We run a range of workshops throughout the year - when these become available they will be listed below.
Creative Kids Activity Pack
Creative Kids Activity Pack!
Get Creative at home and let your imagination loose with our Creative Kids Activity Pack! The pack has been created by different local artists with fun art activities they think you'll enjoy. You can use your activity pack alone or with your family for hours of creative fun. Simply download and print off the pack to get started.
Inside the pack you will find lots of different creative activities including:
- Scratch Art
- Funny Eyes Craft
- Dance and Movement Activity
- Peg Pals Craft
- The Emperors New Clothes Colouring-in
- Create your own Spring Flowers Craft
- Make your own Shadow Puppets
Thank you to our wonderful artists who created the fab art ideas for the pack including, Natasha Duddy, Karen Torley and Tonya Sheina Batts!
Share your creativity with us and send in pictures of anything you make to esther.alleyne@casuewaycoastandglens.gov.uk and we'll share them on our social media pages!
Dancing Together Class Online
Dancing Together Class
Wednesday 16 June, 8pm
Via Facebook and Youtube @roevalleyarts and @flowerfieldarts
In connection with our Northern Lights Session featuring Latin music by Los Dramaticos on Thursday 17 June, 8pm, we are running a dancing together class where you can learn how to dance with a partner to enjoy the virtual concert!
Husband and wife dance partners, Tonya Sheina Batts and Steve Batts of @echoechodance will give you some simple tips and pointers to help you have fun moving together. You can have a go with a dance partner in your home or bubble. If you don't have a dance partner, don't worry, you can still join in and learn some tips to enjoy dancing solo to the concert.
Watch and learn from the comfort of your own home and get ready for a great evening of Latin music and movement!
Photo credit: Olga Bedikyan
Tree and Tide Downhill Beach Walk
Tree and Tide Downhill Beach Walk
Friday 25th June, 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Cost: £6
We all know that being outdoors does us good but now there is a wealth of science to back up the mental health benefits of being outside. Join Deborah Mullan, from Tree & Tide for an experience of nature that leaves you still in mind and steady in heart.
Join us down at Downhill Beach as part of our ArtBeat Initiative as we learn how to slow down, be present to ourselves and nature and learn how to manage our stress and anxiety better. We’ll explore the beach and rocks together and engage creatively with what the beach has to offer. You’ll leave refreshed, energised and with some simple tools to help you in every day life.
Please note that this activity will be going ahead unless there are weather warnings so rain jackets are a must.
Tree & Tide is a Mental Health & Wellbeing company helping people feel better through Personal Therapy, Outdoor Natural Mindfulness sessions and online courses. We help people increase their capacity to handle the hard things in life, and also to savour the good stuff.
Deborah Mullan owns and manages Tree & Tide. She initially trained and worked as a Physiotherapist in the NHS before re-training as an Accredited Psychotherapist. She has has helped countless clients in her Private Practice find ways to deal with difficult places in life, manage their emotions, and experience more peace and joy. Combining her love of nature with recent neuroscience, Deborah takes groups into beautiful outdoor locations for an experience that recalibrates the nervous system and leaves the mind and heart at ease.
You can find out more about Tree & Tide and Deborah at www.treeandtide.com or on Instagram @treeandtideni.
Bumble Bee Needle Felting - SOLD OUT
Bumble Bee Needle Felting - SOLD OUT
Saturday 3 July, 10am - 1pm
Cost: £12
Who doesn’t love a Bumble Bee? Join us for a relaxed introduction to needle felting where we will create a wool ‘painting’ of these wonderful little creatures on fabric, framed by an embroidery hoop. The finished piece can remain framed in the hoop or be removed and used as part of another sewing project and the hoop reused for your next painting!
All tools and materials will be provided together with templates if required. Suitable for absolute beginners but fun for anyone.
**Each participant will have their own materials and equipment**
To help us keep you and our team safe, please adhere to the following Covid Safety measures:
*Please provide your track and trace information at reception before attending the class.
*Max 5 students per class to adhere to 2 metre social distancing in the classroom
*All participants will have their own table and equipment so no one has to share.
*Please wear a mask.
*The class tutor will be wearing either a facemask/visor and hand sanitiser stations will be provided.
*The room will be well ventilated.
**Your details may be passed on to the Public Health Agency if requested to aid their track & Trace.
Summer Wreath Workshop
Summer Wreath Workshop
Saturday 17 July, 10am - 1pm
Cost: £40
This Year has been strange to say the least, lets not let it spoil our creative fun, come along and enjoy the summer door wreath class where we will use wire frames, beautiful ribbons and permanent botanicals in a range of soft summer colours to create a stunning wreath for you home. All materials supplied all you need to bring is yourself and some wire cutters, and let award winning florist Elaine Taylor guide your through the techniques and skills required to complete you very own bespoke design.
