Cultural Life Sep-Dec 2016 Classes, Courses & Exhibitions

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Sept - Dec 2016

Antrim and Newtownabbey Classes, Courses & Exhibitions

Cultural Life

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Sept – Dec 2016 Contents

CREATE Antrim Castle Gardens 4 Create your own Spoon and Spatula

Bread Making Workshops 5 Lepidopteran Talk and Walk

What Now - Preparing your Garden for Winter

Introduction to Stone Carving 6 Maintaining Winter Interest

Winter Bird Identification

Make your Own Christmas Garland 7 Create your own Xmas Table Decoration

Antrim Castle Gardens Guided Group Tours

Environmental Tours Life around the Gardens Ballyearl Arts 8 Patchwork & Applique

Soft Furnishings 9 Sugarcraft

Tapestry, Embroidery & Crochet

Beadmaking & Crochet 10 Bobbin Lace & Crochet

Scrapbooking Clotworthy House (Adult Classes & Courses) 11 Introduction to Digital Photography

Make an Apron 12 Decoupage

Introduction to Dressmaking

Silver Necklace and Earrings Jewellery Making 13 An Introduction to Scrapbooking

Needle Felting Picture Workshop

Intermediate Digital Photography 14 Painting Techniques

The Clotworthy Sewing Bee

Ceramic Christmas Decorations 15 Silver Stacking Rings Clotworthy House (Kids Courses & Classes) 15 Design Your Own T-Shirt 16 After Schools Art Club

Ceramic Keyrings 17 Messy Monsters

Fabulous Fairy Doors

Clayrazy Winter Wonderland

Sat 10 Sept Sat 10 Sept Sat 24 Sept Sat 8 Oct Sat 29 Oct Sat 12 Nov Sat 19 Nov Sat 10 Dec Tues 20 Dec Ongoing Ongoing from Mon 5 Sept from Mon 5 Sept from Tues 6 Sept from Mon 12 Sept from Wed 7 Sept from Tues 13 Sept from Wed 14 Sept from Tues 13 Sept Sat 17 Sept from Thurs 22 Sept from Thurs 29 Sept Sat 1 Oct from Tues 4 Oct Sat 8 Oct from Tues 25 Oct from Tues 1 Nov from Thurs 10 Nov Sat 19 Nov Sat 10 Dec Sat 17 Sept from Tues 20 Sept Sat 24 Sept from Wed 28 Sept Sat 15 Oct Sat 10 Dec

pg Event Eyre Studio 18 Antrim Community Choir

Homespun Youth Theatre Group Museum at The Mill (Adult Classes & Courses) 19 Introduction to Digital Photography

Art for Absolute Beginners 20 Adventurous Acrylics

Autumn Flowers

General Art 21 Painting with Water based Media

Papermaking 22 Introduction to Printmaking

Making a Terrarium 23 Making a Potato Basket

Intermediate Digital Photography

Stacking Rings Jewellery Workshop 24 Winter Flowers

Button Art

Christmas Flowers Museum at The Mill (Kids Courses & Classes) 26 Make with Clay

Environmental Art

Printing, Making and Collage Making

dates Ongoing Sat 10 Sept – Sat 12 Nov from Mon 12 Sept from Tues 13 Sept from Thurs 15 Sept Sat 17 Sept from Mon 19 Sept from Wed 21 Sept from Thurs 22 Sept Sat 1 Oct Sat 8 Oct Sat 15 Oct from Mon 24 Oct Sat 29 Oct Sat 5 Nov Sat 19 Nov Sat 17 Dec Sat 24 Sept Sat 22 Oct Sat 26 Nov

ENGAGE Clotworthy House 28 On The Brink 29 A Natural Progression Flax Gallery 30 Merville Newtownabbey Photographic Club

On The Brink 31 The Garden by Sara Maconkey

Antrim Art Club Exhibition 32 Three Ulster Artists – Exhibition

Glengormley Art Club Annual Exhibition Oriel Gallery 33 The Tain – Louis LeBrocquy 34 Contemporary Chinese Print Making

The White Show

Thurs 6 Oct – Sun 30 Oct Tues 13 Sept – Sat 29 Oct Thurs 25 Aug – Sat 24 Sep Sat 3 Sept – Sat 1 Oct Wed 28 Sept – Sat 22 Oct Thurs 20 Oct – Fri 18 Nov Wed 26 Oct – Sat 26 Nov Thurs 1 Dec – Sat 7 Jan Thurs 4 Aug – Fri 23 Sept Tues 27 Sept – Sat 5 Nov Tues 15 Nov – Sat 14 Jan

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Antrim Castle Gardens

www.antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk/ThingsToDo | 028 9448 1338

Create Your Own Spoon And Spatula

Bread Making Workshop

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www.antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk/ThingsToDo | 028 9448 1338

Lepidopteran Talk And Walk

What Now? Preparing Your Garden For Winter

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Introduction To Stone Carving

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Advance Booking is Essential for all Courses and Classes.

Sat 29 Oct

Box Office: 028 9448 1338 Online: www. antrimandnewtownabbey. gov.uk/boxoffice

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Registration from Mon 22 Aug at 10am.

