ARABIC NASTALIQ CALLIGRAPHY Darwen Market WITH RAZWAN FREE family friendly Summer holiday activities. Join us for a hands-on workshop on Arabic Nastaliq Calligraphy with Razwan. Have a go at using traditional bamboo pens and hand mixed ink. Everyone is welcome! You don’t need to know any Arabic to create these beautiful shapes and patterns.This free…
MINI – ZINES WORKSHOP Darwen Market WITH MOLLY BLAND FREE family friendly Summer holiday activities. Join Molly for her Mini-Zines workshop! Learn how to defeat summer boredom or creative block through the art of zine-making. Cut, stick and doodle your way out of any creative traffic jam by going back to basics and having fun…
DESIGN A POCKET ADVENTURE Darwen Market WITH PRINT, PAINT AND PIXEL FREE family friendly Summer holiday activities. Join Print, Paint and Pixel for Design A Pocket Adventure and create your own treasure hunt book! Pick 6 surprise location stickers, then create, design and decorate your own 8-page booklet. Once it’s finished, it’s time to head…
Vincent Van Gogh Yourself Workshop Darwen Market WITH WALTER DEFOREST FREE family friendly activities for Easter. Join us for a journey into the life and art of Vincent van Gogh with New York-based artist Walter DeForest. Walter bears a striking resemblance to Vincent van Gogh, and he’ll share stories about the artist’s life while encouraging…
Have you spotted the beautiful Darwen Tower drawings around town this summer? They’re making up The #shopdarwen Tower Trail, which is all about backing our local economy, spending time with family during the holidays and getting creative! The artist behind the window displays and chalkboards is Lucie Cooke, an accomplished designer and illustrator from Clitheroe,…
Free May Fun Arabic Calligraphy Workshop At Darwen Market RAZWAN UL-HAQ Join us for a hands-on workshop on Arabic Nastaliq Calligraphy with Razwan. Have a go at using traditional bamboo pens and hand mixed ink. Everyone is welcome! You don’t need to know any Arabic to create these beautiful shapes and patterns. This is a drop…
Free Easter Fun Abstract Floral Painting At Darwen Market NATASHA LYNCH Soak up the colour of spring with this abstract painting class. We will do some fun drawing exercises together before painting your very own mini-canvas! Using acrylic paint, you will have something inspired by the joyful bouquets to bring the start of the warmer weather…
Free Easter Fun Postcard Printing At Darwen Market IAN HALAWI Come and join artist Ian Halawi for Postcard Printing and print your own postcard souvenir! Choose from a selection of image reliefs, inks and card colours to make your very own souvenir print. In this workshop you’ll be shown how to ink up a relief print and…
Free Easter Fun Earth Art At Darwen Market WINSTON PLOWES Come and join the Earth Art workshop with artist Winston Plowes and create beautiful patterns with natural objects. Take this chance to find the wildness inside us all and reconnect with ourselves by making art from nature’s resources. Help us with our sand globe garden, slate…