ARTS & CULTURE WORKSHOPS JUNE - AUGUST 2019 applaud // engage // create // discover
ENQUIRIES: ANTRIM CASTLE GARDENS T. 028 9448 1338 E. clotworthy.reception @antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk
ARTS & CULTURE WORKSHOPS JUNE - AUGUST 2019 applaud // engage // create // discover Identification. The day will comprise of a theoretical presentation on bird ID and general information, with an emphasis on summertime bird watching. Followed by a guided walk around the grounds.
ANTRIM CASTLE GARDENS FOR BOOKINGS:
bring your pencils, pens and paints, a sketchbook, a stool or folding chair and enjoy a day drawing and/or painting in these wonderful gardens.
T. 028 9448 1338 or online theoldcourthousetheatre.com
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DESIGNING YOUR GARDEN FROM SCRATCH
Tutor: Vanessa Drew Date: Sat 15 June Time: 10am–4pm Cost: £20 & £18 (Concession) Age: 16 years+ Do you have an area of garden that looks a bit neglected or is your garden a blank canvas? If you don’t know where to start, Vanessa, who has been designing gardens for almost 20 years, will give you ideas on choosing a layout and style to suit the site and look at getting the balance between hard landscaping products, grass and planting in order to achieve colour and harmony and reduce maintenance. Please bring along photos and measurements of your garden and we will look at possible solutions to transform it.
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SUMMER BIRDS
Tutor: Park Rangers Date: Sat 29 June Time: 10.30am–1pm Cost: Free Age: 16 years+ Join us for a fun-filled and informative workshop where our Park Rangers will guide you through the steps of bird
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LEPIDOPTERANS
Tutor: Park Rangers Date: Sat 10 August Time: 10.30am–1pm Cost: Free Age: 6-12 years
Tutor: Park Rangers Date: Sat 20 July Time: 10.30am–1pm Cost: Free Age: 16 years+
Join our Park Rangers on this half-day workshop focussing on the amazing world of moths and butterflies. The morning will start with an interactive session on identifying the moths captured in the Robinsons trap the previous night, followed by submitting the findings and records. The rest of the day will focus on the ‘diurnal lepidopterans’ – butterflies. This will involve a brief indoor presentation followed by a guided excursion around the grounds identifying some of our beautiful butterflies.
Children between the ages of 6 and 12 are invited to join our Rangers on an activity packed and fun-filled half-day workshop focussing on the amazing world of insects. Join us for a scratch around Antrim Castle Gardens Grounds to see and learn about the many different mini beasts that live right under our noses. P.S. Adults welcome too!
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PLEIN-AIR PAINTING & DRAWING
Tutor: Sorrel Wills Date: Sat 27 July Time: 10am–4pm Cost: £25 & £22.50 (Concession) Age: 16 years+ Join Sorrel for a day using the backdrop of Antrim Castle Gardens with its beautiful features and vistas for an introduction to the art of drawing or painting outdoors. This workshop will suit both the beginner and the more experienced artist, so
Tutor: Vanessa Drew Date: Sat 17 August Time: 10am–4pm Cost: £20 & £18 (Concession) Age: 16 years+
Everyone wants a neat and tidy garden. Hedges are trimmed or removed and weeds don’t get a look in. However, weeds, ivy and wild flowers support a lot of wildlife, so how can we strike a balance to keep everybody happy? If everyone allowed a small area to go wild, it would make all the difference, so if you would like to know how to do your bit for local wildlife, this is the workshop for you!
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MAKE A SILVER BRACELET
Tutor: Diane Lyness Date: Sat 17 August Time: 10am–4pm Cost: £45 & £40.50 (Concession) Age: 16 years+ Join experienced jewellery maker Diane Lyness and design and make your very own unique necklace or earrings to give as a gift or keep for yourself! You will learn the basic skills of silver jewellery making including piercing, soldering, rolling and polishing. No previous experience is required and all materials are provided. Just bring an apron!
