The Open Call for the Collective Studio 2025-26 – NewBridge Project

A graphic header for the Collective Studio Open Call events for 25/26 hosted by NewBridge Project

The NewBridge Project are pleased to announce we’re now accepting applications for The Collective Studio: 25-26! Please visit our website for more information: https://thenewbridgeproject.com/news/the-collective-studio-25-26-open-call/ Deadline for applications: 9 September 2025, 5pm. The Collective Studio is a 10-month development programme for early-career artists and/or recent graduates. It is open to creative practitioners in any discipline and … Continue reading The Open Call for the Collective Studio 2025-26 – NewBridge Project

Introduction to Creative Nature Journaling with Steve Pardue

A page from one of Steve Pardue's nature journals

Saturday 13 September, 11am - 3pm. £20 for Friends, £25 for non-members. You can also buy tickets for Steve's workshop from our WeGotTickets page. Join artist and naturalist Steve Pardue for a hands-on, immersive course designed to introduce you to the art of nature journaling at the Hatton Gallery. Whether you've always wanted to start … Continue reading Introduction to Creative Nature Journaling with Steve Pardue

Drawing Form – Figurative and Still Life Workshop with Theresa Poulton

The Three Graces by Raphael , Oil on Panel - Dulwich Picture Gallery, all rights reserved Saturday 21 June, 11am - 3pm. £20 for Friends, £25 for non-members Drawing Form: using pencil and charcoal, or materials of your choice, you will be taught basic two and three dimensional drawing techniques e.g. gradation and tonal exercises, … Continue reading Drawing Form – Figurative and Still Life Workshop with Theresa Poulton

Block printing on fabric workshop with Jean Tinsley

Printed fabrics by Jean Tinsley

Saturday 22 March, 11am - 3pm. £20 for Friends, £25 for non-members Multi media artist and maker Jean Tinsley is back to deliver an exciting block printing workshop. In this workshop you will learn how to print on fabric using special fabric paint and wooden Indian printing blocks to create a unique design on your … Continue reading Block printing on fabric workshop with Jean Tinsley

Slow Stitching for Spring – a workshop with Jo Duncan

Slow stitching workshop with Jo Duncan

Saturday 12 April, 11.30 – 3.30 pm. £20 for Friends, £25 for non-members Slow stitching is a real trend in crafting at the moment, focusing on the mindful making of pieces to promote calm and well-being through creativity. Jo Duncan became interested in this after discovering the Japanese art of Sashiko and then exploring American … Continue reading Slow Stitching for Spring – a workshop with Jo Duncan

Rescheduled lecture by Charles Danby – Sensory Realms: More than visual stories in contemporary painting 

Fictions, Causewayed Enclosure, Windmill Hill, Avebury, 2024 

Saturday 22 February, 1.30pm Charles Danby is an artist, critical art writer, independent curator and Assistant Professor in Fine Art at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne. His writing explores hidden sensory realms within contemporary painting and tensions in the sensory knowledge of painting being formalised in language. His recent chapter Interspecies Cyborgs: Edges of Contemporary … Continue reading Rescheduled lecture by Charles Danby – Sensory Realms: More than visual stories in contemporary painting 

Hanging bird decorations – a workshop with Jean Tinsley

Handmade hanging bird decorations by Jean Tinsley

Saturday 11 January, 11- 3 pm. This workshop will take place in the Seminar Room.£20 for Friends, £25 for non-members One of the benefits of ‘making’ is that it provides a focus away from the ‘everyday’ and working with your hands provides a mindful relaxing activity. In this workshop Jean will give a short presentation about … Continue reading Hanging bird decorations – a workshop with Jean Tinsley