**Each participant will have their own materials and equipment**
To help us keep you and our team safe, please adhere to the following Covid Safety measures:
*Please provide your track and trace information at reception before attending the class.
*Max 5 students per class to adhere to 2 metre social distancing in the classroom
*All participants will have their own table and equipment so no one has to share.
*Please wear a mask.
*The class tutor will be wearing either a facemask/visor and hand sanitiser stations will be provided.
*The room will be well ventilated.
**Your details may be passed on to the Public Health Agency if requested to aid their track & Trace.
Mindful Monoprint for Kids
Mindful Monoprint for Kids
Saturday 31 July in Drumceatt Square
Workshop 1: 10am - 10:35am
Workshop 2: 11am - 11:35am
Workshop 3: 12pm - 12:35pm
Cost: £5 each, ages 3 -11
Join us for a fab workshop that's part of our ArtBeat initiative by exploring creativity and wellbeing through art and nature. In this workshop kids will have the opportunity to create their own mono printed pencil case and card. Children will use natural objects to create their prints and be able to use their senses, including sight and touch to get creative. This workshop is a great opportunity for kids to learn a Heritage craft and have fun with art!
We will be running 3 workshops with a maximum of 5 children plus an accompanying adult per workshop. A parent is required to accompany the child/children for the duration of the workshop.
This workshop will take place in Drumceatt Square outside of Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre if weather permits. If this is not possible it will take place indoors in one of our workshop rooms.
**Each participant will have their own materials and equipment**
To help us keep you and our team safe, please adhere to the following Covid Safety measures:
*Please provide your track and trace information at reception before attending the class.
*Max 5 students per class to adhere to 2 metre social distancing in the classroom/outdoors.
*All participants will have their own equipment so no one has to share.
*Please wear a mask. Children 11 and under are not required to wear masks.
*The class tutor will be wearing either a facemask/visor and hand sanitiser stations will be provided.
*The room will be well ventilated if not held outdoors.
**Your details may be passed on to the Public Health Agency if requested to aid their track & Trace.
Jewellery Design: Silver Necklace or Earrings
Jewellery Design: Create a Silver Necklace or Earrings
Saturday 14 August, 10am - 4pm
Cost: £50
Design and make a unique Silver necklace or earrings under the guidance of goldsmith Diane Lyness. Each participant will be taught traditional jewellery making techniques such as piercing, soldering, shaping, texturing and polishing to create a beautiful piece of jewellery to take home. No previous experience is required. All you need to bring is an apron and bundles of enthusiasm!
**Each participant will have their own materials and equipment**
To help us keep you and our team safe, please adhere to the following Covid Safety measures:
*Please provide your track and trace information at reception before attending the class.
*Max 6 students per class to adhere to 2 metre social distancing in the classroom
*All participants will have their own table and equipment so no one has to share.
*Please wear a mask.
*The class tutor will be wearing either a facemask/visor and hand sanitiser stations will be provided.
*The room will be well ventilated.
**Your details may be passed on to the Public Health Agency if requested to aid their track & Trace.
Tree and Tide Whiterocks Beach Walk
Tree and Tide Whiterocks Beach Walk
Friday 20th August, 12pm - 1pm
Cost: £6
We all know that being outdoors does us good but now there is a wealth of science to back up the mental health benefits of being outside. Join Deborah Mullan, from Tree & Tide for an experience of nature that leaves you still in mind and steady in heart.
Join us down at The Whiterocks Beach as part of our ArtBeat Initiative as we learn how to slow down, be present to ourselves and nature and learn how to manage our stress and anxiety better. We’ll explore the beach and rocks together and engage creatively with what the beach has to offer. You’ll leave refreshed, energised and with some simple tools to help you in every day life.
Please note that this activity will be going ahead unless there are weather warnings so rain jackets are a must.
Tree & Tide is a Mental Health & Wellbeing company helping people feel better through Personal Therapy, Outdoor Natural Mindfulness sessions and online courses. We help people increase their capacity to handle the hard things in life, and also to savour the good stuff.
Deborah Mullan owns and manages Tree & Tide. She initially trained and worked as a Physiotherapist in the NHS before re-training as an Accredited Psychotherapist. She has has helped countless clients in her Private Practice find ways to deal with difficult places in life, manage their emotions, and experience more peace and joy. Combining her love of nature with recent neuroscience, Deborah takes groups into beautiful outdoor locations for an experience that recalibrates the nervous system and leaves the mind and heart at ease.
You can find out more about Tree & Tide and Deborah at www.treeandtide.com or on Instagram @treeandtideni.
