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Curious & Connected – Sketchbook Workshop

Tuesday, 8 October '24   10am – 1pm BST
The Straw Yard, Berwick-upon-Tweed, TD15 1DF
18 years and over
Fully booked
Curious & Connected – Sketchbook Workshop

Details

The sketchbook is a playground for creative ideas. Join BCA and Alison Mountain for a workshop that will look at the purpose of the sketchbook, how they work and how they can support and enrich creative thought for everyone.

Sketchbooks are soul-informed, risky things that embody inventive and creative thinking, and deserve value and respect.

Do you think of a sketchbook as predominantly a tool for a visual artist?
Have you ever thought about making or using one yourself?
Have you wondered what it might look like or what could be in it?
Maybe you already have one but are uncertain, even fearful, about what it should be or how it ought to look?

This workshop will capture the spirit in which sketchbooks are kept, offer a number of practical strategies for their implementation, and look at the sketchbook in its broadest sense: its purpose, how it works, and how it can support and enrich creative thought for everyone who uses it. Participants will make a simple sketchbook, using prompts from sketchbook expert Alison Mountain to stimulate ideas and help overcome any fears about how and where to start.

Alison Mountain – has been an artist and art educator for over 25 years. She was one half of the highly successful Hat in the Cat – a textile, millinery and mixed media studio based in Perth, Scotland. Alison co-authored the groundbreaking book Think: Inside the Sketchbook, published by NSEAD & Collins Educational in 2011.

All materials for this workshop will be provided.

Instructions

Ticket Price & Booking

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Parking
If you are planning to drive to one of our workshops please note that for the majority of parking in Berwick you will need to purchase a parking disc (£1) and that parking restrictions apply for nearly all parking in Berwick (parking discs are not required in long stay car parks).

If you have booked onto a workshop of 3 hours or more, on any day other than a Sunday, you will need to park in one of the long stay car parks (see Berwick Parking Map below).

Tickets

Cost

Supporter

Help BCA to carry on supporting the body-mind wellbeing and creative flourishing of our community by paying for a full price ticket plus a donation of £10.All of our events are priced on a pay what you can sliding scale – no questions asked – just choose the right price for you and add it to your cart. Your place is booked on this event once you have gone through the checkout process and paid for your ticket.
£40.00

Full Price

All of our events are priced on a pay what you can sliding scale – no questions asked – just choose the right price for you.
£30.00

Reduced Price

All of our events are priced on a pay what you can sliding scale – no questions asked – just choose the right price for you.
£15.00

Subsidised

All of our events are priced on a pay what you can sliding scale – no questions asked – just choose the right price for you.
£5.00

Location

The Straw Yard
Berwick-upon-Tweed
TD15 1DF

Amenities

  • Toilets