Fibre artist Jane will guide you through using a variety of fabrics to create a background design and adding detail using simple hand embroidery techniques. All materials will be provided but feel free to bring your own fabric scraps.

Whether you’re a complete beginner or an experienced stitcher looking for inspiration you will take home a unique embroidered artwork and the confidence to keep stitching.Jane is passionate about embroidery and uses it on anything she can get a needle through! Join her in letting your creativity loose!

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Join us in our monthly life drawing class with Gallery favourite, experienced artist and tutor, Rob Oldfield.

This workshop is open to everyone, from newcomers who want to take up a hobby through to experienced artists looking to hone their sketching skills.

Materials including various papers, pencils, charcoal and drawing boards will be supplied, but please feel free to bring your own too.

Discover the art of jewellery-making with Lydia Poole through the traditional technique of wax ring carving. Guided throughout the workshop, you’ll learn the basics of carving, get an insight into the ancient lost wax casting process, and create a wax model of your ring.

Join Helen Brook in the Community Space at Calverley Old Hall this January for a unique and inspiring experience. This workshop invites participants into a space of quiet reflection and sensory exploration, offering an opportunity to reconnect with the grounding power and subtle magic of the winter season through creative expression.

Join The Herbarium Collective - skilled botanical artists with a passion for nature and creativity - for a festive, hands-on workshop where you’ll create your own unique piece of vintage-inspired floral art to take home and treasure.

Using a beautiful mix of natural and recycled materials - including pressed flowers, vintage fabrics, and papers - you’ll craft a personalised, mixed-media artwork, perfect to gift or keep.

Step back in time in the historic Calverley Old Hall Community Space for a relaxing afternoon of Tudor blackwork embroidery with expert Jessica Heywood. Immerse yourself in this traditional sewing style, discovering the fascinating history and modern relevance of backstitching.

Join us at Calverley Old Hall Community Space to try something new in this full day workshop. Led by rag rugging tutor, Kim, from Darn It! Workshops, come along to join like-minded people to learn new skills, or develop your existing skills.

In this beginner friendly session you'll learn two versatile rag rug techniques which you will use to make a piece of wall art, homewares, a brooch or more. Kim will guide you through the techniques, advise you on your final piece design and support you throughout this friendly, sociable session.

You’re invited to take part in this beginner-friendly, relaxing afternoon of creating artwork and playing music together with musician Tom Hawkins.

First, you will produce a unique artwork using bright colours and bold shapes inspired by the architecture within Calverley Old Hall. You will then transform your artworks into pieces of music (or Graphic Scores) using both traditional acoustic instruments and found objects.

Come and join us for a relaxing afternoon of creativity at our Calligraphy & Watercolour workshop with Grace Joanna!

Enjoy getting out and trying something new, as you find space to slow down and learn the art of watercolour and beautiful hand-lettering in a relaxed and friendly environment.

Enjoy an afternoon of creativity, stitching a beautiful Yorkshire Rose design in a friendly, supportive - and historic - environment!

Join Marianne from Form in Fabric to learn or develop your skills in decorative hand embroidery, working with an embroidery hoop, needle and embroidery floss to create your own version of the Yorkshire Rose. The rose is found repeatedly on the walls of Calverley Old Hall’s Painted Chamber, and this simplified Tudor era rose is our inspiration for the workshop.