Spend the day learning how to create and use natural dyes:
- Explore a range of colours using plant and vegetable dyes
- Create a colour chart of small fabric samples
- Understand how to use mordants to alter colours which can be achieved
A bit about the tutor
This session will be packed full of fun drama games aimed at bringing out your dramatic side, including writing and performing in your own play with no prior experience required.
This sesson is a great way to meet new people, grow in confidence and most importantly have fun with some new dramatic friends.
Songwriting can be a very relaxing and theraputic experience and in this case will serve as a calm socialising session whilst learning how to easily write lyrics and poems.
You will leave the session with at least one song and or poem that you have created.
Back by popular demand and extended in length!
We are thrilled to be hosting another three week pottery course with Jeannie from Crackle Pots.
Leeds artist Jeannie has a wealth of experience in teaching pottery will help get you started on your first steps into making ceramics. This course is suitable for complete beginners or those with some experience who want to use this valuable workshop time to develop their skills further.
Join us for a fabulous festive day at Northlight this November at our Eclectic Market and Open Studios day.
Our Eclectic Winter Market is a specially curated mix of art & craft stalls showcasing some of the best local artists and makers in Leeds and Yorkshire. This month Northlight will be filled with an enticing array of handmade and vintage goods from over 20 sellers.
Drop in, collage and create poems from funky and fabulous recyclables, such as old posters and theatre programmes! A free event for all ages and spanning three days, brought to you by the National Poetry Centre, and made possible thanks to funding from Leeds City Council's Cultural Investment Programme Grow: Project strand and the University of Leeds.
Budding bairds don't need to attend every day - stay as long as you like.
An adventurous tale of seasons gone awry from Speedwell Dance about an ancient powerful witch and the determination of children to put things right. Join musicians and dancers to awaken scampering creatures, tiptoe past the Mountain Witch’s cave and finally convince her to let the sun return.
A pay-what-you-decide playful and inclusive experience for children aged 3-8 years and their grown-ups. With inspiring dance, songs and original music played live on clarinet, flute and cello.
As part of a Green Libraries Week special, our next Whinmoor Library Social will feature a visit from Groundwork’s Green Doctors . The Green Doctors can help residents stay warm, stay well, and save money on household bills.
A Green Doctor can help a household to:
take control of their energy bills,
provide practical solutions to reduce energy costs,
support residents to use their heating system and controls efficiently,
This immersive sound and light sculpture is made from locally sourced Ash trees felled due to Ash dieback disease. Using a traditional steam bent method combined with re-usable innovative technology and a moving sound composition, we are all invited to reflect on the life of a tree and how to fill the spaces of species lost to climate change.
By Pif-Paf (UK)
Sound by Eleanor Hooper & Kate Griffin
Embark on a foodie adventure through Europe's biggest indoor market!