Develop your life drawing skills in an evening workshop with the support of tutors Pam and Paul.
Participants will need to bring their own drawing equipment & materials.
Sessions cost £10 – your ticket here is to guarantee your place, then please bring cash on the night. They regret that they’re unable to accommodate attendees who have not reserved their place in advance.
Develop your skills in drawing the human body with the support of tutors Pamela Sullivan and Paul Gatenby in their evening life drawing classes.
Participants will need to bring their own drawing equipment & materials.
Sessions cost £10, payable in cash on the night. Booking is essential – you must reserve your place in advance (for free) via Eventbrite. They regret that they’re unable to accommodate attendees who have not reserved their place in advance.
The next session is on Thursday 14th July, 6:30-8:30pm, and on every second and fourth Thursday of the month – next one 28th July, booking open from 15th July.
Did you know Liverpool used to have a castle?
Discover more about this long lost building and make a castle to take home in this fun creative workshop for all the family.
Osteoarchaeology or Bioarchaeology is the study of human remains found on archaeological dig sites.
In these workshops, participants can make your own skeleton, learning anatomical names for the different bones as you go in a fun creative activity.
Suitable for all ages
Classes held: 11-12 noon & 1-3.30pm
Drop in for a day of investigation, challenges and discovery.
The Liverpool John Moores University’s Face Lab team will be sharing their incredible work, including the facial reconstruction of Leasowe Man, the oldest surviving skeleton from Merseyside, found on the Wirral shore in 1864.
Suitable for all ages
Learn everything you need to know about warping, stitching, weaving and finishing on this two day rigid heddle loom weaving workshop in Liverpool
In this workshop you’ll learn:
*how to warp your rigid heddle loom
*how to weave with neat edges
*how to sew a hem stitched edge to give your work a beautiful finish
*how to weave with pick up sticks
*finishing techniques
Cathy and Jessamy from LazyKate Textiles will ask your colour choices and dye gorgeous yarns for you to weave with over the two days. They want you to have a real treat.
This workshop gives the time and space to take your time with your weaving, giving you the opportunity to ask those questions and build your confidence.
You can use your own loom or one of theirs, whichever you would prefer.
Tickets: £180
Complete Beginner’s are welcome on this day’s introduction to hand spinning.
Cathy and Jessamy from LazyKate Textiles will talk about fibre preparation, how to choose which fibre to spin, how to wash and card it and then you will spin your own skein of hand spun yarn to take home.
All materials and the use of the wheel is included in the price
Tickets: £75
Dates: Saturday, 10 September, John Archer Hall, L8 1YR, 10am-4pm
Weave a Scarf in a day using rigid heddle looms and gorgeous hand dyed yarns.
Cathy and Jessamy from LazyKate Textiles will take you through everything you need to know about weaving and will even dye the yarn you’ll use in colours of your choice.
Complete beginners are welcome and all materials and the use of the loom is included in the day.
Tickets: £90
Dates: Saturday, 9 July, John Archer Hall, L8 1YR, 10am -4pm
As The HandleBards prepare to make a welcome return to The Reader at Calderstones in Shakespeare’s fast-paced romantic comedy – fear not, this online Shared Reading workshop will help you sort your soliloquies from your silly sayings in no time.
Their friendly team will tell you everything you need to know ahead of The HandleBards’ performance of Twelfth Night this July, leaving you to sit back and enjoy the show happy in the knowledge that you won’t miss a single pun or plot twist.
No experience of Shakespeare necessary. This is a relaxed online workshop, which will take place over Zoom.
As The HandleBards prepare to make a welcome return to The Reader at Calderstones in Shakespeare’s fast-paced romantic comedy – fear not, this Shared Reading workshop will help you sort your soliloquies from your silly sayings in no time.
Their friendly team will tell you everything you need to know ahead of The HandleBards’ performance of Twelfth Night this July, leaving you to sit back and enjoy the show happy in the knowledge that you won’t miss a single pun or plot twist.
No experience of Shakespeare necessary.