Workshops

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Want to power through the first draft of that novel?

Every Saturday in April, James Whitman will be running a writing bootcamp on YouTube that will take you from raw idea to a fat stack of writing. Then in May, James will help you edit your writing in a series re-drafting and critique sessions.

Writing drop-ins

These informal sessions held via YouTube allow you to pop in whenever you’re free, for whoever long you want. The writing drop-ins will take place on the following days:

• Sat 3rd April, 10am-4pm
• Sat 10th April, 10am-4pm
• Sat 17th April, 10am-4pm
• Sat 24th April, 10am-4pm

Editing workshops

Five structured sessions held via YouTube, each lasting two-hours. If signing up, you should aim to attend for the full two hours. The editing workshops will take place on the following days:

• Sat 1st May, 10am-12pm
• Sat 8th May, 10am-12pm
• Sat 15th May, 10am-12pm
• Sat 22nd May, 10am-12pm
• Sat 29th May, 10am-12pm

Who is the bootcamp for?

The bootcamp is suitable for anyone working on a longer project – ideally a novel or short story collection. Young writers aged 14+ are welcome to attend also.

What equipment do I need?

Something to write or type with. Ideally something that can track your word count.

Stay connected

You can follow James on Instagram (@TheJamesWhitman) where he will share short preparation videos.

General Information about the bootcamp

The bootcamps is organised by The Cultural Spring and delivered by James Whitman. Due to the funding we receive, these workshops are for people living in South Tyneside and Sunderland.

All drop-ins and workshops will take place via YouTube.

These workshops are offered by The Cultural Spring and subsidised by Arts Council England. To enable us to offer future workshop programmes we run a ‘Pay What You Can’ model for our workshops. This means they are free to attend, but if you are in a position to make a donation to support running costs this will be gratefully received. If you are not in a position to make a donation you are still most welcome to attend. We will provide more details about this later in the registration process.

If you have any questions, please contact info@theculturalspring.org.uk.

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Join Pauline Taylor from Infinite Arts and make beautiful cards that you can send to friends and family. You will use items you find around the home such as petals and leaves and learn simple collage techniques over this two-part workshop.

The workshops take place at the following dates/times:

• Workhops 1- Wed 14th April, 11am-12.30pm
• Workshop 2 – Wed 21st April, 11am-12.30pm

What equipment/materials do I need?

These workshops are designed to use items that you will easily have around your home. The materials you will need are as follows:

• Cartridge paper/ stiff paper/ thin card to use as a card base
• Leaves, petals, paper fragments, magazine cuttings
• Glue – PVA glue and a small stiff bristled paint brush
• Scissors

Optional extras:

• Calligraphy paper for dyeing
• Silk ink or food colouring or water-based pens/ ink to use for dyeing.

If you have difficulties sourcing these materials, please contact info@theculturalspring.org.uk.

Who are these sessions for?

All levels. Adults and children aged 8+ welcome (Under 16s must be accompanied on screen by an adult).

General Information

These sessions are organised by The Cultural Spring and delivered by Infinite Arts.

Due to the funding we receive, these workshops are for people living in South Tyneside and Sunderland.

All workshops will take place via Zoom. The quantity of tickets available indicates the number of ‘screens’ in the Zoom. Multiple members from households/support bubbles may attend as part of one booking on the same screen.

These workshops are offered by The Cultural Spring and subsidised by Arts Council England. To enable us to offer future workshop programmes we run a ‘Pay What You Can’ model for our workshops. This means they are free to attend, but if you are in a position to make a donation to support running costs this will be gratefully received. If you are not in a position to make a donation you are still most welcome to attend. We will provide more details about this later in the registration process.

If you have any questions, please contact info@theculturalspring.org.uk.

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Explore the world and folk traditions through the medium of song. Includes fun vocal warm ups, simple harmony work, and some guest practitioners from a variety of countries and cultures.

No singing experience necessary. Just bring yourself, a cuppa, and enthusiasm!

This course includes 8 sessions that take place at the following dates/times:

• Thurs 15th April, 2pm-3.30pm
• Thurs 22nd April, 2pm-3.30pm
• Thurs 29th April, 2pm-3.30pm
• Thurs 6th May, 2pm-3.30pm
• Thurs 13th May, 2pm-3.30pm
• Thurs 20th May, 2pm-3.30pm
• Thurs 27th May, 2pm-3.30pm
• Thurs 3rd June, 2pm-3.30pm

What equipment do I need?

