January 2024 – SACRED WINGS

19/05/ Phoenix Arts Space. Please use this link to book a place.

Explore themes of identity, memory, mythology, rituals, subconsciousness, life celebrations or loss. Work in silence or join into a conversation or both.

Stitch, draw, print, deconstruct, embellish, transform and sabotage fabrics, found objects and recycled materials into 2D or 3D work that is playful, inventive, poetic.

Transform your salvaged family heirloom textiles and loved but longer needed objects into semi-abstract sculptures, mythical 3D characters, memory boxes or mixed media wall hanging.

Exploit the narrative potential and emotional value of things you cannot bear to throw away and use them instead to create a work of beauty, comfort or magic. We will use a wide range of inspirations from the sculptures of Louise Bourgeoise, Meret Oppenheim and Joseph Cornell boxes to medieval reliquaries, Guatemalan worry dolls and shamanic masks.

All basic materials and tools provided. Also tea and biscuits. Maximum 8 people in a group. All levels welcome.

Costs: £50

Days: 1 Sunday

Dates: 19/05/2024

Times: 11:30 – 16.30

Location: Brighton, BN2 9NB , Phoenix Art Space, White Room

Textile and Mixed Media Sculpture – 2 consecutive Sundays workshop.

9/06 and 16/06 / Phoenix Arts Space.

Please use this link to find out more and to book a place.

Costs: £130

Days: 2 Sundays

Dates: 9/06 and 16/06

Times: 11:30 – 17.00

Location: Brighton, BN2 9NB , Phoenix Art Space, Red Room

7/07 Textiles Sundays, Phoenix Arts Space. Link to booking coming soon.

Past Workshops

Ink & Mixed Media Haiku Concertina Books

Course Details:

In these three playful and relaxed sessions, you will respond to micro-poems and explore ink drawing, collage and mono printing techniques to create figurative or semi abstract imagery. You will then combine your artwork with words into a one-off artist’s book: a poetic contemplation of transient landscapes.

Session 1: You will explore traditional and experimental ink drawing and mixed media techniques to develop imagery inspired by landscapes and animals.

Session 2: You will learn how to use six different simple printmaking techniques in response to haiku poems.

Session 3: You will use collage and mixed media techniques and combine images created earlier with haiku words into a series of concertina books.

This course is suitable for all levels including beginners.

Develop Your Own Project

Course Details

19 February – 25 March 2024
6 Monday mornings, 10:00 – 13:00
Red Room, Phoenix Art Space
6 Sessions
10 Maximum Attendees

This course is designed to help you to unleash the potential of a project you may be carrying in you but don’t quite know how to translate into a tangible outcome. It is also aimed at those craving creative time but needing an informal structure to identify their areas of interest and an opportunity to enhance their practical art skills. This course is also for anyone interested in building an art portfolio or wanting to develop their own visual language and art practice.

It is suitable for all levels and interests areas including drawing, painting, collage, character and costume design, illustration, mixed media 2D and 3D work.

Throughout the six lighthearted but stimulating sessions you will have an opportunity to:

Learn how to respond to fine art and design briefs
Use mind maps and mood boards to generate ideas
Establish your own themes and areas of interest
Create design sheets, mock ups, prototypes and experimental swatches
Create a final outcome such as a painting, mixed media work, a set of illustrations or designs, or a sculpture

Designed and facilitated by Phoenix artist and PT 19+ Art and Design Foundation Leader, MET College, Dagmara Rudkin.

This course is suitable for all levels including beginners.