Summer Reading Challenge: Marvellous Music Machines

To celebrate this year's Summer Reading Challenge theme of Marvellous Makers, join us for this session where you will code and craft your own musical creations. Try building, recording and looping your own voice or sound effect with our Lego Spike music makers project, create an audio collage and bring it alive with Makey Makeys and Scratch, and craft your own own percussion shakers. You will also have the opportunity to sign up for the Summer Reading Challenge, and borrow books. Taking place at various venues across the city:

Friday 26th July, 1.30pm-3pm - Leeds Central Library

Leeds Digital Careers Fair 2024

Leeds Digital Careers Fair returns to Leeds First Direct Arena on Tuesday 24 September 2024.

Free tickets are available to book anytime between 2:30pm-6:30pm.

Everyone is welcome, you can stay as long as you like and the event is free to attend.

The event will take place 1:30pm-6:30pm with the first hour allocated to school bookings.  

Explore Your Future at Leeds Digital Careers Fair 2024!

Summer Reading Challenge: Marvellous Makers

To celebrate this year's Summer Reading Challenge theme of Marvellous Makers, join us for this session, where you will become an artist for the day! Taking inspiration from famous artworks and brilliant books, we'll be doodling, collaging, building and crafting. Work together to make a giant collaborative artwork and create a craft to take home with you. Plus, you'll have a chance to sign up for the Summer Reading Challenge, and borrow books. Taking place at various venues across the city:

Friday 26th July, 1.30pm-3pm - Leeds Central Library

The Wind In The Willows - Family Outdoor Theatre

Imagine this...

A gorgeous balmy summer afternoon. You are sitting on a camping chair or blanket with a picnic of your favourite food and drinks, your family are around you. Behind you the sun is high in the sky and warming you nicely, on a glorious summer day. In front of you a group of professional actors are presenting a fantastic, hilarious and magical production of The Wind In The Willows.

Jigsaw Linocut

Printing a linocut jigsaw style is an easy way to print a design in multiple colours. You cut the lino block into pieces, ink them up separately, then put the lino block back together to print.

Your tutor will guide you through designing an image for the jigsaw printing method. You will also be shown how to carve the lino block, apply the inks, and print it – both with our traditional Albion relief printing press, and burnishing by hand. You will be shown examples of lino prints made using this method, and advice on the kind of designs that work best.

Introduction to Screen Printing - 5 Week Course

This 5 week evening course will run on Tuesdays 24th September – 22nd October 6pm-8.30pm.

Explore the process of screen printing onto paper and develop your confidence as an independent screen printer. You will learn how to register and layer your designs, and print with multiple colours. You will gain an understanding of the photo stencil emulsion technique and will learn how to coat and expose screens using our UV exposure unit. Your tutor will also introduce you to relevant contextual artists and screen printing terminology.

What experience do I need?

Collograph Taster Session

This workshop will introduce you to a version of collograph which uses relief inking methods to produce prints using our fantastic range etching presses and equipment in the print workshop. You’ll use oil based inks, stencils, collage and textures to create an exciting series of prints. This is a great introduction to the collograph technique.

What experience do I need?

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