Sat 24 Sept Sat 10 Sept Cost: £40 & £36 (Concession) Time: 10am – 4pm Tutor: Clive Lyttle Recommended Age: 18 yrs+

Join Clive Lyttle from Welig Heritage Crafts to carve your own cherrywood spatula from locally grown native hardwood and/or carve a spoon also from various native timbers. Using axes, drawknives, carving knives and other devices we will work and shape the timber into its specific form. No previous experience necessary, all tools and materials are provided

Sat 10 Sept Cost: Free Time: 10am – 12 noon Recommended Age: Under 16’s must be accompanied by an adult To Book: email leisureadmin@ antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk or call 028 9034 0061

Learn how to make traditional fare such as potato bread, soda bread and dropped scones.

Funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund

Cost: FREE Time: 10am – 1pm Tutor: Park Ranger Team Recommended Age: 16 yrs+

Join our Park Rangers on this half-day workshop focusing 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.

Sat 8 Oct Cost: £20 & £18 (Concession) Time: 10am – 4pm Tutor: Vanessa Drew Recommended Age: 16 yrs+

There is always so much to be doing in the garden. This time of year is no exception.

In this workshop, we will look at adding autumn interest, keeping the veg garden productive, garden maintenance, pruning, and planning for next year.

During the course students will learn everything from health and safety practices, carving techniques, sharpening tools, drawing designs, stone categories, finishing styles and displaying a finished work. For starters the tutor will introduce everyone to a local sandstone and teach everything from letter carving, high and low relief work to 2D/3D sculpting. There are no physique requirements, rather an understanding of tooling, stone and technique are the key skills in this ancient craft.

Supplied for the class are personal protective equipment, a variety of tungsten tipped carving chisels, a stone carvers mallet, measuring/ drawing equipment and sandstone.

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To make a booking please contact

Cost: £45 & £40.50 (Concession) Time: 10am – 4pm Tutor: Marc Kelly Recommended Age: 18 yrs+

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www.antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk/ThingsToDo | 028 9448 1338

Maintaining Winter Interest

Winter Bird Identification

Sat 12 Nov

Sat 19 Nov

Cost: £20& £18 (Concession) Time: 10am – 4pm Tutor: Park Ranger Team Recommended Age: 16 yrs+

Cost: Free Time: 10am – 1pm Tutor: Park Ranger Team Recommended Age: Families

This time of year is the most difficult to maintain colour and interest, but with a bit of thoughtful planning, it can be done. We will look at colourful containers for the doorstep, good shrubs for year round interest, glass house gardening and essential maintenance.

Join our Park Rangers for an educational workshop focusing on birds and how they cope with winter conditions. Special emphasis will be placed on our winter visiting birds and their habits. The half day programme will consist of an indoor presentation, followed by an outdoor guided walk around the gardens searching for, and identifying, our winter birds.

Make Your Own Christmas Garland

www.antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk/ThingsToDo | 028 9448 1338

Create Your Own Xmas Table Decoration

Antrim Castle Gardens Guided Group Tours

Tues 20 Dec Sat 10 Dec Cost: £20 & £18 (Concession) Time: 10am – 1pm or 1.30pm – 4.30pm Tutor: Clive Lyttle Recommended Age: 18 yrs+

Join Clive Lyttle from Welig Heritage Crafts at this special time of year to construct your own Christmas Garland from his home grown willow, spruce, pine and holly. Participants are invited to bring their own ribbons and bows to decorate the wreath or you may choose to keep it all natural. Tools and materials will be provided.

Cost: £20 & £18 (Concession) Time: 10am – 1pm Tutor: Cherry Townsend Recommended Age: 16 yrs+

Requires advance booking with minimum number of 8 persons Cost: Free

Our workshop begins with a demonstration of how to make your home beautiful at Christmas, using natural materials from the garden. You will then learn how to make your own Christmas table centrepiece from a choice of several designs, with a selection of ribbons, seed heads, cones and feathers, you can get creative and have great fun!

Join one of our knowledgeable tour guides and explore the history of Antrim Castle Gardens and Clotworthy House. You will take a walk into history in a complex living museum exploring four centuries of heritage and culture where you will learn about the evolution of the gardens and the fated history of the Massereene family dynasty.

Price includes all materials.

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Environmental Learning Tours – Life Around The Gardens

Requires advance booking with minimum number of 8 persons Cost: Free

Antrim Castle Gardens offers much more than history and heritage and is the home to many living species from animals to insects to trees.

With such a beautiful natural habitat the gardens are thriving with life waiting to be explored, so why not arrange a special Life Around the Gardens Tour and join our experienced tour guides as they lead your group through the gardens and identify all the natural species and habitats found within the gardens.

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Ballyearl Arts

www.thecourtyardtheatre.com | 028 9034 0202

Patchwork & Applique

Soft Furnishings

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www.thecourtyardtheatre.com | 028 9034 0202

Sugarcraft

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Tapestry, Embroidery Beadmaking & & Crochet Crochet

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Advance Booking is Essential for all Courses and Classes.

To make a booking please contact

Registration from Mon 22 Aug at 10am.

Mon 5 Sept (for 12 weeks) Time: 10am - 12noon

Tues 6 Sept (for 12 weeks) Time: 1.30pm - 3.30pm

Thurs 8 Sept (for 12 weeks) Time: 10am - 12noon or 7pm - 9pm

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Cost: £60 & £50 (Concession) Tutor: Ann Scott Age: 16 years+

This class caters for both the beginner and the experienced sewer. It is necessary that you bring your own sewing machine and fabrics to the class. The tutor will have samples of work and provide help with various projects.

