MAKE STUFF 路 MAKE FRIENDS 路 MAKE LIFE BETTER ON PRESCRIPTION
MAKE STUFF 路 MAKE FRIENDS 路 MAKE LIFE BETTER Course Guide SEPTEMBER 2012 - JULY 2013
Creative Writing GLASS
Painting
DRAWING
PAPER & PRINT
Jewellery
Cookery & Cake making
Sculpture
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MAKE STUFF · MAKE FRIENDS · MAKE LIFE BETTER Arts on Prescription What you need to know Arts on Prescription provides art courses for people who are finding life a little tough: people who are lonely, stressed or not feeling very confident about themselves and also those suffering from anxiety or depression. Arts on Prescription is friendly and welcoming. You can come and try a lesson once and if you like it, come back and do the whole course. Do I need a prescription? No. If you think you can benefit from one of our courses, you are welcome. We won’t ask your reasons for coming. Can I do more than one course? At the moment, you can only come on one course so you need to choose the one which suits you best. If you need help with picking a course, just text, call or e-mail us.
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Make your mark
How much are the courses? We ask for a donation towards materials, but this is just a donation and if you can’t afford the full price that is fine. We have a scale of suggested donations, ranging from £10 to £30 and we will explain more about this when you text, call or e-mail us. What can I do after coming on an Arts on Prescription course? Most of the time people love our courses and want to keep on making stuff, making friends and making life better. We keep in touch with people who go on our courses and let you know about further course opportunities, local art groups and volunteer opportunities which might be of interest. Some of our courses run permanently and you can attend these for as long as you want, although there is a small charge for this. We also run a blog which contains arts tutorials and encourages people to follow these on their own, or with friends.
Blog: http://artsop.blogspot.co.uk Email kirsty.rose@pendleleisuretrust.co.uk Text 07815 962190 or Call 01282 661784
MAKE STUFF · MAKE FRIENDS · MAKE LIFE BETTER Five ways to wellbeing
HERE ARE 5 EVIDENCE BASED WAYS TO HELP YOU IMPROVE YOUR MENTAL WELLBEING. TRY TO INTEGRATE THEM INTO YOUR DAILY LIFE - THINK OF THEM AS YOUR “5 A DAY” OF MENTAL WELLBEING! 1. Connect…
4. Keep Learning…
With the people around you. With family, friends, colleagues and neighbours. At home, work, school or in your local community. Think of these as the cornerstones of your life and invest time in developing them. Building these connections will support and enrich you every day.
Try something new. Rediscover an old interest. Sign up for that course. Take on a different responsibility at work. Fix a bike. Learn to play an instrument or how to cook your favourite food. Set a challenge you will enjoy achieving. Learning new things will make you more confident, as well as being fun to do.
2. Be Active…
5. Take Notice…
Go for a walk or run. Step outside. Cycle. Play a game. Garden. Dance. Exercising makes you feel good. Most importantly, discover a physical activity that you enjoy; one that suits your level of mobility and fitness.
Be curious. Catch sight of the beautiful. Remark on the unusual. Notice the changing seasons. Savour the moment, whether you are on a train, eating lunch or talking to friends. Be aware of the world around you and what you are feeling. Reflecting on your experiences will help you appreciate what matters to you.
3. Give… Do something nice for a friend, or a stranger. Thank someone. Smile. Volunteer your time. Join a community group. Look out, as well as in. Seeing yourself, and your happiness, linked to the wider community can be incredibly rewarding and will create connections with the people around you.
Blog: http://artsop.blogspot.co.uk Email kirsty.rose@pendleleisuretrust.co.uk Text 07815 962190 or Call 01282 661784
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MAKE STUFF · MAKE FRIENDS · MAKE LIFE BETTER Painting If you would like to learn painting and drawing skills, or maybe want to pick art back up again after leaving it on the back-burner for a while, then come along and enjoy one of our painting courses…
My Art Journey
Painting
This course takes you on a journey to create personal art. You get to try out lots of different techniques and materials and cover a mixture of drawing and painting processes. Where and When Running in Colne on Thursdays from January 2013.
Painting
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This course covers the basics of drawing and painting skills, where you can progress at your own pace to create fabulous pieces of art to take home and show to family and friends. You will also learn about other artists’ work and the process of creating a portfolio. Where and When Running in Clitheroe on Thursday mornings and Burnley on Tuesday mornings, both from September 2012 onwards.
