We worked with families in half term to create Chinese New Year crafts. As it was Year of the Horse, we made clay horses and horse puppets using cardboard and gold dollies. We had a lovely lunch prepared by Jo in Loudon Lodge.
The project was kindly funded by Warburtons Funding and Food vouchers from the Coop.
We ran a short series of workshops in January and February for Wellbeing through Art for adults in the Arboretum. The sessions were creating inspiring mini banners, Spring wreaths and Watercolour Chinese horse paintings.
The project was kindly funded by the Arboretum Neighbourhood Board.
We had lots of fun with families today at Alvaston Library. We created willow stars decorated with fancy wools and shiny beads.
We had a lovely morning working with the Dementia group at Dovedale Hospital.
They created some fabulous little books painted with watercolour patterns. There was a lot of laughing and chatting and by the end of the morning they had all managed to fold their decorated paper into a little book. They were all amazed.
It was a delight to work with them, a very jolly group.
Canvas were holding a Christmas Celebration for their Future Creatives group of young people.
They were a lively bunch who loved making the baubles with card, string, and foil and decorated with felt pens. They looked stunning.
The activity was all part of a fun day of workshops and a performance of Christmas Carol at the theatre.
Spiral Artists Jenny and Zoe had a fun time with the young people.
We spent 2 evenings at the Coop Insomnia Cafe in Shelton Lock creating festive wreaths. It was a frenzy of activity with more foliage than we could manage. It was lovely friendly groups and everyone came away with a splendid wreath to hang up.
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