A message from Claire Shoosmith who is co-ordinating this opportunity:
“We have been awarded funding by the Arts Council and East Sussex Arts Partnership to invite sixty local groups to take part in free, artist-led pottery workshops and we would like to offer 6 places on the 13 April 2024 workshop to members of The Makers Directory.
We'll be making plates using a whole variety of techniques. No previous knowledge of working with clay is necessary as all the techniques will be broken down into easily accessible steps. The finished plates will be exhibited at Towner in July 2024, where all the workshop participants will be invited to a special tea party at the close of the exhibition. Here everyone will be able to take their plate home or do a swap with another maker!
The project links up with the Turner prize exhibition at Towner and Eastbourne Alive's programme of wider public engagement and celebrates our community and aims to promote well-being that can be fostered by taking part in creative activity. The invited groups span community, arts, health and education focused organisations based in Eastbourne together with independent businesses local to the pottery. we are looking for six people to sign up for one of the workshops between November 2023 and the end of May 2024. Most workshops will take place during the day on Saturday or Sunday.”
Would you like to take part? If you are interested please email Corina to bagsie one of the places