Classes Archive - Art Exchange

Printmaking classes

Wednesdays at 6 pm, in Ivor Crewe Seminar Room Come along and relax with us while creating your own printed artworks! Over six weeks our tutor Tom Armstrong will guide you through the process of printmaking – including working from a printing press, using type letters, and how to make an impact with colour. We’re […]

Life Drawing classes

Tuesdays, 6:10 – 8:10pm in Cine 10 Come along and relax with us 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 Claudia Boese. She will guide you through the process of capturing the human body from a naked […]

Painting classes with Claudia

Tantalising Tuesdays Come along to our painting classes led by the wonderful artist Claudia Boese, where you can relax, meet new friends and develop your painting skills. Together we will explore paint and painting, with Claudia showing us how. Each week’s activities change, with Claudia coming up with new ways to enjoy painting, so there […]

Get Creative with Tom & Iris

Wonderful Wednesdays Come along and join our arts & crafts classes where you can relax, meet new friends and develop your artistic skills along the way. Our classes are led by amazing artists Tom and Iris. Each week they will show you how to make something new, starting macrame hanging baskets! Wed 16 October – […]

Circus Skills out in the Park

Join us out in Wivenhoe Park practising your circus skills – it’s going to be fun for everyone! With our fully trained circus skills leaders to show you how, try your hand at juggling, diablos, spinning plates – and many more. We’re excited to be working with the Grand Theatre of Lemmings who have over […]

Tree Treasure Trail

Join us for a Treasure Trail around Wivenhoe Park! Artist Elaine Tribley has created a new map of Wivenhoe Park, that leads us on a journey of discovery, taking in the parkland’s most beautiful trees. With challenges to overcome on the way, it’s a wonderful way to explore this hidden gem of a park. At […]

Animal Crackers – sculptures in the park!

Join artists Clare Iles and Tom Armstrong creating your own sculptures out in Wivenhoe Park. Using everyday materials, make the animals that feature in John Constable’s 1816 painting of Wivenhoe Park, including his swans, birds and cows. But why stop there? Let’s take this further and invent a few of our own! With the guidance […]

Walking with wild writer James Canton

Come on a walk around Wivenhoe Park, led by wild writer James Canton. James will take us on a tour of its trees, paths and glades, stopping to read from his books that take their inspiration from nature, such as his seminal ‘The Oak Papers’. It’s a great way to discover Wivenhoe Park as James […]

Foraging in Wivenhoe Park

Join Lora Aziz – wildcrafter, artist and author – for a foraging walk around Wivenhoe Park, followed by tea back at Art Exchange. Lora will lead us on a foraging expedition around Wivenhoe Park. We will identify local plants including which ones are edible, medicinal and used in a variety of traditional ways. Together we […]

Instant (almost!) Cyanotype photography

Come along and join us creating instant (almost!) photographs of plants and flowers foraged in the beautiful Wivenhoe Park. The park rangers have told us what we can pick as we explore the park foraging for things to include in our photograph – and they’ve even provided some trimmings for us! Photographer Jack Briggs-Miller is […]

Painting in the Park

Join us for Painting in the Park with artist Claudia Bose. Taking inspiration from John Constable painting ‘Wivenhoe Park’ (1816), we’re going to walk in Constable’s footsteps and create our own mini masterpieces – with the support of artist Claudia to show us how. Everyone is welcome and this painting workshop is suitable for all […]

From Occupation to Liberation: Zine making with Mawadah

Art Exchange will be supporting ‘From Occupation to Liberation: Decolonising Palestine’, with a zine making workshop. This event is organised by students from the Department of Sociology and Criminology, with close support from their academic staff, and Pal Soc. This event aims to shed light on the ongoing aggression taking place in Palestine, especially Gaza, […]

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 […]