Participants may find a pen/pencil and notepad useful.

Who are these sessions for?

Suitable for all abilities. No previous singing experience necessary.

General Information

These sessions are organised by The Cultural Spring and delivered by Sinead Livingston.

Due to the funding we receive, these workshops are for people living in South Tyneside and Sunderland.

All workshops will take place via Zoom. The quantity of tickets available indicates the number of ‘screens’ in the Zoom. Multiple members from households/support bubbles may attend as part of one booking on the same screen.

These workshops are offered by The Cultural Spring and subsidised by Arts Council England. To enable us to offer future workshop programmes we run a ‘Pay What You Can’ model for our workshops. This means they are free to attend, but if you are in a position to make a donation to support running costs this will be gratefully received. If you are not in a position to make a donation you are still most welcome to attend. We will provide more details about this later in the registration process.

If you have any questions, please contact info@theculturalspring.org.uk.

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Get writing this summer with a course of creative writing workshops and activities. Writer and tutor Amanda Quinn will encourage and support you to write with weekly online workshops.

The course will focus on writing for enjoyment and relaxation and is ideal for anyone who would like to make time to be creative in their everyday life.

No previous writing experience required.

This course includes 10 workshop that take place at the following dates/times:

• Mon 19th April, 1pm-3pm
• Mon 26th April, 1pm-3pm
• No session on Mon 3rd May (Bank Holiday)
• Mon 10th May, 1pm-3pm
• Mon 17th May, 1pm-3pm
• Mon 24th May, 1pm-3pm
• No session on Mon 31st May (Bank Holiday)
• Mon 7th June, 1pm-3pm
• Mon 14th June, 1pm-3pm
• Mon 21st June, 1pm-3pm
• Mon 28th June, 1pm-3pm
• Mon 5th July, 1pm-3pm

Due to the funding we receive, these workshops are for people living in South Tyneside and Sunderland.

All workshops will take place via Zoom. The quantity of tickets available indicates the number of ‘screens’ in the Zoom. Multiple members from households/support bubbles may attend as part of one booking on the same screen.

These workshops are offered by The Cultural Spring and subsidised by Arts Council England. To enable us to offer future workshop programmes we run a ‘Pay What You Can’ model for our workshops. This means they are free to attend, but if you are in a position to make a donation to support running costs this will be gratefully received. If you are not in a position to make a donation you are still most welcome to attend. We will provide more details about this later in the registration process.

If you have any questions, please contact info@theculturalspring.org.uk.

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Create an Antoni Gaudi inspired bug hotel to celebrate Earth Day.

‘Bug hotels’ are a brilliant way for everyone to promote biodiversity from their own garden. A lack of biodiversity can mean extinction for many types of plants and animals. In this workshop together we can do our bit for biodiversity, be creative and have fun!

Using recycled materials from around your home, we will take inspiration from the architecture of Antoni Gaudi and build towers for beetles, cathedrals for bees and hotels for butterflies

Suitable for everyone – beginners, families, artists looking for creative inspiration.

Materials – this workshop is designed to reuse and recycle materials. Please don’t worry if you don’t have all of the below, the workshop will be tailored so you can use what you do have:

• For the frame/outside of the insect hotel (one of the following): empty tin can, plastic bottle, cardboard box, glass jar or old wooden box or draw
• For the inside of the insect hotel (some of the following): pieces of cardboard, toilet paper roll, scrap paper, small pieces of brick, shells, cartons, smashed plant pot, lolly sticks, pinecones, moss, wood chips, grass, string, leaves, egg boxes

Workshop Leader: Eleanor Matthews

This 40 minute workshop will be repeated 3 times on Tues 20th April at 10am, 11am and 7pm.

Due to the funding we receive, booking priority will be given to people living in South Tyneside and Sunderland.

All workshops will take place via Zoom. The quantity of tickets available indicates the number of ‘screens’ in the Zoom. Multiple members from households/support bubbles may attend as part of one booking on the same screen.

These workshops are offered by The Cultural Spring and subsidised by Arts Council England. To enable us to offer future workshop programmes we run a ‘Pay What You Can’ model for our workshops. This means they are free to attend, but if you are in a position to make a donation to support running costs this will be gratefully received. If you are not in a position to make a donation you are still most welcome to attend. We will provide more details about this later in the registration process.

If you have any questions, please contact info@theculturalspring.org.uk.

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Join Pauline Taylor from Infinite Arts and create plabric from old plastic bags that would otherwise go into landfill. You’ll melt scrap plastic together to create a new think sheet of polythene which can be sewn and made into other items such as bags, banners and bunting.

