10-Week Painting for Pleasure for 18+years | Sheskburn Recreation Centre, Ballycastle
Thursday 17 September to 26 November (no class 29 Oct) | 7-9pm |
Cost £75 full, £68 concession | Tutor Louie Winward | Sheskburn
Recreation Centre, Ballycastle
Running for over five years now, this popular ten-week course encourages you to experiment with materials and techniques to find your own painting ‘path’.
Book directly online or call Flowerfield Reception on 028 7083 1400.
Walk & Sketch for 18+yrs | Ballycastle | Session 1
Saturday 26 September | 10am-12noon| Cost £25 full, £22
concession per session | Tutor Sarah Carrington | Ballycastle (meeting point Sheskburn House foyer)
Join local acclaimed artist Sarah Carrington for a relaxed outdoor walk and sketch session, exploring the beautiful coastal views in Ballycastle. We will spend time observing different aspects of the coastline from the town and beach, portraying the landscape through sketches and mixed media drawings.
Book Directly online or call Flowerfield Reception on 028 7083 1400.
Walk & Sketch for 18+yrs | Ballycastle | Session 2
Saturday 26 September | 1-3pm
Cost £25 full, £22 concession per session | Tutor Sarah Carrington
Ballycastle (meeting point Sheskburn House foyer)
Join local acclaimed artist Sarah Carrington for a relaxed outdoor walk and sketch session, exploring the beautiful coastal views in Ballycastle. We will spend time observing different aspects of the coastline from the town and beach, portraying the landscape through sketches and mixed media drawings.
Book Directly online or call Flowerfield Reception on 028 7083 1400.
Plein Air Painting | The Old Church, Cushendun for 18+yrs
Sunday 27 September | 11am-3pm
Cost £35 full, £32 concession | Tutor Sarah Carrington
The Old Church Centre, Cushendun
Join acclaimed artist Sarah Carrington for expert guidance in painting outdoors. From landscapes and seascapes on the North Coast to Scotland and the Scottish Isles, working outdoors is the foundation of Sarah’s prolific and masterly work. The artist will offer a short demo/talk on her practice before escorting the group to the beautiful surroundings of Cushendun Bay to work.
Please take your own preferred materials and equipment.
If the weather is inclement, Sarah will conduct the workshop indoors | Please wear suitable clothing and footwear for being outdoors
Poetry of Place | Creative Writing with Poet Moyra Donaldson for 18+rs | Ballycastle
Friday 16 October | 5.30-7.30pm
Cost £25 full, £23 concession | Tutor Moyra Donaldson
Sheskburn House, Ballycastle
This workshop will look at why and how we might write about ‘place’. Places where we live or have lived; places we have visited; remembered places and imagined places – how can we best evoke a sense of them in words? We will discuss the topic and look at some relevant poems, before each writing our own first draft of a place poem.
Provided in partnership with the Ballycastle Writers Group.
Book directly online or call Flowerfield Reception on 028 7083 1400.
Street Photography with Cathal McNaughton for 18+yrs | Yarn, Ballycastle
Saturday 17 October | 11am-2pm
Cost £30 full, £27 concession | Tutor Cathal McNaughton
YARN, Ballycastle
Join Pulitzer-prize winning photojournalist Cathal McNaughton for an immersive photography workshop designed for keen amateur photographers and above. You’ll learn to see more intuitively, photograph with greater confidence and create images with depth, purpose and emotion, using your camera or smartphone.
Book Directly online or call Flowerfield Reception on 028 7083 1400.
Autumn Glass Jewellery for 18+yrs | Ballymoney
Saturday 17 October | 2-4pm
Cost £45 full, £41 concession | Tutor Natasha Duddy
Ballymoney Town Hall
Create your own contemporary fused glass jewellery collection. Make a beautiful matching set including a pendant, earrings, brooch and adjustable ring, inspired by the tones of autumn.
Kids Spooky Glass Suncatchers for 8+yrs | Ballymoney
Saturday 17 October | 10am-12noon
Cost £15 | Tutor Natasha Duddy
Ballymoney Town Hall
Children will design and make two Halloween-themed sun catchers to brighten up their windows. Using colourful glass, kids will create their own spooktastic scenes featuring pumpkins, bats, ghosts, spiders, witches and haunted houses. They’ll learn how to safely layer glass, explore colour and composition, and discover how their artwork is transformed in the kiln. Artwork will be professionally kiln-fired and ready for collection at a later date (approx. 7-10 days).
Not-So-Scary Halloween Art Club for 7-10yrs | Ballycastle
Thursday 29 & Friday 30 October | 11am-1pm
Cost £20
Sheskburn Recreation Centre, Ballycastle
Sign your little ghostie and monsters up for some Halloween magic in these workshops where they’ll make masks, goodie bags and more in time for a spooktastic weekend trick or treating.
Not-So-Scary Halloween Art Club for 7-10yrs | Feeny Community Centre
Thursday 29 & Friday 30 October | 11am-1pm
Cost £20
Feeny Community Centre, Feeny
Sign your little ghostie and monsters up for some Halloween magic in these workshops where they’ll make masks, goodie bags and more in time for a spooktastic weekend trick or treating.
Christmas Willow Stars for 18+yrs | Ballymoney
Saturday 5 December | 11am-1pm
Cost £30 full, £27 concession | Tutor Louise McLean
Ballymoney Town Hall
Make your own stunning handmade willow stars to decorate your home or garden for the festive season with award-winning willow artist Louise McLean of Atlantic Craft NI.
