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Prema is a family friendly Arts Centre, promoting performance, live music and art exhibitions as well as accessible workshops, classes and creative experiences for kids and adults.
Prema, near Dursley in the Stroud valleys, offers an affordable day out for all folk in the South West.
Our workshops are one-off events, rarely repeated so snaffle away while we still have places. We try to offer a really broad range of participatory and learning sessions, some over a full day and a handful of half-day happenings. All artists leading Prema workshops are at the forefront of their creative practice as well as seasoned and experienced facilitators.
March
Wed 20
10:30am - 12pm
Sketch Out at Sharpness Docks
£8 • Friends £6
Join artist Rose-Marie Marsall-Jane, a seasoned and passionate artist and dedicated sketcher for a drawing session, while exploring the bustling beauty of the manificent marina and docks at Sharpness. Rose will lead the walk and the drawing session, imparting tips and techniques to help you brush-up on your drawing and observational skills.
We’ll meet in the car park at the Dockers’ Club before moseying around the marina and along the towpath towards the distinctive iron bridge to sketch the fascinating backdrop of the working port and the huge skies down by the riverside!
Places are limited as we’re keen to keep the group small so everyone gets plenty of support in their drawing. Bring along your sketchbook, drawing materials of your choice and dress for the occasion.
You’ll love it - book now to avoid disappointment.
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Fri 22
11am - 3pm
Make & Forage - Herbs for the Spring Equinox
£50/£47(c) • Friends £48/£45(c)
Come and celebrate the equinox, learning about and connecting with the abundance of herbs in our fields to hail the transition to spring. Explore the abundance of the fields and hedgerows to make a herbal potion to keep healthy through the seasons. Using the expertise and extensive knowledge of Amy Cox, you’ll spend the day learning about the trees and plants in the locality including history, medicinal uses, and folklore. Forage and fill your baskets in the morning to make a herbal remedy, a herbal wreath and a variety of wild teas in the afternoon. You will gain the confidence to forage spring herbs and make more health boosting potions at home beyond the course. We will spend as much of the day outside as possible so please dress appropriately for the weather! Bring a jar, chopping board and knife to make your potions.
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Sat 13
10am - 4pm
Fused Glass Washing Line
£75/£72(c) • Friends £73/£70(c)
We’re delighted to welcome a new fused-glass artist to our roster of workshop leaders. Caroline Lambert provides the inspiration and technical know-how for our fun-foray into glass fusing to create a washing-line of clothes using kiln-formed glass. This remarkable process involves cutting and layering coloured glass, along with a myriad of inclusions and accessories, which are then heated in the kiln to fuse them together.
With plenty of easy-to-follow guidance, practical demonstrations, samples and patterns, Caroline guides you through the entire process. During today’s workshop, you’ll make at least 4 items for your washing line, and the finished work will be fired and ready for collection a few days later. Suitable for all levels of experience.
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10am - 2pm
Spring Block Printing
£50/£47(c) • Friends £48/£45(c)
In today’s workshop printer Mollie Coggins introduces you to the technique of block printing, helping you to pick up tips and tricks to build confidence with your designs and colours, defining your theme for a beautiful Spring inspired table runner. Choose your design from Mollie's array of beautiful blocks, whether it be a hare, chickens or something more floral. Once you’ve finalised your design, you’ll move onto the printing process, creating the perfect decorative table runner to wow all of your dinner guests. Suitable for absolute beginners, the focus of the day is spring lovin’ fun and discovering a new printing technique you can use time and time again for birthdays, family celebrations or any “just because” supper!
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10am - 4pm
Crochet Flowers
£65/£62(c) • Friends £63/£60(c)
It’s all about colour and florals on today’s yarnfest with the queen of crochet Emma Leith. You’ll be designing and making your own flowers to embellish garments or maybe to form a wreath or use in whichever way you choose – the options are seemingly limitless! Today’s workshop requires participants to be proficient in the basics of crochet (ideally having previously made a blanket or two); making this the perfect workshop for all those who want to take their crochet to the next level. You don’t need to bring anything as all materials to make the flowers are provided. Please note that the wreath seen in the photo will not be included and should you wish to turn your flowers into a wreath you will need to purchase this elsewhere.