The two- part workshop series takes place at the following dates/times:

• Workhops 1- Wed 28th April, 11am-12.30pm
• Workshop 2 – Wed 5th May, 11am-12.30pm

What equipment/materials do I need?

These workshops are designed to use items that you will easily have around your home. The materials you will need are as follows:

• An iron
• Table to work on (you could use your ironing board – but it’s not very wide and a harder surface is better)
• Large sheet of hardboard or cardboard to protect table from heat
• Silicon baking paper – about 2 metres or several sheets
• Soft plastic/polythme bags – bread bags, potato bags, toilet rool wrap, tin carrier bags

Participants should collect some soft plastic bags and prepare their works space ahead of the workshops.

If you have difficulties sourcing these materials, please contact info@theculturalspring.org.uk.

Who are these sessions for?

All levels. Adults and children aged 11+ welcome (Under 16s must be accompanied on screen by an adult).

General Information

These sessions are organised by The Cultural Spring and delivered by Infinite Arts.

Due to the funding we receive, these workshops are for people living in South Tyneside and Sunderland.

All workshops will take place via Zoom. The quantity of tickets available indicates the number of ‘screens’ in the Zoom. Multiple members from households/support bubbles may attend as part of one booking on the same screen.

These workshops are offered by The Cultural Spring and subsidised by Arts Council England. To enable us to offer future workshop programmes we run a ‘Pay What You Can’ model for our workshops. This means they are free to attend, but if you are in a position to make a donation to support running costs this will be gratefully received. If you are not in a position to make a donation you are still most welcome to attend. We will provide more details about this later in the registration process.

If you have any questions, please contact info@theculturalspring.org.uk.

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Get inspiration from the achievements of famous artists past and present to create your own Awesome Art in these creative sessions. Look at examples of their creations, take part in group discussions and learn about a different artist each session before creating your very own artistic masterpiece inspired the themes/style/techniques of that particular awesome artist.

This course includes 10 workshops that take place at the following dates/times and focus on a specific artist’s practice/style:

• Workshop 1: Pablo Picasso – Thurs 6th May, 5pm-6:15pm
• Workshop 2: Barbara Kruger – Thurs 13th May, 11am-12:15pm
• Workshop 3: Barbara Hepworth – Thurs 20th May, 11am-12:15pm
• Workshop 4: Keith Haring – Thurs 27th May, 11am-12:15pm
• Workshop 5: Georges Seurat – Thurs 3rd June, 5pm-6:15pm
• Workshop 6: Georgia O’ Keefe – Thurs 10th June, 11am-12:15pm
• Workshop 7: Vincent Van Gogh – Thurs 17th June, 11am-12:15pm
• Workshop 8: Bridget Riley – Thurs 24th June, 11am-12:15pm
• Workshop 9: Leonardo da Vinci – Thurs 1st July, 5pm-6:15pm
• Workshop 10: Antony Gormley – Thurs 8th July, 11am-12:15pm

***All sessions are designed as self contained sessions and you’re welcome to drop-in at any point over the 10 week course.***

What equipment/materials do I need?

These workshops are designed to use items that you will easily have around your home. A full breakdown of equipment/materials needed is available at www.theculturalspring.org.uk/workshops.

If you have difficulties sourcing these materials, please contact info@theculturalspring.org.uk.

Who are these sessions for?

Suitable for beginners, all ages and families (under 16s will need to be accompanied on screen by an adult family member).

General Information

These sessions are organised by The Cultural Spring and delivered by Pui Lee.

Due to the funding we receive, these workshops are for people living in South Tyneside and Sunderland.

All workshops will take place via Zoom. The quantity of tickets available indicates the number of ‘screens’ in the Zoom. Multiple members from households/support bubbles may attend as part of one booking on the same screen.

These workshops are offered by The Cultural Spring and subsidised by Arts Council England. To enable us to offer future workshop programmes we run a ‘Pay What You Can’ model for our workshops. This means they are free to attend, but if you are in a position to make a donation to support running costs this will be gratefully received. If you are not in a position to make a donation you are still most welcome to attend. We will provide more details about this later in the registration process.

If you have any questions, please contact info@theculturalspring.org.uk.

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Join Alex Henry and Dominic Smith for a quick hands on introduction to podcasting.

They will cover the technical side, including equipment and software as well as how to devise a podcast theme and structure a show. There will be a practical element where participants will learn how to record a conversation using online tools followed by a basic introduction to audio editing. The session will end with advice on how to get your show online.

