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Arts and Crafts

Produce work inspired by ancient pottery or reproduce a piece using the same process to experience how pottery evolved.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Wednesday, 17 September 2025

Number of weeks: 6

Time: 14:00 - 16:00

Venue: Florence Art Centre (Egremont)

Fully Booked

Arts and Crafts

This is a series of short, easy photography walks in the Western Lakes led by one of our experienced Photography Tutors.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Saturday, 23 May 2026

Number of weeks: 3

Time: 13:00 - 16:00

Venue: The Gather, Ennerdale

Full fee: £58.50
Concessionary fee: £29.25
Staff fee: £49.73

Arts and Crafts

Push your watercolour painting skills further by experimenting with expressive, loose, contemporary watercolour techniques and other media such as pen, collage and pastel.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Tuesday, 9 September 2025

Number of weeks: 7

Time: 14:30 - 16:30

Venue: Kendal Cancer Care

Fully Booked

Arts and Crafts

A course for beginners to experience wet-felting, whilst creating a small, vibrant wall-hanging.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Saturday, 29 November 2025

Number of weeks: 1

Time: 13:00 - 16:00

Venue: The Gather, Ennerdale

Full fee: £19.50
Concessionary fee: £9.75
Staff fee: £16.58

Arts and Crafts

On this course you will dive into the world of colour by experimenting with different mediums like pastels, pencils, and paint, You will also learn how artists use colour to convey emotion, create depth, and enhance composition.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Tuesday, 9 September 2025

Number of weeks: 7

Time: 12:30 - 14:30

Venue: Kendal Cancer Care

Fully Booked

Arts and Crafts

This course will widen your knowledge of famous painters and art movements, and help you to apply the techniques and theory discussed in your own watercolours.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Tuesday, 16 September 2025

Number of weeks: 6

Time: 10:00 - 12:00

Venue: The Gather, Ennerdale

Fully Booked

Arts and Crafts

On this course you will learn the fundamentals of working with gouache and acrylic paints, exploring their unique properties. Through guided exercises, you'll build your skills and confidence in using these versatile mediums.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Tuesday, 4 November 2025

Number of weeks: 7

Time: 12:30 - 14:30

Venue: Kendal Cancer Care

Full fee: £94.00
Concessionary fee: £48.50
Staff fee: £80.35

Arts and Crafts

A seven-week course to build sewing machine skills while creating gathers and pleats from new or re-used fabrics.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Monday, 3 November 2025

Number of weeks: 7

Time: 13:00 - 16:00

Venue: Penrith Parish Centre

Full fee: £136.50
Concessionary fee: £68.25
Staff fee: £116.03

Arts and Crafts

A course for learners who have some basic drawings skills but would like to learn about a wider range of media and techniques.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Friday, 19 September 2025

Number of weeks: 6

Time: 10:00 - 12:00

Venue: The Gather, Ennerdale

Fully Booked

Arts and Crafts

Watercolour painting is all about the building up of layers from light to dark. This course will look at the use of layers as a way to develop depth, texture and mix colours in your paintings.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Tuesday, 4 November 2025

Number of weeks: 6

Time: 13:00 - 15:00

Venue: The Gather, Ennerdale

Full fee: £78.00
Concessionary fee: £39.00
Staff fee: £66.30