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BOTANICAL PRINTING ON IRISH LINEN
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MAKE YOUR OWN FAMILY TREE
Tutor: Madeline McGreevy Date: Sat 22 June Cost: £20 & £18 (Concession) Time: 10am–3pm Age: 16 years+ Participants will paint a 24cm wooden tree with hearts to represent up to five family members. As this dries, a background will be created on which the tree will be attached. Embellishments will be added as a finishing touch before your family tree is placed within a box frame.
Tutor: Ruth Osbourne Date: Sat 3 August Time: 10am–4pm Cost: £25 & £22.50 (Concession) Age: 16 years+
Drawing inspiration from the natural world, participants will experiment with hand painting and printing techniques using natural plant materials, collage and colour to create their own artwork on Irish linen. The significance of linen and the folklore surrounding the plant materials used in the workshop will be discussed as part of the process. All materials will be provided including a frame to mount and display the artwork.
BOTANICAL PAINTING IN THE GARDENS
Tutor: Sorrel Wills Date: Sat 24 August Time: 10am–4pm Cost: £25 & £22.50 (Concession) Age: 16 years+ Join Sorrel to observe the shapes, vibrant colours, foliage and shadows of the flowers around Antrim Castle Gardens. The workshop will start with a talk on the tradition of botanical art and of flowers and gardens in general. Then the group will spread out to choose their favourite plants and flowers within the formal garden, and receive help and advice along the way. This workshop will suit both the beginner and the more experienced artist, so bring your pencils, pens and paints, a sketchbook, a stool or folding chair and enjoy a day drawing and/or painting in these wonderful gardens.
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TRADITIONAL BEACH CRAFT Tutor: Sian Ferguson Date: Sat 27 July Cost: £20 & £18 (Concession) Time: 10am–3pm Age: 16 years+
Ever noticed all the weird and wonderful stuff that is washed up on the beach? Well, in this workshop Sian will show you how to make some beautiful craft pieces using simple items from pieces of coloured glass to weathered wood regularly found on our coastlines.
DROP IN MIXED CRAFT & STORYTELLING DAY AT POGUES
Tutors: Bill McBride & Mabel Jenkins Date: Sat 10 August Cost: Free Time: 11am–4pm Age: Adult & Parent/Child pairings Drop into Pogues Entry and listen to stories told around the cottage fire before popping into the craft workshop to have a go at some traditional crafts and create something very special to take away.
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As the class will have a distinct rustic/ characterful feel, no experience of clay is needed, so it will be fun and rewarding for all.
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NECKLACE/EARRINGS JEWELLERY WORKSHOP
Tutor: Diane Lyness Date: Sat 3 August Time: 10am–4pm Cost: £40 & £36 (Concession) Age: 16 years+ Design and make a unique Silver necklace or earrings. Each participant will be taught traditional jewellery making techniques such as piercing, soldering, shaping, texturing and polishing to create a beautiful piece of jewellery to take home. No previous experience is required and all you need is an apron and bundles of enthusiasm.
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PORTFOLIO PREPARATION
Tutor: Lynne Dyson Date: Sat 17 August Time: 10am–4pm Cost: £25 & £22.50 (Concession) Age: 16 years+ Spend a day creating rustic style pottery inspired by ‘the hearth of the cottage’. Hand building techniques and traditional style decoration will be taught/shown to produce some characterful earthenware pottery such as butter dish, vase, bowl, jug and plate.
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Title: Portfolio Preparation Tutor: Natasha Barr Date: Mon 5 August–Fri 9 August (1 week) Time: 9.30am–3.30pm Cost: £110 Age: 15 years+
This fun and dynamic class is designed for those who are considering A-Level Art or entering 3rd level Art & Design Institutions. The course is also suitable for teenagers interested in discovering their artistic potential and developing their artistic skills. The class will provide a relaxing and structured environment learning to draw and paint with various mediums such as watercolour, oil and acrylic. Each student will be given the opportunity to work from observation with Still Life Studio set ups as well as working from a life model, and 3D structures will come from their chosen theme. All material is provided.