Mon 5 Sept (for 12 weeks) Cost: £60 & £50 (Concession) Time: 7.30pm - 9.30pm Tutor: Val Johnston Age: 16 years+

These classes will offer you a step by step guidance to making soft furnishings. You will be able to use your own fabric to make furnishings for your home. These can include curtains, pelmets, tiebacks, blinds, cushions, bedding and loose covers.

Tues 6 Sept (for 12 weeks) Cost: £60 & £50 (Concession) Time: 7.30pm - 9.30pm Tutor: Shirley Kernohan Age: 16 years+

You will be introduced to cake decoration using marzipan and icing along with basic piping, and then to the making of flowers and foliage, assembling these into sprays. Suitable for both beginners and intermediate level.

Wed 7 Sept (for 10 weeks) Mon 12 Sept (for 12 weeks) Cost: £60 & £50 (Concession) Time: 2pm - 4pm Tutor: Dorothy Kerr Age: 16 years+

This class welcomes both the experienced and the beginner. Traditional and creative crafts including tapestry, embroidery and crochet will all be covered throughout the course.

Cost: £55 & £42 (Concession) Time: 7.30pm - 9.30pm Tutor: Unagh McCullough Age: 16 years+

Make your own piece of jewellery using a range of beads and thread. Several sample pieces will be available so that you can choose the method you want to use. Material packs will be available and the only equipment necessary is a small pair of sharp scissors.

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Box Office: 028 9034 0202 Online: www. thecourtyardtheatre.com

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Bobbin Lace & Crochet

www.thecourtyardtheatre.com | 028 9034 0202

Scrapbooking Clotworthy House

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Advance Booking is Essential for all Courses and Classes.

Introduction to Digital Photography

To make a booking please contact

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Cost: £55 & £42 (Concession) Time: 7.30pm - 9.30pm Tutor: Unagh McCullough Age: 16 years+

Bobbin lace making is a craft which dates back centuries. This course will provide detailed tuition in the basics of bobbin lace making and for the more experienced lace maker there will be the opportunity to try out advanced techniques including design.

Wed 14 Sept (for 12 weeks)

Time: 1.30pm - 3.30pm or 7pm - 9pm

Thurs 15 Sept (for 12 weeks) Time: 7pm - 9pm

Cost: £60 & £50 (Concession) Tutor: Jacqui Milliken Age: 16 years+

Scrapbooking is a creative way of displaying cherished photographs enhanced with colour, fibres, journalising keepsakes, ribbon, buttons and much more. Scrapbooking captures a moment in time, telling the story of a photograph and keeping memories alive with creativity and imagination.

Box Office: 028 9448 1338 Online: www. antrimandnewtownabbey. gov.uk/boxoffice

Registration from Mon 22 Aug at 10am.

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Make An Apron!

Tues 13 Sept (6 weeks) Cost: £60 & £54 (Concession) Time: 7pm – 9pm Tutor: Carrie Davenport Age: 16 years+

Adult Classes & Courses

Tues 13 Sept (for 10 weeks)

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www.antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk/ThingsToDo | 028 9448 1338

Got a digital camera but not sure how to get the best out of it? This course is perfect if you’re looking to get started in digital photography or improve your skills. Carrie Davenport from Shoot Positive will cover the basics of setting up your camera quality settings and then look at shooting with scene modes to get the best photos from your camera. Throughout the course we will focus on framing up great photos, techniques to improve your images, and shooting scenery, macro, black and white and portraits. We will also include a session on editing using the free software picasa and storing and backing up your images. A must for anyone new to digital photography who wants to get great family pics or wants a new creative hobby.

Sat 17 Sept Cost: £22 & £20 (Concession) Time: 10am – 4pm Tutor: Angie Kelly Age: 16 years+

This great one day class will allow you to make your own apron from denim or a fabric of your choice. If you have basic knowledge of your sewing machine, this is an easy and fun project to get you interested in making your own clothes.

A sewing machine is required for this course and a list of required materials will be issued on enrolment

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Decoupage

www.antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk/ThingsToDo | 028 9446 3113 or 028 9448 1338

Introduction to Dressmaking

Silver Necklace and Earrings Jewellery Making

www.antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk/ThingsToDo | 028 9446 3113 or 028 9448 1338

An Introduction to Scrapbooking

Needle Felting Picture Workshop

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Intermediate Digital Photography

Tues 25 Oct (6 weeks)

Thurs 22 Sept (4 weeks)

Thurs 29 Sept (6 weeks)

Sat 1 Oct

Cost: £30 & £27 (Concession) Time: 7pm – 9pm Tutor: Linda OKane Age: 16 years+

Cost: £45 & £40.50 (Concession) Time: 7pm – 9pm Tutor: Angela Turkington Age: 18 years+

Cost: £45 & £40.50 (Concession) Time: 10am – 4pm Tutor: Diane Lyness Age: 16 years+

Decoupage is from the French word ‘to cut’, cutting out paper images and applying them to virtually any surface. They are then varnished to make more durable. A relaxing pastime and anyone can achieve really creative results. In this 4 week program you will get to decorate a different small item every week. On the last week you bring something from home which you would like to decorate. All materials are included.

