Workshop
Algerian Dance Workshops with Hayet Amar
In these interactive dance workshops, explore Algerian Folk dance with Hayet Amar – a specialist in North African traditional dance forms – and Liverpool Arab Arts Festival. Chaoui [sha-wi] Dance Workshop Sunday 29 September, 1-2pm Price: £7.21 (including booking fees) Booking link This workshop will explore a traditional dance from one sub-group of the indigenous...
Printmaking for Beginners
This 3 week evening course is a perfect taster session into 3 different print techniques; monoprint, linocut & drypoint etching. You’ll learn the basics of all 3 techniques and create prints using each technique. The course is designed for beginners who would like an introduction to printmaking and those who would like a taster of...
Introduction to Multi-Colour Lino Cut
Learn the basics of Linocut and how to design, carve, register and print an edition of 2-colour lino prints. During this one day course you will be guided through the basics of Linocut, an enjoyable process that makes a perfect introduction to printmaking. You will learn how to transfer an image onto your lino, carve...
Body Mapping: Exploring Disability Arts From Indonesia
Join Jogja Disability Arts and DaDa for an exploration into disability arts practice in Indonesia. Jogja Disability Arts is an organisation based in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Using art and the cultural model of disability, JDA aims to create space and access for meaningful participation for disability artists in Indonesia. JDA actively advocates models for inclusivity and...
BlackFest 2024
BlackFest is an award winning festival that boasts an inclusive programme celebrating theatre, film, spoken word, poetry, music, dance and visual arts, providing a safe space for experimentation, excellence and connection within arts. Our collaborations with artists, organisations and the community has encouraged the creation, appreciation and access to this celebrating and centring Black Arts...
Trauma Informed Practice for Participatory Artists: Training
Although it’s very important to maintain the distinction between art and therapy, participatory artists are often in positions where they need to support their participants’ mental health. This training is specifically for artists and facilitators and takes a person-centred approach to understanding trauma and incorporating this understanding into your creative practice. This training will: –...
BlackFest 2024: Sustainable Cooking – Land and Cultivation
Join BlackFest for another sustainable cooking workshop with Michelle Odwyer – Bay Tree Cooking. Explore our roots and tap into ancestral wisdom during this eco-friendly cooking workshop. Featured in the Liverpool Echo, Michelle Odwyer was originally inspired by her grandmother to become a chef and offer budget healthy cooking classes. Michelle Odwyer set up Bay...
BlackFest 2024: Visual Arts Workshop – Cara Walker
Cara Walker is a visual artist dedicated to cultural liberation and the advocacy of creativity, with a particular focus on amplifying the Black voice. Her workshop – The Clean slate – her exhibition will be discussion led looking at portraiture and the exhibition developed from a 3 month artist residency at the Wales Millennium Centre....
BlackFest 2024: Visual Arts Workshops – Ridwa Horreh
Join Ridwa Horreh for a workshop in Reclaiming Black Femininity: An Exploration of Identity, Beauty, and Empowerment. Ridwa is a student at the University of Nottingham’s Cultural, Media, and Visual Studies Department. As a passionate photographer, Ridwa has collaborated with social media influencers, an experience that sparked her interest in exploring identity and representation. Ridwa’s...
BlackFest 2024: Visual Arts Workshop – Kassessa Gandara
Join Kassessa Gandara a self-taught visual artist from Angola. He creates different concepts and translates them into different artistic expressions, through live events, stages, exhibitions, digital prints, sculpture and painted mediums. He will be sharing his practice part discussion led on your creative identity, processes in he diaspora, inspiration. With an arts workshop.
