Get Creative – Play with Clay
It really is a simple as it sounds … Take some time out of your day to relax and play with clay. Make your own table-top clay sculptures with guidance from artist and potter Iris Gunnarsdottir. So come along and get your hands messy – it’s time to unleash your inner creativity! A Mental Health […]
Drawing with Tom
2 – 4pm, in Square 3’s Creative Corner Join artist Tom Armstrong who will be showing us how to draw from life. It’s a great way to have fun, relax, meet some friends – and develop your drawing skills along the way. Tom is a great tutor and will have you finding inner talents you […]
Get Creative – Painting with Claudia!
Every Tuesday, at Art Exchange Join us for a new series of art workshops that will spark your creativity! Led by artist Claudia Boese you can relax, make friends and develop your artistic skills along the way. This autumn our starting point is paint. The lovely, gloppy stuff that mesmerises us all. Under Claudia’s guidance, you […]
Get Creative – Art with Tom and Iris!
Get Creative – Art with Tom and Iris! Come along and join in our art classes on campus where you can relax, meet new friends and develop your artistic skills with the support of our fab artists Tom and Iris. We will be tie dying t-shirts, screen printing bags and candle making to name a […]
Make your own hanging basket
Square 3 Unleash your inner creative! Join us in making 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 […]
Get Creative – Painting Cakes!
Outside, in Square 5 Join us as we get the paints out – and we’re painting cakes! With artist Claudia Boese to guide you, enjoy the chance to relax as you paint your own masterpiece – and then get to eat it! It’s also a great way to meet people and make friends while pampering […]
Get Creative – outside in Wivenhoe Park!
Join artists Tom and Iris for a relaxing afternoon drawing from nature by the lakes in Wivenhoe Park! Take some time out of the busy day to explore the University of Essex’s parkland through drawing the landscape that surrounds us. With the guidance and support of artists Tom and Iris, you can explore drawing from […]
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 […]
Get Creative with Tom and Iris – Secret Garden takeover
Every Wednesday 2 – 4 pm. The Secret Garden is the perfect stage – and we want to bring it to life by adding some creations of our own. With artists Tom and Iris, make animals – cows, dogs, cats, swans and snakes – who can make the Secret Garden their new home. Over 4 […]
How to … make a notebook
Make your own notebook with Tom and Iris! Come along to Art Exchange and artists Tom and Iris will show you how to make your own notebook, decorate the cover – and make it your own. It can be small and pocket friendly, or hardback and large for sketching in – you decide. We’ve got […]
Get Creative with Macramé
Come and unleash your inner creative! With the help of our fantastic art tutor Iris, you will be guided through making your own macramé project. Over a couple of hours, you will create a hanging object to adorn your new room. And if you want to make a hanging basket, we’ve even got spider […]
Get Creative Tom and Iris
Join artists Tom and Iris for a free live streamed art workshop! With the artists’ favourite records playing in the background, chill with Tom and Iris as their workshops inspire, relax and motivate you to get creative from the comfort of your own home. It’s a great way for us to stay connected while we […]
Get Creative with Tom & Iris!
Join Art Exchange artists Tom & Iris for a free live streamed art workshop! It’s a great chance for us to stay connected while we have to be apart. Using materials you can find in your home, Tom & Iris’s art workshops promise to inspire, relax and motivate you to get creative whilst staying at […]
The Essex book of Climate Catastrophe
Silberaad Centre, 12:00 – 4:00 pm Come along to and join us in making our creative recording of Essex students and staffs responses to climate catastrophe. With the support of artists and a bookmaker, we are producing our own unfolding book inspired by Carolina Caycedo’s Serpent Book. It will become a timely record of our […]
Silk Screen Printing on bags
Come along and learn the secrets of silk screen printing. Achieve amazing results with ease – it’s not as difficult as you might think! Under the guidance of artist and designer Tom Armstrong, you will soon be creating your own individualised bags! All classes are in the Hex, on Tuesday 6.00-8.00 pm from 3 – […]