Arts

Course List

  • Family Crafts

    Enjoy a fun and engaging activity, crafting with your family
    Venue: The Avenues Adult Education Centre
    Duration: 2 hours
    Start Date: Wednesday 14 August OR Wednesday 21 August 2024
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  • Family Workshop – Vegetable Printing

    Join us for a fun-filled family workshop where creativity meets nature! Spend time crafting with your family and create beautiful...
    Venue: The Avenues Adult Education Centre
    Duration: 2.5 hours
    Start Date: Wednesday 28 August 2024
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  • Felting for Jewellery and Accessories

    You will learn the basics of fleece and felt making and develop existing felting skills through a series of small...
    Venue: The Avenues Adult Education Centre
    Duration: 10 weeks
    Start Date: Wednesday 18 September 2024 (Induction: Wednesday 11 September 2024)
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  • Green Man and Mural – Pottery Workshop

    You will how to hand-build and decorate either a clay Green Man or a decorative Mural.
    Venue: Preston Road Adult Education Centre
    Duration: 2.5 hours
    Start Date: Thursday 22 August 2024
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  • Improve Your Sewing Skills – Intermediate 1

    You will extend your knowledge and practical skills by building upon prior sewing experience, increasing confidence and creativity.
    Venue: The Avenues Adult Education Centre
    Duration: 10 weeks
    Start Date: Monday 16 September 2024 (Induction: Monday 9 September 2024)
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  • Love Your Overlocker

    Do you own an overlocker? Is it in regular use, or is it still lurking in its box, or perhaps...
    Venue: The Avenues Adult Education Centre
    Duration: 10 weeks
    Start Date: Wednesday 18 September 2024 (Induction: Wednesday 11 September 2024)
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  • New to Sewing – Beginners 1

    Are you a total beginner who has never picked up a needle, fabric, or pins? Would you like to learn...
    Venue: The Avenues Adult Education Centre
    Duration: 10 weeks
    Start Date: Tuesday 17 September 2024 (Induction: Tuesday 10 September 2024)
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  • Raku – Intermediate 1 & 2

    You will hand-build projects specifically meant for the Raku firing process using Raku clay and a selection of glazes. This...
    Venue: The Avenues Adult Education Centre
    Duration: 12 weeks
    Start Date: Wednesday 18 September 2024 (Induction: Wednesday 11 September 2024)
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  • Raku – Obvara Workshop

    Obvara is an exciting form of Raku born in the Baltics. This exciting technique results in toasty warm tones of...
    Venue: The Avenues Adult Education Centre
    Duration: 3 hours
    Start Date: Wednesday 28 August 2024
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  • Sculpture – Intermediate 3

    You will create your project with a sculptural element and learn to plan, design, and put your ideas into practice.
    Venue: The Avenues Adult Education Centre
    Duration: 12 weeks
    Start Date: Wednesday 18 September 2024 (Induction: Wednesday 11 September 2024)
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  • Sewing Mixed Ability

    Do you have some unfinished projects lurking around, or would you like to create a garment, a soft furnishing piece...
    Venue: The Avenues Adult Education Centre
    Duration: 10 weeks
    Start Date: Monday 16 September 2024 (Induction: Monday 9 September 2024)
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  • Textures Clay Skills – Intermediate 2 & 3

    Get creative and bring your pieces to life using textures on the surface of your hand-built pottery projects.
    Venue: The Avenues Adult Education Centre
    Duration: 12 weeks
    Start Date: Thursday 19 September 2024 (Induction: Thursday 12 September 2024)
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  • The Great Pottery Hand-building Challenge for Novices

    You will participate in a timed challenge with the intention of creating a ceramic sundial, decorated with etching and relief...
    Venue: Preston Road Adult Education Centre
    Duration: 4 hours (inc 1 hour break and clean down time)
    Start Date: Wednesday 24 July 2024
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  • Throwing – Beginners 2 & 3

    This course will enable you to throw confidently and further develop your knowledge.  You will learn how to throw a...
    Venue: Preston Road Adult Education Centre
    Duration: 12 weeks
    Start Date: Thursday 19 September 2024 (Induction: Thursday 12 September 2024)
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  • Throwing Entry 1

    You will learn how to use a potter’s wheel safely and produce and glaze at least one beaker.
    Venue: Preston Road Adult Education Centre
    Duration: 7 weeks
    Start Date: Coming Soon!
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  • Throwing Entry 2

    You will learn how to use a potter’s wheel safely and produce and glaze at least 1 bowl or plate.
    Venue: Preston Road Adult Education Centre
    Duration: 7 weeks
    Start Date: Coming Soon!
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  • Under the Sea – Family Pottery Workshop

    You will hand-build an air-dry clay underwater creature to take home and paint.
    Venue: The Avenues Adult Education Centre Preston Road Adult Education Centre
    Duration: 2.5 hours
    Start Date: The Avenues: Monday 19 August 2024
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  • Upcycle and Recycle Fabrics

    You will create new and usable objects out of recycled materials using sustainable and eco-conscious practices.
    Venue: The Avenues Adult Education Centre
    Duration: 10 weeks
    Start Date: Wednesday 18 September 2024 (Induction: Wednesday 11 September 2024)
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