What equipment do I need?

• Please access the workshops on a laptop or a desktop rather than a tablet or smart phone.
• A laptop / desktop with a built in microphone. If you have a separate USB microphone, that’s great but not essential for these sessions.
• A pair of headphones
• It would be helpful if in advance of the first workshop you could download audacity which is a piece of open source audio editing software, https://www.audacityteam.org/download/.

Who are these sessions for?

Adults

General Information

This session is organised by The Cultural Spring and delivered by Curiosity Creative.

Due to the funding we receive, these workshops are for people living in South Tyneside and Sunderland.

All workshops will take place via Zoom. The quantity of tickets available indicates the number of ‘screens’ in the Zoom. Multiple members from households/support bubbles may attend as part of one booking on the same screen.

These workshops are offered by The Cultural Spring and subsidised by Arts Council England. To enable us to offer future workshop programmes we run a ‘Pay What You Can’ model for our workshops. This means they are free to attend, but if you are in a position to make a donation to support running costs this will be gratefully received. If you are not in a position to make a donation you are still most welcome to attend. We will provide more details about this later in the registration process.

If you have any questions, please contact info@theculturalspring.org.uk.

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Join Pauline Taylor from Infinite Arts and create decorative stones that you can give as gifts or leave outside for others to find.

The two- part workshop series takes place at the following dates/times:

• Workhops 1- Wed 12th May, 11am-12.30pm
• Workshop 2 – Wed 19th May, 11am-12.30pm

What equipment/materials do I need?

These workshops are designed to use items that you will easily have around your home. The materials you will need are as follows:

• Collection of stones
• Pens – sharpies, permanent pens, water-based pens can be used for indoor stones
• Paint – acrylic, or poster paint. Or even a bit of emulsion paint to give a good base colour
• Glue – PVA glue washable pva is fine – various types will be demonstrated
• Varnish – optional finish if you want it to be permanent out of doors
• Small stiff bristled paint brushes
• Paint palette or plate, small posts and jars for water etc

Participants should collect some stones from the garden ahead of the session.

If you have difficulties sourcing these materials, please contact info@theculturalspring.org.uk.

Who are these sessions for?

All levels. Adults and children aged 4+ welcome (Under 16s must be accompanied on screen by an adult).

General Information

These sessions are organised by The Cultural Spring and delivered by Infinite Arts.

Due to the funding we receive, these workshops are for people living in South Tyneside and Sunderland.

All workshops will take place via Zoom. The quantity of tickets available indicates the number of ‘screens’ in the Zoom. Multiple members from households/support bubbles may attend as part of one booking on the same screen.

These workshops are offered by The Cultural Spring and subsidised by Arts Council England. To enable us to offer future workshop programmes we run a ‘Pay What You Can’ model for our workshops. This means they are free to attend, but if you are in a position to make a donation to support running costs this will be gratefully received. If you are not in a position to make a donation you are still most welcome to attend. We will provide more details about this later in the registration process.

If you have any questions, please contact info@theculturalspring.org.uk.

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Make a vibrant collage inspired by Henri Matisse and summer gardens. Explore pattern, design, colour and paper collage.

What equipment/materials do I need?

• Pencil, scissors and a glue stick
• Plain white paper
• Some different types of plain coloured paper (if possible)
• Collage materials with different colours such as an old newspaper, magazines, gift wrap, old envelopes, paper from the recycling, etc.

These workshops are designed to use items that you will easily have around your home. If you have difficulties sourcing these materials, please contact info@theculturalspring.org.uk.

Who are these sessions for?

Family friendly (under 16s will need to be accompanied on screen by an adult family member).

General Information

This session is organised by The Cultural Spring and delivered by Sue Loughlin.

Due to the funding we receive, these workshops are for people living in South Tyneside and Sunderland.

All workshops will take place via Zoom. The quantity of tickets available indicates the number of ‘screens’ in the Zoom. Multiple members from households/support bubbles may attend as part of one booking on the same screen.

These workshops are offered by The Cultural Spring and subsidised by Arts Council England. To enable us to offer future workshop programmes we run a ‘Pay What You Can’ model for our workshops. This means they are free to attend, but if you are in a position to make a donation to support running costs this will be gratefully received. If you are not in a position to make a donation you are still most welcome to attend. We will provide more details about this later in the registration process.

If you have any questions, please contact info@theculturalspring.org.uk.

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