Back by popular demand, Angela Turkington returns with her fun and practical introduction to Dress Making. Over 6 weeks you will learn the basic skills of dressmaking, from measuring to inserting a zip and you will complete a bespoke project.

Spend a day of fun in the workshop with Jeweller Diane Lyness by creating a silver necklace or earrings. Each participant will be taught traditional jewellery making techniques such as piercing, soldering, rolling, annealing and polishing enabling them to design and make a beautiful piece of jewellery to take home.

No previous experience is required and all you need is an apron and bundles of enthusiasm!

Participants must bring their own sewing machine and have a basic sewing kit and sewing skills.

Tues 4 Oct (6 weeks)

Sat 8 Oct

Cost: £30 & £27 (Concession) Time: 7pm – 9pm Tutor: Jacqui Milliken Age: 16 years+

Cost: £30 & £27 (Concession) Time: 10am – 4pm Tutor: Donna Lynch Age: 16 years+

If you are looking for something to reflect your life that can be shared with family and friends, then experienced scrapbooking tutor Jacqui Milliken will help turn your favourite photos into pages of memories and creative works of art.

Scrapbooking is a creative way of enhancing photographs using keepsakes, ribbons, buttons and more. This class welcomes both the experienced and the beginner!

Guided by your tutor Donna from artybird learn the technique of needle felting to create your very own hand crafted picture. Using dyed merino wools and barbed needles watch as your picture takes shape. Definition can be added with a little hand stitching. Donna will supply examples/visuals to work from.

This class suits all abilities

This class is perfect for people who have a Digital SLR camera and a bit more experience behind the lens. Carrie Davenport from Shoot Positive will get you shooting using the fully manual mode and ask what you want to learn so you can really take control of your digital photography. Throughout the six weeks we’ll cover shooting in fully manual mode, using RAW files to get the best possible images, long exposures and work on some creative projects.

As this class will take place in low light, a tripod will be necessary for the long exposure sessions, and you will be amazed just how much you can get out of your camera when you start to really improve your skills. We’ll also cover backing up and sharing your images and basic edits using a variety of software. This in depth class will really help bring your digital photography up to the next level.

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Cost: £60 & £54 (Concession) Time: 7pm – 9pm Tutor: Carrie Davenport Age: 16 years+

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Painting Techniques

www.antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk/ThingsToDo | 028 9448 1338

The Clotworthy Sewing Bee!

Ceramic Christmas Decorations

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www.antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk/ThingsToDo | 028 9448 1338

Silver Stacking Rings Clotworthy House

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Design Your Own T-Shirt

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Advance Booking is Essential for all Courses and Classes.

Cost: £30 & £27 (Concession) Time: 7pm – 9pm Tutor: Angela Turkington Age: 18 years+

Tues 1 Nov (5 weeks)

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Cost: £30 & £27 (Concession) Time: 7pm – 9pm Tutor: Emma Andrews Age: 16 years+

If you are interested in trying out different styles of painting and fancy some time for yourself in the run up to Christmas, why not come along to this relaxed class led by Emma Andrews.

You can explore new painting styles, try new techniques and see what suits you best. Paint at your own pace but with expert guidance and great company!

Do you have the sewing and design skills to be the first winner of the Clotworthy Sewing Bee? Could you navigate your way through a 3 week sewing challenge that will test your time management as well as your sewing, not to mention your nerves!

Unlike the Great British Sewing Bee there will be no eliminations and participants will take part in all three challenges each week, winning points until a winner is crowned!

Do you have a sewing machine and think you have what it takes? Then come along!

Sat 19 Nov Cost: £25 & £22.50 (Concession) Time: 10am – 4pm Tutor: Mairead Robb Age: 16 years+

Get your home Christmas ready with this one day course in designing and making your very own unique ceramic Christmas decorations.

Mairead Robb will help you come up with your own designs for decorations that can be used on the Christmas tree, or around the home to make your Christmas interior unique and inspiring.

All materials are provided.

Sat 10 Dec

Kids Classes & Courses To make a booking please contact

Cost: £45 & £40.50 (Concession) Time: 10am – 4pm Tutor: Diane Lyness Age: 18 years+

Box Office: 028 9448 1338 Online: www. antrimandnewtownabbey. gov.uk/boxoffice

Spend a day of fun in the workshop and create a pair of silver stacking rings, set with semiprecious stones. Each participant will be taught traditional jewellery making techniques, such as piercing, soldering, rolling, annealing and polishing, enabling you to design and make a beautiful piece of jewellery to take home.

Registration from Mon 22 Aug at 10am.

No previous experience is required and all you need is an apron and bundles of enthusiasm!

Sat 17 Sept Cost: £17.50 Time: 11am – 3pm Tutor: Sandra Kerr Age: 7 – 11 years

Get your wardrobe autumn ready with this fun and funky class in T-shirt design! Come up with your own designs and use a variety of techniques to create your very own unique piece of clothing! All materials are provided.

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Thurs 10 Nov (3 weeks)

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After Schools Art Club

Ceramic Keyrings

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www.antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk/ThingsToDo | 028 9448 1338

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Fabulous Fairy Doors Clayrazy Winter Wonderland

Sat 15 Oct

Sat 24 Sept Tues 20 Sept (6 weeks)

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Cost: £35 Time: 3.30 – 5.30pm Tutor: Emma Andrews Age: 5 – 8 years

The coolest After Schools club in town is back as Emma brightens up your week with this fun and messy art workshop filled with arty style! With different activities each week, you will have great fun, make new friends and create some very cool art!

