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Discover the Artist in You!

JH Members' Event

Join us for a 5-week series of taster art and craft workshops with artists.

Details

  • 30 September 2024 - 28 October 2024
  • Jersey Museum

Explore your creativity and sample a feast of creative techniques and processes, with artists and colleagues from Jersey Heritage’s Curation and Experience team.

Our 5-week series of taster workshops will explore different ways to kickstart your creativity and introduce you to new ways of responding to the world around you through art and crafts (these workshops are for our adult Members).

Whether you're a complete beginner or someone who wants to rediscover your artistic flair, our workshops offer you a fantastic opportunity to learn new skills, relax, unwind and meet like-minded people in a fun and supportive environment.

Each week, there will be a different creative focus, from drawing to lino printing, leather craft to creative movement. You can sign up to any of the workshops, or better yet why not try all five! There is no right or wrong way of creating art and each of the artists will guide you through the process, giving you time to try new techniques and respond.

Adult JH Members’ workshops are £5 per session, plus Eventbrite booking fee. All materials are provided. All creative abilities welcome.

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Session details

Into the Trees
30 September, 6pm – 8pm
Pen, ink & watercolour
With Artist and Events Curator, Nicola Lucas

Drawing to Music
7 October, 6pm – 8pm
With Artist and Volunteer Co-ordinator, Julia Coutanche

Leather Craft
14 October, 6pm – 8pm
With Crafter and Education Officer, Alice Honey

Creative Movement
21 October, 6pm – 8pm
With Artist and Members’ Curator, Carmella Knight

Lino Printing
28 October, 6pm – 8pm
With Artist and Sites Curator, Chris Addy

Please email Carmella.Knight@jerseyheritage.org if you have questions about any of the workshops.

Unleash your creativity and discover the artist in you!

View all dates for this event
  • Monday, 30 September / 6pm to 8pm
  • Monday, 7 October / 6pm to 8pm
  • Monday, 14 October / 6pm to 8pm
  • Monday, 21 October / 6pm to 8pm
  • Monday, 28 October / 6pm to 8pm

Session One

Into the Trees

Join local Artist and Events Curator Nicola Lucas for this week’s workshop ‘ Into the Trees’ where you will discover the lively personality of watercolour painting. Explore experimental techniques, using texture and pattern to create your own treescape masterpiece, that we hope will ignite a passion for capturing our Island’s iconic trees.
There is no right or wrong way of creating art and Nicky will guide you through the process, giving you time to try new techniques and respond.
Date: Monday, 30 September
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Place: Make Space at Jersey Museum (2nd floor gallery)
About the Artist – Nicola Lucas I am a Birmingham born artist currently working from my home studio in the picturesque village of Gorey in Jersey, Channel Islands.
Inspired by the unique healing power of trees and salt water, I paint and draw contemporary landscapes using the fluidity of watercolours, and the monochromatic contrast of mono printing and pen and ink. I originally trained as a textile designer – specialising in print for fashion – this love of pattern, shape and texture is always evident in my work.
One of my major influences is the Japanese painting technique of Sumi-e, where white space is carefully curated with mindful brushstrokes and a limited colour palette, always aiming to capture the timeless beauty and complexity of the natural world.
To find out more about Nicky’s work, visit www.nicolalucasartist.com
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Session Two

Drawing to Music

Join local Artist and JH Volunteer Coordinator, Julia Coutanche, for this week’s workshop. ‘Drawing to Music’ will focus on the use of color. Participants will explore oil pastels while drawing to music, experimenting with various techniques to create textures, patterns, and express rhythm and movement. These individual pieces will then be developed into a larger artwork, through the use of collage.
Date: Monday, 7 October
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Place: Make Space at Jersey Museum (2nd floor gallery)
About the Artist – Julia Coutanche Julia Coutanche MA (RCA) trained as an Illustrator and Animator. She was chief artist on the Children’s ITV series, “Bertie the Bat” and created films and videos inspired by the music of the Boomtown Rats, Talking Heads and World Party. She now paints, using acrylic, and has exhibited in several group and solo shows. For over 30 years she has been teaching Adult Education drawing classes.
As JH’s Volunteer Coordinator, Julia conceived and managed the community project that resulted in the beautiful nine-foot-square Jersey Cider Apple Quilt which is currently on display in the “Bouan Appétit!” exhibition at Jersey Museum.
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Session Three

