusion, with Bela Kielt
› Read moreDuring this course, we will explore the history of Illusion used in circus acts, magic tricks and illusion drawings. You will be able to plan a performance and design a costume and you will be able to include some ‘illusion’ using range of methods used in the world of magic! Artspace’s Adult Education funded ‘Distance […]
The Art Box (Ages up to 11 years)
› Read moreWednesdays 7th October – 11th November / 6.00 – 7.00pm Come and join us for The Art Box! Each week, our friendly tutors will introduce you to an exciting new art project that you can make and do at home! We’ll let you know what equipment and materials you will need for each week’s class […]
Creative Hub (Ages 11 years +)
› Read moreTuesdays 6th October – 10th November / 6.00 – 7.00pm This group is a supportive online community where you can come for help and support with your creative projects, meet other young creatives and share your work. Our skilled staff have experience in a range of art mediums and are trained Arts Award advisers. This […]
Re-Imagining Still Life, with Melanie Clarke
› Read moreOn this course, we will be inspired by the objects around us. Your ‘still life’ could be made from stones and shells collected on the beach, flowers and seed heads found in the garden, a favourite mug or even a pair of shoes! Six sessions will run on consecutive weeks, using objects familiar to everyone […]
Show current eventsEngage Circus sessions
› Read moreThe classes are mixed circus skills including aerial hammock, juggling, hula hoop and acrobatics. Venue – Lydbrook Memorial Hall, Lydbrook GL17 9PS Day- Wednesdays from September 16th-14th October Time 4.30-5.30pm Cost- £4 ( Please contact us if cost is a barrier) Open to age 8+ including adults with access needs Please contact us for further […]
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Engage Youth Circus
› Read moreJoin Engage Circus for 2 new circus skills courses. These 2 classes will cover a range of circus skills including juggling, balancing, spinning plates, wheels and some aerial work. Wednesdays / Starts 26th January at Cinderford Methodist Church 4:00pm – 5:00pm for 6 -11 yrs 5:30 – 6:45pm for 11-16 yrs 7pm-8:30pm Age for ages […]
Artspace is an arts and education charity with over 30 years’ experience delivering inclusive arts workshops for adults and children with and without disabilities. We offer an engaging programme of activities including; print-making, pottery, circus skills, animation, painting, textiles, drama and singing. We deliver workshops both at our venue in Cinderford and at outreach venues around the Forest of Dean and further afield. During the covid-19 pandemic we are offering ‘distance learning’ workshops online, with support via zoom and telephone/email. Some of our provision is free for people with disabilities or with fewer than 5 GCSE’s. Contact sue@artspacecinderford.org for more information.
Contact info
- 01594 825111
- sue@artspacecinderford.org
- Sue Carruthers
The New Mercury, 3 Woodside St.
Cinderford
GL14 2NL
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