Cost: £20 Time: 10am – 4pm Tutor: Mairead Robb Age: 7 – 11 years

Come along and join Mairead in this fun and funky one day workshop as she helps you make a ceramic keyring designed especially for you!

Come up with your own design to keep for yourself or give as a gift, it’s a unique way for anyone to keep track of their keys!

Cost: £20 per parent/ carer & child Time: 10.30am – 11.15am Tutor: Clair & Catherine Regan Age: 2 – 4 years, accompanied by parent/ carer

The incredibly popular Messy Monsters is back for four weeks of fun and art! Join Clair and Catherine in the relaxed space of the Eyre Studio for themed art workshops where you will get making, playing and having creative fun with your little one.

Cost: £20 Time: 11am – 3pm Tutor: Donna Lynch Age: 7 – 11 years

Guided by their tutor Donna from artybird children will start the design process on paper by planning the look of their fairy doors, choosing complimentary colours and patterns.

These ideas will then be applied to the doors by use of paint and embellishments.

The children will also invite their very own fairy to their new home by writing a letter. And to add a little bit of magic each completed fairy door will have a little jar of fairy dust.

NB: Children should wear suitable clothing ie; an apron or old t-shirt.

Sat 10 Dec Cost: £15 Time: 11am – 3pm Tutor: Bricks4Kidz Age: 7 – 11 years

Unleash your creative side this Christmas with a fun four hour workshop with the Clayrazy gang!

Create some magical modelling with clayrazy air drying clay to create your very own winter wonderland to take home and decorate your room just in time for Christmas!

All materials are provided.

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Wed 28 Sept (4 weeks)

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Eyre Studio

www.antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk/ThingsToDo | 028 9448 1338

Antrim Community Choir

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The Old Courthouse Homespun Youth Theatre Group

Art for Absolute Beginners

Advance Booking is Essential for all Courses and Classes.

To make a booking please contact

Box Office: 028 9448 1338 Online: www. antrimandnewtownabbey. gov.uk/boxoffice

Sat 10 Sept – Sat 12 Nov Cost: £90 per Semester Time: 9.30-11.30am – (ages 7-11yrs) 11.45am–1.45pm (ages 12-18yrs) Venue: The Eyre Studio Time: Wednesdays 7:15pm to 9:15pm Venue: The Eyre Studio

Antrim Community Choir is a non-audition, adult choir. All welcome!

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Museum at The Mill

Introduction to Digital Photography

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Advance Booking is Essential for all Courses and Classes.

Registration from Mon 22 Aug at 10am.

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www.theatreatthemill.com | 028 9034 0202

The Musical Director is Una McCann and our song list is eclectic and fun, ranging from popular to folk to gospel.

First session is free of charge. For more information, contact Marie, 07751 605640.

Website: antrimcommunitychoir.com

Our new Homespun Youth Theatre Group will run from Saturday 10 September for three 10 week semesters. We are on the lookout for the future stars of stage and screen in this series of theatre workshops which will develop acting skills in a beneficial learning environment.

Suitable for children aged from 7-18 years.

These classes will take place at both The Old Courthouse and the Eyre Studio Clotworthy House under the tuition of the very experienced and talented Patsy Hughes.

Adult Classes & Courses To make a booking please contact

Box Office: 028 9034 0202 Online: www. theatreatthemill.com

Registration from Mon 22 Aug at 10am.

Mon 12 Sept (6 weeks) Cost: £60 & £54 (Concession) Time: 7pm – 9pm Tutor: Carrie Davenport Age: 16 years+

Got a digital camera and want to get the best out of it? Join Carrie Davenport from Shoot Positive to improve your digital camera skills.

Open to anyone with any type of digital camera, this course will teach you how to set up your camera and get the best out of it by using the different modes and menus. We’ll look at getting great portraits and landscapes and how to share images and store them on your computer.

This course is perfect for anyone new to digital photography or who wants to get more out of their camera.

Tues 13 Sept (6 weeks) Cost: £52 & £47 (Concession) Time: 10am – 12pm Tutor: Amanda Montgomery Age: 16 years+

Ever wanted to learn to draw, paint or try a new art technique but not had the opportunity?

Well this is the class for you. Amanda will introduce you to a range of art materials including pencil, paint, pastel and charcoal.

You can discover drawing and painting for the first time in a fun and relaxed atmosphere.

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Adventurous Acrylics

www.theatreatthemill.com | 028 9034 0202

Autumn Flowers

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General Art

Painting with Water-based Media

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Papermaking

Thurs 22 Sept (for 6 weeks)

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Cost: £70 & £63 (Concession) Time: 10am – 12pm Tutor: Belinda Larmour Age: 16 years+

Explore the creative process of painting in acrylic from finding subjects and recording them with your sketches and photos to the variety of approaches to painting in this most adaptable medium. You will be encouraged to experiment with different techniques as a way of finding your own style. Suitable for both experienced and new painters in acrylics.

A suggested list of basic materials is available on request.

Cost: £20 & £18 (Concession) Time: 11am – 3pm Tutor: Linda O’Kane Age: 16 years+

Make the most of the season’s bounty by creating a beautiful flower arrangement for your table. All flowers and materials will be provided but you will need to bring a suitable container and a pair of scissors or secateurs. The container can be a terracotta pot, a basket or a bucket and will need to be around 6” in diameter and 4-6” tall. Linda will also demonstrate several other seasonal arrangements to inspire you to try something different.

