Creative workshops for schools and community groups

I have organised and run many art workshops over the years. I spend a great deal of time in schools (both primary and secondary), youth clubs and community centres working with a vast range of people on various creative projects. I also specialise in cross curricular workshops, where I use creativity and art to help students learn about curriculum topics in other subjects, such as science or maths.

I especially enjoy the challenge of working with hard to reach young people in deprived areas to address issues that affect or are important to them.

Just a few of my recent projects are listed below.

Carnival workshops for Blackpool Puppet festival and Blackpool ‘Heat the Streets’ festival.

Graffiti project for Longridge Skate Park.

Early years messy play sessions for Surestart.

Puppet making workshops at Glastonbury and The Green Man music festivals.

Ongoing alcohol awareness art project for teenage girls.

Ongoing art project sponsored by the Youth Evangelical Fund. (So far this has resulted in a fantastic exhibition and 4 huge canvases being presented to the Archbishop to be permanently displayed in Lambeth Palace.)

I have delivered many creative projects for schools. These have included silk painting, collage, model making, puppetry, drama and stage design, stop frame animation, banner making, splatter painting, creating landscapes, outdoor play areas, mosaics...... The list goes on!

I like to use recycled materials whenever I can in my workshops.

I am also qualified to administer the Arts Award and AQA qualifications, if appropriate to the project.

I am extremely adaptable and think outside the box, so if you have any ideas that you would like to discuss, or have no ideas at all and would like me to come up with some, then please don’t hesitate to get in touch.