Feminist Placard making

We’re getting ready to celebrate International Women’s Day! Join us at our art workshops where women and their allies come together to get creative as they talk, plan and activate celebrations for IWD. In the spirit of the University’s history of women activists, we’re creating a platform for you to ‘say it loud and say […]

Feminist Embroidery

We’re getting ready to celebrate International Women’s Day! Join us at our art workshops where women and their allies come together to get creative as they talk, plan and activate celebrations for IWD. In the spirit of the University’s history of women activists, we’re creating a platform for you to ‘say it loud and say […]

Feminist Badge-making

We’re getting ready to celebrate International Women’s Day! Join us at our art workshops where women and their allies come together to get creative as they talk, plan and activate celebrations for IWD. In the spirit of the University’s history of women activists, we’re creating a platform for you to ‘say it loud and say […]

Art & Soul: Make your own postcards to home

Join us in making our own postcards to send home. There are family and friends who would love to hear from you! We’ve got images of Uni, its parkland and life in the UK for you to collage, bling up and make into your own postcard about life at Uni. And we will also provide […]

Art & Soul artclasses: Badgemaking

Come along to Art Exchange and make your own badges! From supporting causes that matter to you, to just having fun – you’ll be amazed at where your imagination takes you. We’ve got piles of magazines, stickers and photos for you to choose from – and the Arts Team will be in the gallery to […]

Art & Soul art classes: Play with Clay

We’re bringing out the clay! Play with clay is a great way to relax with friends, and to forget about your studies for a moment along the way. With the Arts Team in the gallery to guide you, make your very own pots and table top sculptural creations. Beginners welcome – all materials provided Free […]

Life Drawing

Wednesdays, 6:00 – 8:00 pm Come along and relax in Art Exchange while developing your drawing skills in front of a life model. From curious beginner to advanced artist, all levels are supported by our amazing tutor, artist Claudia Boese. She will guide you through the process of capturing the human body from a naked, […]

Print Making workshop

Join artists Tom and Iris who will show us how to make our own prints. With their support you can create you own works of art which you can take with you at the end of the class. Tom and Iris’s art classes are also a great way to meet friends and relax at the […]

Stitch and Bitch: Sewing and Upcycling

Bring along your clothes in need of a new lease of life to Art Exchange. Artists Tom and Iris will show you how to breathe new life into your favourite sweatshirt, fix a tear in your jeans with visible mending and hide that stain on your jumper under some beautiful embroidery. And if your clothes […]

Play with Clay

Join us as we bring out the clay to make sculptures! With artists Tom and Iris guiding you along the way, make your own table top sculptural creations. As a starting point, you can take inspiration from the artworks in our current exhibition ‘I Put a Spell on You’, including ceramics influenced by ‘witches bottles’, […]

Macrame – make your own hanging basket

Unleash your inner creative! Come along and make your own macrame hanging basket. We will help you create your very own plant holder to adorn your new room. And we’ve even got spider plants and pots you can take away too! With the help of our fantastic tutor Iris, you will be guided through the […]

Play with Clay!

Outside on Square 5! It really is a simple as it sounds … Take some time out of your day to relax and play with clay! With the help of artists Matt and Joy, we will set you up with all the clay you need and you can enjoy playing with clay. Tiles, pots, desk-tidies […]

COLLAGE MAKING

Wednesday 3 May 2023 12.00 – 3.00 pm Art Exchange Admission free We are excited to announce that our art workshops are back! Join us for a fun collage workshop where you can learn how to unleash your creativity and use various materials and pictures to assemble your very own masterpiece. Combining magazine cutouts, pictures, […]

BADGE-MAKING

Wednesday 17 May 2023 12.00-3.00 pm Art Exchange Admission Free   Join us for one of our most popular activities, badge making!   This workshop will teach you how to turn any image into a fun personalized badge. Using magazines, printouts, and art materials- we make our very own badges. From pronoun badges to political […]

CYANOTYPE

Wednesday 10 May 2023 12.00-3.00 pm Art Exchange Admission Free   This week we are learning how to make cyanotype prints, one of the oldest methods of photographic printing. The camera-less photographic technic works by coating paper with a UV reactive solution and manipulating negative space using plants, cutouts, or anything else your creativity reaches […]