Mon 19 Sept (12 weeks) Cost: £49 & £44 (Concession) Time: 10:15am – 12:15pm Tutor: Anne Colwell Age: 16 years+

Wed 21 Sept (12 weeks) Cost: £49 & £44 (Concession) Time: 10am – 12noon or 2pm – 4pm Tutor: Anne Colwell Age: 16 years+

This course will cover general art techniques including watercolour, acrylics and watersoluble dry media (graphite, coloured pencil and pastel.) Please bring along your own choice of the above materials to work with. Beginners welcome.

This course will cover general art techniques including watercolour, acrylics and water-soluble dry media (graphite, coloured pencil and pastel).

Please bring along your own choice of the above materials to work with. Beginners welcome.

Please note no class week beginning 31 Oct.

Please note no class week beginning 31 Oct.

This course will explore the fascinating craft of making paper by hand using traditional methods. Following a brief outline of the history of papermaking and it’s relevance in the Antrim and Newtownabbey area, the course will guide you through the simple processes involved using traditional hand equipment. Paper will be made from rags of linen, cotton and wool, dried and pressed flowers and herbs and even an old pair of denim jeans. A must for all card makers, decoupage enthusiasts or anyone interested in handmade paper. All materials provided.

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Thurs 15 Sept (8 weeks)

Sat 17 Sept

Cost: £50 & £45 (Concession) Time: 7pm – 9pm Tutor: Bill McBride Age: 16 years+

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Introduction to Printmaking

www.theatreatthemill.com | 028 9034 0202

Making a Terrarium

Sat 1 Oct

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Cost: £35 & £31.50 (Concession) Time: 11am – 4pm Tutor: Helen Lavery Recommended Age: 16 years+

Throughout this extensive workshop we will explore various methods of drawing, painting on, and printing from, the metal plate. Printmaking marks range from very painterly to very graphic imagery, and we shall find a style to suit you.

This course covers monoprint, drypoint and chine-colle, using professional quality linseed inks and handmade papers. Past participants have created various editions, taking home multiple prints to give away as presents for friends and family. You will be required to wear old clothes or an apron.

Sat 8 Oct Cost: £20 & £18 (Concession) Time: 11am – 3pm Tutor: Linda O’Kane Recommended Age: 16 years+

Terrariums are glass containers with either living or artificial plants, arranged in attractive and decorative layers which benefit the plants.

In this class we will be making an arrangements with living succulent plants, they look fantastic and are easy to look after. You will need to bring your own glass vase, roughly 5-6” (13-15cm) in diameter and 6-10” (15-25cm) tall, it can be round or square, and the opening can be at the top or front. All other materials are provided.

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Making a Potato Basket

Intermediate Digital Photography

Sat 15 Oct

Mon 24 Oct (for 6 weeks)

Cost: £40 & £36 (Concession) Time: 10am – 4pm Tutor: Clive Lyttle Recommended Age: 16 years+

Cost: £60 & £54 (Concession) Time: 7pm – 9pm Tutor: Carrie Davenport Age: 16 years+

This was a commonly used basket in the North of Ireland at one time, the larger versions were used to collect and harvest potatoes and the smaller version you will be making was used to ‘teem’ and serve potatoes.

This course is aimed at those with some experience of their digital camera and looking to get more out of it. During the classes you will use creative projects to learn about shooting in manual modes, long exposures and night time photography, as well as getting better portraits and improving your photography skills as a whole. We’ll look at how to edit and share your photographs to really get the best out of them. This class is perfect for anyone with a DSLR camera and a tripod is useful though not essential.

These harvesting baskets were made in vast numbers around the shores of Lough Neagh primarily at Gawley’s Gate, Aghagallon and Aghalee. No experience necessary so come along and keep this tradition alive.

All materials and tools will be provided.

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Stacking Rings Jewellery Workshop

Sat 29 Oct Cost: £40 & £36 (Concession) Time: 10am – 4pm Tutor: Diane Lynees Age: 16 years+

Spend a day of fun in the workshop and create a pair of silver stacking rings set with semiprecious stones. Each participant will be taught traditional jewellery making techniques, such as piercing, soldering, rolling, annealing and polishing, enabling you to design and make 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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Cost: £20 & £18 (Concession) Time: 11am – 3pm Tutor: Linda O’Kane Age: 16 years+

This workshop is all about seasonal flowers and how they can add life and colour to your surroundings, not forgetting scent. All materials are provided, including a container. Linda will demonstrate lots of different ways to display flowers and you will then be making a lovely wintery arrangement for fireplace or table. You will need to bring a pair of scissors or secateurs.

Sat 19 Nov Cost: £20 & £18 (Concession) Time: 11am – 3pm Tutor: Linda O’kane Recommended Age: 16 years+

Buttons can be attached to virtually any surface, transforming it into something pretty and fun.

Learn how to make a brooch or pendant and decorate the cover of a book and picture frame.

All materials will be provided but please feel free to bring your button stash with you.

