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Try your hand at print design with Patrick Moriarty, owner and designer at Paisley Power! Transform hand-drawn motifs, photographic imagery, graphics, watercolour illustration, doodles or small objects into eye-catching textile prints in one creative evening, with 1-2-1 guidance. These classes are open to all levels, with various artistic techniques to explore each week. Create repeat patterns by hand and learn how to replicate these digitally for printing. At the end of your session, you can order a large FREE sample of your design on…

METAL SOUTHEND PRESENTS ~ Netpark Wellbeing Project Dementia Drop-ins: Supporting positive mental health. Project coordinator Emma Mills.

Working with Project 49 this group is for people living with learning disabilities. The weekly course incorporates art, craft and wellbeing techniques with walking in Chalkwell Park and using iPads to create digital and traditonal art. The course hopes to improve confidence using technology, gentle exercising in the park whilst meeting new people and helping raise self esteem. If you would like to join, please contact emma.mills@metalculture.com or phone 01702 470700 Tuesdays 1.30pm – 3.30pm.

Lino and Wood Block Prints, Collagraphs and Mono-Printing. Take a first step into printmaking, or develop your existing printing skills! Discover methods and techniques for relief printing in this 6 week course for all levels, with artist and teacher David Lintine. Make unique mono-prints and small print editions by hand, using contemporary and traditional materials to achieve artist quality prints. During the course, you will explore fine art approaches to printmaking using various printing papers, inks, tools, and cutting blocks.…

STORY BITES WRITES Fridays from 17:30 – 19:00 £7.50 per week Metal Art School, Chalkwell Park  Story Bites Writes is a weekly writing club lead by Jacqson Diego Story Emporium. The session is for children of all abilities who are passionate about writing. Our group of 8 and 12 year olds meet weekly at the Metal Art School, in Chalkwell Park, to grow ideas, share their writing and start new writing projects that have been inspired by a range of activities and…

10 week digital art class for adults living with low to medium mental health issues and concerns. The participants create their own 12-part story using photographs taken in the grounds of Chalkwell Park and then illustrated using the Apple app Procreate. For further information please contact emma.mills@metalculture.com or phone 01702 470700 Tuesdays 1.30pm – 3.30pm at Metal Art School, in Chalkwell Park

11-week yoga, mindfulness and art group for those who have experienced trauma. This gentle group will start weekly with 50 minutes of yoga with Keeley Beech YA200hrs, ITEC, imft.  Keeley has been working with mental health in 2013 visiting day centres and care homes offering therapies to Dementia groups, adults and children with learning disabilities and additional needs.  As well as a Yoga teacher Keeley is a yoga therapist which enables her to use yoga techniques therapeutically for physical and…

This 11-week journaling art wellbeing class is for adults living with low to medium mental health issues and concerns. The participants create their own journals whilst undertaking mindfulness and wellbeing explorative art exercises and image making. For further information please contact emma.mills@metalculture.com or phone 01702 470700 11 Week course. Every Monday from 1.30pm – 3.30pm. All classes are free with refreshments provided.

Back In The Frame – in conversation with Jools Walker Join Jools Walker at Metal Southend for a discussion of her new book, Back In The Frame: “a memoir of bikes, blogs and riding through depression from award-winning blogger, Lady Vélo.” Jools Walker re-discovered cycling aged twenty-eight after a ten-year absence from the saddle. When she started blogging about her cycle adventures under the alias Lady Vélo, a whole world was opened up to her. But it’s hard to find…

Join artist Lisa Meehan and rediscover Chalkwell Park through traditional and contemporary drawing methods. Enjoy drawing from nature, both inside and outside our art studio, and socialising with local budding artists. This popular 6 week course is great for beginners or practising artists. £75 for 6 sessions Thursday mornings, 9.30 – 12.30 from 14th November to 19th December. Contact Lisa directly to book your place! 07912 884 310 lfmeehan@btinternet.com Please bring your own sketchbooks and pencils.

Sat 23 & Sun 24 Nov 10am – 4pm each day Free Entry See Chalkwell Hall transformed into a winter marketplace this November, complete with independent makers selling bespoke gifts, locally made art, jewellery, homewares and much more. Browse with a mince pie in hand, or visit our in-house Cafe Valise for mulled wine, hot chocolate and other winter warmers. Expect seasonal surprises and that festive feeling. All located within the beautiful grounds of Chalkwell Park, with stalls across two…