This workshop is not suitable for complete beginners.
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18 May
10am - 4pm
Green Man Masks
£96/£93(c) • Friends £94/£91(c)
Join us for this two day workshop with ceramic sculptor and artist, Peter Garrard to make a ceramic mask of a Green Man. The green man (aka foliate head) is symbol of rebirth, representing the cycle of new growth that occurs every spring. With plenty of demonstrations throughout the day and one-to-one support Pete will guide you through each stage of the task of designing, constructing and then adding colour to your mask.
1st workshop day 10am-4pm Saturday 20th April
2nd workshop half-day 10am-1pm Saturday 18th May
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10:30am - 12pm
Sketch Out at Breakheart Quarry
£8 • Friends £6
For the month of April, we’re heading up to the very top of the hill, to the beautiful yet bleak, unforgiving landscape of Breakheart Quarry (atop Stinchcombe Hill).
Following its rich and explosive past, the quarry is now a brilliant community project which focuses on learning, leisure and countryside education. And today, it serves as an uncharacteristic Gloucestershire landscape for us to explore and sketch. Huge skies with dramatic undulations to draw, plenty of perspective to play with and an abundance of natural light. And by just crossing the lane, we can venture into the spectacular woodland, following the paths through the sculpture trails. Oodles of drawing interest and inspo for your sketches!
Our Sketch Out sessions are led by artist Rose-Marie Marsall-Jane, a talented, enthusiastic artist and dedicated sketcher who is keen to impart tips and techniques to help you brush-up your drawing and observational skills. Suitable for all levels of drawing experience.
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Sat 27
10am - 4pm
Needle Felted Garden Birds
£65/£62(c) • Friends £63/£60(c)
Bring the cheeky chirrup of springtime into your home, with this fun and easy needle felted garden birds workshop. All materials are provided to make not one, not two but THREE mini birds from soft sheep’s wool - choose from a robin, chaffinch, blue tit, bullfinch, long tailed tit or goldfinch. Sarah Richards from I Felt Fantastic leads you through the process of building your bird body, adding colour, making the wings and tail, and adding eyes and legs. The completed birds are a fabulous addition to your home decor; as part of a spring wreath, in floral arrangements and potted plants, or even as a bird garland. This class is suitable for felting beginners, with plenty of advice and support from a very experienced and wonderfully inspiring tutor.
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10am - 4pm
Willow Swan
£75/£72(c) • Friends £73/£70(c)
Join willow sculptor Sarah Jayne Edwards to create the most glorious woven willow swan for your garden. In today’s session, you’ll start off with an introduction to your materials; discovering the potential of willow, how to source it, how to prepare it, the different types and what works best for different projects. And then it's time for hands-on design and weaving your splendid cob or pen. You will be given the choice of whether you want your swan to be standing or sitting in a nest. All willow used in today’s session will be locally sourced. We’re providing all the materials but please bring a good pair of secateurs and an apron.
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Sat 4
10am - 4pm
Hazel & Willow Garden Structures
£68/£65(c) • Friends £66/£63(c)
With the prospect of longer days and promise of warmer temperatures drawing ever-nearer, our minds turn towards balmy afternoons in our gardens and borders full of colour (perhaps a large jug of Pimms too). Today’s workshop is just the ticket for all passionate gardeners and plants-people.
Join aritst and willow expert Helen Lomberg who guides you through the principles and techniques to create a variety of 3D structures; obelisks, plant supports, trellises and decorative hurdles - all created using locally grown willow and hazel. The perfect accessory for every garden and the ideal structure for really showing your architectural specimens at their very best.
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Prema is a family friendly Arts Centre, promoting performance, live music and art exhibitions as well as accessible workshops, classes and creative experiences for kids and adults.
Prema, near Dursley in the Stroud valleys, offers an affordable day out for all folk in the South West.