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SPINDLE SPINNING
Tutor: Rosemary McCartney Date: Sat 24 August Time: 10am–1pm Cost: £20 & £18 (Concession) Age: 16 years+ An introduction to the wool process from fibre to finished cloth. Learn the process of carding, drafting and spinning using a drop spindle to create your own yarn.
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ANTRIM AND NEWTOWNABBEY BOROUGH COUNCIL PRESENTS
Antrim Castle Gardens Saturday 3 August 1-5pm Bring along your rugs and picnic Disabled car parking only on-site Access the gardens on foot from Central car park @ Castle Mall Antrim Castle Gardens & Clotworthy House
For more information
T. 028 9448 1338
antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk
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THEATRE SUMMER WORKSHOPS PETER PAN MON 15 – 19 JULY // 10AM – 5PM – PERFORMANCE: FRI 19 JULY AT 7PM // £120 (INCLUDES 7 TICKETS FOR THE PERFORMANCE) // AGE 7-18 YEARS If your kids have a passion for dance, drama and singing and would like to learn from some of the best in the business in a professional theatre with a celebrated creative team which includes lecturers from GSA, then this could well be the course for them! The week provides students with the opportunity to learn from the best in the business, mastering the dance routines, perfecting lines, and putting on a show for family and friends in just one week. Join Peter, Tinker Bell and the rest of the Lost Boys and experience their adventures with that infamous pirate Captain Hook and all their adventures in Neverland.
LA BAYADERE AND THE GREATEST SHOWMAN SUMMER DANCE WORKSHOP MON 5 – FRI 9 AUG // 10AM – 4.30PM – PERFORMANCE: FRI 9 AUG AT 7PM // £125 (INCLUDES 7 TICKETS TO THE PERFORMANCE) // AGE 7 YEARS+ Dance to excerpts from an iconic Russian ballet about a temple dancer, Nikiya who is in love with a warrior while the High Brahmin also desires Nikiya and when she rejects him, he plans to take his revenge on the warrior. Experience the dances of the decades greatest hit in the form of the Greatest Showman. A workshop packed with creativity under the direction of tutors, Laura Walker and Jennifer Milligan using jazz dance and ballet as the foundation for the week’s classes and developing creative dance skills in preparation for the final performance on the Friday evening.
OVER THE RAINBOW MON 12 – SAT 17 AUG // 10AM – 4.30PM – PERFORMANCE: SAT 17 AUG AT 2.30PM // £125 (INCLUDES 7 TICKETS TO THE PERFORMANCE) // AGE 5-10 YEARS Follow the Yellow Brick Road and travel Over the Rainbow this summer with Mr Hullabaloo to a magical place where you can sing, dance and perform in your very own show! Children will be treated to classes in acting, singing and dancing before performing live on stage for their family and friends at the end of the week. Don’t miss your chance to be part of a magical tale full of fun for the young and young at heart!
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For more information T. 028 9034 0202 or E. boxoffice@theatreatthemill.com
31 AUGUST & 1 SEPTEMBER 2019
A Festival of Colour Creativity and Craft Set in the stunning Antrim Castle Gardens, Spinning Yarns is returning for a second year. This is a ‘must do' event for those passionate about yarn or simply seeking a great day out. Come along to be entertained and inspired! OPENING TIMES
Tickets
Saturday
Purchase on-line, by phone or in person at Antrim Castle Gardens Reception or Shop.
10am - 5pm Sunday
10am - 5pm
Admission Charges: £5 adult £4 concession U16s free
For more details
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T. 028 9448 1338
E. clotworthy.reception@antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk or visit the website below
spinning yarns festival .com
Antrim Castle Gardens, Randalstown Road, Antrim BT41 4LH