Leather Craft

Join local Crafter and JH Education Officer, Alice Honey, for his week’s workshop, ‘Leather Craft’.  Alice will focus on the technique of tooling leather using metal stamps. Participants will plan out their design first then use leather strips, metal stamps, shoe polish and Tokenole leather gum, along with wooden burnishing tools to create a leather cuff and key ring to take home.
Alice will guide you through the process, giving you time to explore these traditional methods of tooling leather.
Date: Monday, 14 October
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Place: Make Space at Jersey Museum (2nd floor gallery)
About the Crafter – Alice Honey  Interested in making in all forms and functions, from creating a garden seat out of an old wooden boat, to adapting clothing, using up scraps of leather for mini projects and much more. She likes to make beautiful and interesting things out of scraps and discarded materials and give them a new life. She loves working with fabric, leather, and wood and has a particular love for whittling.
As a Jersey Heritage Education Officer, Alice works with the Jersey Heritage Education Team, visiting schools and guiding children around our fabulous sites, sharing Jersey’s stories.
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Session Four

Creative Movement

Join local Artist and JH Members’ Curator, Carmella Knight, in Week 4 of Discover the Artist in You.
This week’s workshop will focus on exploring different ways to create shape and movement, both individually and in small groups. Everyone is unique and can express themselves in their own way.
Carmella will guide you through the process, allowing you the time to develop your unique movement style and respond to different stimuli. Whether it’s music, emotions, or visual art, you’ll discover new ways to express yourself physically, unlocking your Unique Movement Vocabulary. The workshop will also introduce Dynamic Mass Sculpture, where individual expressions come together to form a collective expression for group movement.
Through thoughtful guidance and creative exercises, you’ll gain confidence in your ability to connect with your body and express your individuality through movement.
Date: Monday, 21 October
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Place: Ouless Room at Jersey Museum (2nd floor gallery)
From the Artist – Carmella Knight “Creativity and artistic expression have always fascinated me, whether it’s through dance, painting, or moving with flags. In 2011, I attended a ‘Summer School’ for Movement in Worship in Brighton, and it was a transformative experience. The first day of the Creative Movement class opened up a new world of physical expression for me—one that I hadn’t realized was possible. I was eager to continue exploring this new found freedom. In 2013, I took a gap year to travel and train with MIW, ultimately becoming a licensed teacher in 2015, specialising in their signature courses in movement and dance.
One of my greatest joys is seeing people who don’t consider themselves dancers join a class and give it a try. Most of us can move in some way, even if we can’t leap across a stage or bend down low. We can still explore what our bodies are capable of, connecting movements and creating shapes that express who we are.
Whether it’s dancing around the kitchen, enjoying a night out with friends, or participating in stadium events with large flags and fellow dancers, I simply love to move. I’m excited to help our JH Members discover their own movement potential!”
As a Jersey Heritage Members’ Curator, I organise JH Members’ events and Discovery Days and her favourite sites are Hamptonne and La Hougue Bie.
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Session Five

Lino Printing

Join local Artist and JH Curator, Chris Addy, for an engaging ‘Lino Print Workshop’. This hands-on session will guide you through the art of lino printing, from designing your image to carving and printing your unique piece. Reference material will be provided to inspire your designs, but feel free to bring along any that spark your interest.
Chris will guide you through the process, introduce you to new techniques and give you time to experiment.
Date: Monday, 28 October
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Place: Make Space at Jersey Museum (2nd floor gallery)
About the Artist – Chris Addy
Chris has been Sites Curator and Living History Manager at Jersey Heritage for more than nine years. He has recently completed three projects: the installation of 19 new interpretation panels at Mont Orgueil Castle, assisting artist Piers Secunda set up his exhibition ‘Alderney: The Holocaust on British Soil’ in the Occupation Tapestry Gallery at the Maritime Museum and the laying of 20 Stolpersteine memory stones to Islanders who were persecuted, imprisoned or deported during the German Occupation.
Chris has a First Class Fine Art Printmaking degree from Loughborough University School of Art and Design, specialising in the medium of the artist’s book, combining etching with typesetting. After a long break from printing, he joined the Luddite Press (located at Grève de Lecq Barracks) two years ago and in July 2024 had an exhibition in the Link Gallery at Jersey Museum. His work is a therapeutic means of visualising his long-term experience of poor mental health which has recently been qualified by an Autism diagnosis.
Some of Chris’ work can be seen here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61563520815313
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