Skillshares are regular events run by members of the local community who have skills, knowledge, or expertise to share. Each session provides an opportunity to learn new skills, meet new people, and continue conversations about the resources we can share in our communities.
Skillshares are free to attend, open to everyone, and materials are provided. They take place roughly once per month, usually on a Wednesday, 6-8pm.
This workshop will provide a flexible introduction to working with objects, materials, animations in Blender, and will be helpful for absolute beginners and those who've used it a few times but got frustrated by the interface.
With artist Melanie Wheeler we will work through the entire process of cyanotype printing, exploring the different stages of development and test the technique using a variety of materials, surfaces and objects.
Join us for the launch of Ejaradini by the South African artist collaborative MADEYOULOOK! It's a celebration and 'Chillas', with music by Primary resident Tom Harris and a cocktail bar hosted by Bradley Dobb of Bradley Coffee Merchant at Beam.
For the first Skillshare in the Intuition series, we are joined by artist Roo Dhissou. Roo would like to invite participants to braid, bind and bunch wheatgrass.
Join Minder Kaur Athwal and build your intuition with improvised comedy games. Using games and exercises from the improvised comedy world, we’ll be working on some of the skills needed to strengthen our intuition.
As part of the Skillshares programme, Intuition, we are joined by artist Ryan Heath. Influenced by Carmen Argote’s project, Be loved; the workshop will be an exploration into your playful, inner child. We are inviting participants to develop a collective painting, using an ‘exquisite corpse’ technique.
Following on from Skillshare: Sow Grow Eat (Pt. 1) artist Maybelle Peters will deliver a workshop with residents and members at Primary. During the session Maybelle will speak about how growing has become integral to her work before we delve deeper into the histories, traditions and knowledges that shape practice.
Join artists Maybelle Peters and Navi Kaur in discussing and learning how to grow fresh fruit and vegetables.
Skillshare: Sow Grow Eat is a two-part programme and collaboration between Primary’s Artist Development and Public Programme.
Led by digital storyteller Jaya Gordon-Moore, this Skillshare explores how we can make music at home—providing advice and tips on music composition, recording and finding your sound.
Bookkeeper Neisa Reid joins us for a Skillshare focused on financial recording, tax, and self-assessment, and other necessary skills that artists, makers, and creatives need to manage being self-employed.
Learn how to draw straight, wavy, and curly hair in this workshop led by Betty Brown from QTAC Notts. This event is free, everyone is welcome, and materials will be provided. BSL interpreted.
A closed online event held for black communities only, led by Warrior Wellbeing, who will guide the group in stretches, twists, and breathing exercises, as we come together to share strategies for both self and collective care.
Join Rasheeqa and Michael from Phytology for a virtual guided walk to identify medicinal plants, and try out making your own herbal vinegar to support the immune system.
This time we're talking about the politics of food, and how we can use food to form collective memories within communities. We'll create and share recipes together, and play a virtual game of 'Ready, Steady, Cook'!
In this session, led by Uprooted Artist (Raisa Mcclarey Francis), we'll write haiku poetry and creatively re-imagine a world post-lockdown, in response to thoughts on survival, love, and care. What will your city feel, hear, and look like after social distancing? How will you reconnect with communities and public space?
Learn how to make agateware pottery with Nastassja, and make your own plant pot to take home.