Cost: £20 & £18 (Concession) Time: 11am – 3pm Tutor: Linda O’Kane Recommended Age: 16 years+

This workshop is deliberately close to Christmas so that the beautiful wreath you create will last over the festive period and beyond. Linda will demonstrate various different arrangements including how to make a garland to festoon your fireplace or staircase, and a lovely fresh, seasonal wreath. You then make your own wreath to decorate your front door or to have on your table. All materials will be provided, you will however need to bring scissors or secateurs.

Kids Classes & Courses

Sat 22 Oct

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Box Office: 028 9034 0202 Online: www. theatreatthemill.com

Registration from Mon 22 Aug at 10am.

Sat 24 Sept Cost: £10 Time: 2pm – 4pm Tutor: Amanda Montgomery Recommended Age: 6-11 years

In this fun and messy workshop children will love to learn how to sculpt with air-hardening clay. They will learn to roll, pinch and model the clay. They will create a castle and mythical creature which they can take home to dry and paint. Come dressed for mess! Parents are welcome to accompany their children.

Cost: £10 Time: 2pm – 4pm Tutor: Amanda Montgomery Recommended Age: 6-11 years

This fun workshop encourages children to create artworks with found natural materials such as cones, conkers, shells and grasses.

There will be a supply of found materials but for that individual approach please feel free to bring along your own found natural objects to create with as well. Children will enjoy making selfportraits, twig people and little people gardens to take home with them. Parents are welcome to accompany their children throughout the class.

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Painting, Printing and Collage Making

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The Friends Of Antrim Castle Gardens

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Sat 26 Nov Cost: £10 Time: 2pm – 4pm Tutor: Amanda Montgomery Recommended Age: 6-11 years

Now firmly established as an important partner in leading with the horticultural activities in our community gardens, our Friends are actively seeking new members to assist with developments during 2016 and 2017.

There’s nothing quite like getting stuck into a range of art materials exploring texture and colour to create your very own masterpiece to take home. Children will love to get messy in this two-hour workshop.

Come dressed for mess! Parents are welcome to accompany their children.

Individuals interested in becoming members must be over the age of 18 and all tools, equipment and training induction will be provided. The group is open to all abilities so whether you are an experienced gardener or have some spare time, then come along and join us in this horticultural endeavour.

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Thurs 6 Oct - Sun 30 Oct This exhibition looks at two of the key events associated with Ireland in 1916, the Easter Rising and The Battle of The Somme and sets them within their international context along with considering how these big events have been commemorated and remembered, and at the impact and legacy they have had for local communities. This is being delivered through the Mid-Antrim Museum Service with the Causeway Museum Service.

Harry is a local artist – Antrim ‘born and bred’.

Always an observer of nature and its wonder, Harry developed a talent for drawing and perspective in his youth. Having applied this skill to the teaching of Technology and Design, then retiring early as a natural progression Harry pursued his desire to paint in water colour. He began with the perspectives and textures of stone buildings. Fifteen years on his repertoire extends to the beauty of the countryside, the challenge of portraiture and the ‘capturing’ of African animals on paper. With time his work has become a more contemplative art. This is reflected in an ‘easier’ style, a more confident interpretation, wonderful backgrounds and some really exciting work.

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This exhibition showcases the work of the club through a selection of photographic prints.

Members’ varied interests and abilities are illustrated through a range of subjects including landscapes, portraiture and the natural world.

This photographic club is over fifty years old and provides an outlet for local photographers, many displaying work of international standard.

This exhibition looks at two of the key events associated with Ireland in 1916, the Easter Rising and The Battle of The Somme and sets them within their international context. Through artefacts, images, film and personal stories, it considers how these big events have been commemorated and remembered, and at the impact and legacy they have had for local communities. This is being delivered through the Mid-Antrim Museum Service with the Causeway Museum Service.

Wed 28 Sept - Sat 22 Oct Sara works in the graphic design industry as a freelancer and paints in her spare time. This exhibition of floral work explores colour, shape and pattern from the landscapes around County Antrim.

Thurs 3 Nov to Sat 26 Nov A chance to view an award winning exhibition of paintings commemorating the Great War including The Battle of The Somme. Previously on display at The Linen Hall Library Belfast, this is a thought provoking collection of paintings by Antrim Art Club.

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Three Ulster Artists exhibition Wed 26 Oct – Sat 26 Nov

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Once again Three Ulster Artists have come together to provide a variety of works in oils, acrylics and watercolours. Manson Blair has been painting for many years and has a great affinity for the Irish landscape. He seeks to record images of Ireland that are fast disappearing and finds much inspiration in the rugged landscapes and seascapes of the western seaboard. His work is displayed in a number of Irish Art Galleries. In recent years he has been elected to the Ulster Watercolour Society and the Arts Society of Ulster.

David Long paints in oils and water colour.

His subjects include landscape, seascapes, still lives, flowers and portraiture. He served his apprenticeship in damask designing and studied at the Belfast College of Art. He has been painting professionally since 1967 and he is a past President of the Ulster Water Colour Society.

Special commissions have included the large oil of the “Tall Ship’s Visit” to Belfast in 1991 for the Harbour Office.

Tom Stephenson began painting ‘The Whimsical World of Thomas Joseph’ in 2000, a collection

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based on sheep with humorous titles. These prints are sold in vast numbers throughout the British Isles and Europe. Tom also paints in a contemporary style with an amusing take on the buildings and animals in the West of Ireland. Tom has been a Laing competition London finalist twice and won several Royal Ulster Academy prizes. He shows his work in a number of galleries in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. He also runs his own gallery in Carrickfergus at the courtyard complex.