HIS COURSE IS OPEN TO STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN ON ARTS ON PRESCRIPTION * TALREADY, AS WELL AS NEW STUDENTS - CALL US FOR MORE DETAILS
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MAKE STUFF 路 MAKE FRIENDS 路 MAKE LIFE BETTER Crafts How about trying something a bit more hands on?
Creative Crafts An introduction into many different types of crafts including: batik, bookmaking, book-sculpting, lino-printing and fused fabrics. If you are interested in trying lots of different techniques, come along and find out what it is you like the best. Where and When Running in Colne on Thursdays from September 2012 onwards.
Exploring Paper and Print
PAPER & PRINT
This course covers an introduction to paper-making, folder-making, creating patterns and learning some printing techniques including monoprints, lino-prints and drypoint. It is a hands-on course and does include using a printing press. Where and When Running in Whalley on Tuesdays from October 2012 and February 2013 and Burnley on Wednesdays from January 2013 onwards.
Printing without a Press
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This is a brand new course for 2012/13, focusing on printing using found objects and giving them a new, creative lease of life. You will also discover ways to use printing for marketing and create items that can be sold! Where and When Running in Colne on Tuesdays from October 2012 onwards.
HIS COURSE IS OPEN TO STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN ON ARTS ON PRESCRIPTION * TALREADY, AS WELL AS NEW STUDENTS - CALL US FOR MORE DETAILS
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MAKE STUFF 路 MAKE FRIENDS 路 MAKE LIFE BETTER Crafts One day up-cycling master classes From time to time we will run one day courses on crafty up-cycling of found objects and furniture. If you are interested in giving a chair, a box, a shelf or anything at all, a brand new lease of life, call us for details of when the next one-day session will be happening. Where and When Text, call or e-mail us for details of the next one running.
Craft & Sculpt
Sculpture
This course gives you a chance to explore the world of printing and casting, together. You can try out relief printing, use mod-rock to cast body parts, items or found objects, and display them in a decorative way: attach to a canvas, embellish with beads, sequins, fabrics or feathers; add splashes of colour with paints. You will create unique pieces of art which are personal to you. You will also have the chance to use found and/or personal objects to make imprints into professional air drying clay to make a mould, then use plaster to create your very own plaque to decorate and keep! Where and When Running in Clitheroe on Wednesdays from April 2013 onwards.
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MAKE STUFF · MAKE FRIENDS · MAKE LIFE BETTER Cookery & Cake-Making Creative Cookery & Creative Cake-Making
Cookery & Cake making
Ever fancied yourself as the next Jamie Oliver, but never get the chance to cook meals from scratch? Or maybe you feel as though your cookery skills could be improved upon, but don’t know where to begin? Bring your own ingredients each week and transform them into homemade meals, cooked in the class with the help of a cookery tutor. What’s more, you can then take the meal home and enjoy a scrumptious tea! Where and When Running on Tuesdays at Nelson and Colne College in Pendle throughout 2012 and 2013.
Drawing Confident Drawing
DRAWING
This drawing course explores the use of different art materials - charcoal, putty rubbers, pastels, acrylic paints, pencil crayons, you name it - and the effects and tones that they create. You will learn about the processes to go through in order to capture your imagination or what you see in front of you, creating pieces of work brimming with skills and life. It is suitable for any level - beginners are very welcome! Where and When Running in Padiham on Thursday mornings from September 2012 onwards and again from February 2013 onwards.
My Art Journey This course takes you on a journey to create personal art. You get to try out lots of different techniques and materials, and cover a mix of drawing and painting processes. Where and When Running in Colne on Thursdays from January 2013.
Blog: http://artsop.blogspot.co.uk Email kirsty.rose@pendleleisuretrust.co.uk Text 07815 962190 or Call 01282 661784
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MAKE STUFF · MAKE FRIENDS · MAKE LIFE BETTER Textiles & Jewellery An introduction to textiles This is an exciting new course exploring textiles. Learn the different ways to colour fabric and produce a weave or collage from the samples you create. Discover how to fuse materials together and have a go at making your own felt. You will also get the opportunity to hand-stitch and embellish your pieces, as well as trying your hand at monoprinting with stencils. This course has a lot to offer! Where and When Running in Colne on Mondays from October 2012, Clitheroe on Thursdays from January 2013 and Burnley on Wednesdays from January 2013.
Recycled jewellery short course (one day)
Jewellery
If you want a quick experience of Arts on Prescription, why not try our recycled jewellery short course. Over just one day you will make jewellery from recycled materials, fimo, felt beads, paper beads and textile scraps. Where and When Text, call or e-mail us for details of the next one running.
