Newstead’s RedShed Arts Workshop will begin running a series of classes exploring life drawing, printing (etching and screen printing), painting and drawing, from February 2023.
Held in the former Railway Goods Shed, the classes will run in 10-week blocks, with at least half a dozen offered weekly.
“We’re also hoping to start running art therapy classes next year,” co-founder Bob Clutterbuck said.
“We’ve been having discussions with a fairly new resident who is a trained art therapist. Everyone can benefit from using creativity as a jumping-off point to know yourself better and to give your life meaning.”
The aim of the RedShed is to help people produce art and to provide a collective space for artists to generate ideas and form collaborations.
The RedShed committee formed eight and a half years ago and consists six members, only three of whom are artists.
Committee members recently held two open days, one to update the local community on the shed’s progress, with more than 60 attendees, and the other specifically for artists, with more than 50 attendees from across the region.
“We like the idea of art education. Making art as a nutritious – socially and personally – positive activity,” Bob said.