Glengormley Art Club Annual Exhibition

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The Táin - Louis LeBrocquy Louis le Brocquy, HRHA (b. 1916) The Táin - Cúchulainn mounting into his chariot, 1969 Lithograph on swiftbrook paper, 38 x 54 cm Edition of 70 proofs, Purchased in 1970 © Artist’s Estate

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This exhibition is drawn from The Niland Collection and is presented in collaboration with The Model, home of The Niland Collection, Sligo.

Thurs 1 Dec - Sat 7 Jan 2017

Thur 4 Aug - Fri 23 Sept

Glengormley Art Club has been running for over 25 years and attracts novice, amateur and experienced artists living in Newtownabbey and its surrounding areas. The majority of works are paintings and drawings of landscapes, seascapes, still life and portraits using oils, watercolours, pastels, acrylics, pencil and mixed media.

This exhibition consists of a number of the lithograph brush drawings Louis Le Brocquy created as illustrations to Thomas Kinsella’s 1969 translation of the Irish legend the Táin Bo Cuailnge (The Cattle Raid of Cooley) published by Dolmen Press. The Táin is the centre-piece of the eighth-century Ulster cycle of heroic tales. The book is illustrated with 31 lithograph brush drawings by le Brocquy, 15 of which are in this exhibition. The Táin has been hailed by scholars as the greatest Irish Artist’s Book of the twentieth century. Scholars have noted that these illustrations with their precise, pared-down mark making had a great influence on much of le Brocquy’s later work, and thus have argued that the Dolmen commission was central to the artist’s career.

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Contemporary Chinese Print Making

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The White Show

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Tues 27 Sept – Sat 5 Nov Prints by artists from the Hunan Province A Touring exhibition from the School of Art, Aberystwyth

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Curated by Paul Croft, this exhibition is the second in a series of four exchange shows that have been organized between Aberystwyth and Changsha during the last two years. Most of the prints are by members of the Hunan Printmaking Association and the exhibition also includes prints by students from Changsha Central South University, Changsha Normal University and from the Art School at Hunan Univeristy of Science and Technology in Xiangtan.

Displaying a wide range of images, subject matter and techniques, the work in the show represents three generations of artists – Masters, Seniors and Juniors – all of whom have worked in very different times, to create a fascinating snapshot of contemporary printmaking from this part of China

Tues 15 Nov – Sat 14 Jan An Exhibition of Contemporary Craft touring from Flow Gallery, London The White Show depicts the strength of the colour white, exploring the feelings and connotations that shades of white can create – from purity to emptiness. The works on display, from ceramics to jewellery, glass to wood, all examine shape, express mark-making and texture within the broad tonal palette that is white. This exhibition of international craft features artists Hans Henning Pederson, Lisa Stockham, Mizuyo Yamashita and Astrid Keller and is curated by Yvonna Demczynska of Flow Gallery, Notting Hill, London.

The rich heritage of Antrim & Newtownabbey this autumn.

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Antrim Castle Gardens & Clotworthy House

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Museum at The Mill & Flax Gallery

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Sentry Hill Historic House & Visitor Centre Sentry Hill Opening Hours Sentry is open Tuesday- Sunday 2pm-5pm (closed Mondays) until September.

Open to pre-booked groups and schools throughout the year.

European Heritage Open Days Saturday 10 Sept 11am – 5pm Sunday 11 Sept 2pm – 5pm Free of Charge on these days with tours on first come first served basis (last tour 3.45pm) For further information please visit www.discovernorthernireland.com/ehod

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Mon, Wed and Fri 9.30am – 5pm Tues and Thurs 9.30am – 9.30pm Sat and Sun 10am – 5pm Closed 25 - 26 Dec & 1 Jan Free admission

Contact details Randalstown Road, Antrim, BT41 4LH Tel. 028 9448 1338 clotworthy.reception@antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk

Mon to Wed 10am – 5pm Thurs 10am – 9pm Fri 10am – 4pm Sat 11am – 4pm Closed Sun and Public Holidays Free Admission

Contact details Museum at The Mill & Flax Gallery, Mossley Mill, Carnmoney Road North Newtownabbey, BT36 5QA Tel. 028 9034 0129 museums@antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk

European Heritage Open Days Saturday 10 & Sunday 11 Sept 10am – 5pm Free of charge.

For further information please visit www.discovernorthernireland.com/ehod

Contact details C/O Antrim Castle Gardens Randalstown Road Antrim BT41 4LH Tel: 028 9448 1338 pogues@antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk

Contact details Sentry Hill 40 Ballycraigy Road Newtownabbey BT36 4SX Tel: 028 9083 2363 museums@antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk www.sentryhill.net

Admission Charge There is an admission charge for entry to Sentry Hill House. Please contact the museum for current prices.

There is no charge for use of the gardens or café only.

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May to September Thurs and Fri 2pm – 5pm Sat 10am – 1pm and 2pm – 5pm Free admission

In the unfortunate event of the course or class being cancelled by the Council, participants will be refunded in full.

If you have any particular access needs please contact the individual venue directly for assistance.

40 Ballycraigy Road Newtownabbey BT36 4SX Tel. 028 9083 2363 Museums@antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk www.sentryhill.net

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