Fused glass and silver jewellery making On this course you will design, cut and make your own fused glass and silver jewellery. You will learn all the necessary basic skills including glass cutting and basic silver-smithing skills, and make beautiful pieces of original jewellery to wear or sell. Where and When Running in Clitheroe on Tuesdays from October 2012.
“I loved it… It is so different from what I had imagined.” Arts on Prescription Student, 2011-12.
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MAKE STUFF · MAKE FRIENDS · MAKE LIFE BETTER Glass Our glassmaking courses are incredibly popular maybe we are all a bit like magpies and just like shiny things!
Fused glass course
GLASS
This is a course which makes lots of different items from glass, and teaches you many glass-related techniques as a result of this. You will get to make key rings, pendants, garden decorations, coasters, mirrors and bowls from glass. Where and When Running in Burnley on Tuesdays from September 2012 and April 2013 and Wednesdays throughout the year in Pendle.
Fused glass short course (one day) If you can’t commit to a longer course, try one of our popular one-day glassmaking courses instead. Learn some simple glass techniques, including cutting glass, and apply these skills to make coasters and keyrings. Where and When Text, call or e-mail us for details of the next one running.
Stained glass course Over the course you will design and make your own stained glass panel. You will learn all skills involved in creating a stained glass panel/window from scratch, including cutting glass and using lead. Where and When Running in Clitheroe on Tuesdays from January 2013 and Barnoldswick on Wednesdays from January 2013 and Burnley on Tuesdays from April 2013.
Blog: http://artsop.blogspot.co.uk Email kirsty.rose@pendleleisuretrust.co.uk Text 07815 962190 or Call 01282 661784
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MAKE STUFF · MAKE FRIENDS · MAKE LIFE BETTER Creative Writing Wizard Creative Writing Workshops, with Dominic Berry
Creative Writing
The WIZARD creative writing workshop is a fun, well-supported, exciting and interesting way to realise your potential in writing and, if you’d like to, recite your own work. Poetry is a word that means different things to different people and throughout this workshop, poet Dominic Berry will be looking at how simple, enjoyable poetic skills can be used to powerfully express your own thoughts, opinions and feelings. As well as writing, time is also spent exploring easy, but effective, ways to speak out your words with clarity and conviction. Based on exercises Dominic used to create his own WIZARD poetry play, this is a workshop open to complete beginners and poetry veterans alike- everybody has something to offer! Where and When Text, call or e-mail us for details of the next one running.
“When I arrived I was stressed, miserable and grumpy, and fairly sure that the evening was going to be a disaster. But you’re such a helpful and positive chap (and I think you could talk anyone into anything!) that my mood just lifted all evening. You work so hard putting these events together and make sure that everyone has a great time. Thank you!” Cathy, a participant in a Dominic Berry workshop
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MAKE STUFF · MAKE FRIENDS · MAKE LIFE BETTER Creative Writing Scrapbooking: Tell Your Own Story
Creative Writing
This is a course all about expressive book-making. It uses textiles and creative journaling, which involves scrapbooking and creative writing. You will learn basic bookbinding techniques, how to distress and alter images, use pictures in your book such as sewing photographs into pages, and will also cover creative lettering. You will make an individual, original book and be supported throughout to ‘Tell your own Story’. Where and When Running in Clitheroe on Wednesdays from October 2012 and on Tuesdays in Colne from October 2012.
“I’ve really enjoyed meeting like-minded people and getting back into writing.” Tell Your Story Student, 2011-12.
Creative Writing If you really just want to write, and learn how to write better without designing books or using images, then come along to our traditional creative writing course which explores word use, creative beginnings, writing in different styles and expressing emotion. Where and When Running in Nelson on Thursday mornings from January 2013.
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MAKE STUFF · MAKE FRIENDS · MAKE LIFE BETTER Bespoke Courses We can run courses for groups of 10 people or more, often for free. Please contact us if you have a group you think could benefit from one of our courses.
“Wanted to let you know how much we enjoyed the arts on prescription course… we all gained such a lot from it and learned many new skills and the tutor was brilliant.” Arts on Prescription Bespoke Course Organiser 2011-12
Get in touch Want to know more and see some of the work our students have been making? Log onto http://artsop.blogspot.co.uk/
Project Manager Kirsty Rose Email kirsty.rose@pendleleisuretrust.co.uk
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