These are the workshops and activities.
Re-imagining Nailsworth - an experiential imaginarium
7.30pm
At Mortimer Rooms GL6 0DU
£5 / £2 concessions
This workshop is an opportunity to bathe in imagining the positive future you’d like to see, and what our town and community could become. The thinking behind this work is to create an irresistible vision of the future that can motivate us to make it happen.
Whilst it’s important to pay attention to what’s going wrong, and to try and avert catastrophe, there’s a danger that we spend too much time imagining bad outcomes, and this can increase our stress. By contrast, imagining positively increases our well-being, and can be a first step to making it a reality.
Participants will be invited to cultivate a vision of their ideal future, and then to find commonalities that can become a shared vision to work towards.
Facilitated by Bill Roberts and Sue Ryall in collaboration with Nailsworth Climate Action Network; limited to 25 participants.
To book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/re-imagining-nailsworth-tickets-319811824777
Natural Cookery School
Plant based cookery school and catering run by Erin Baker and team
4.00pm until 6.00pm
At Days Mill, GL6 0DU
Free
Join Erin and the team at for a dropin session to take a look around the cookery school and make your own nibbles! Plan for about a half an hour visit.
Booking advised on erin@naturalcookeryschool.com or 01453 823444.
Three Storeys Workshop 1
‘Walk and Draw with Wendy Rhodes’
11.00am until 3.00pm
At Three Storeys, GL6 0JF (entrance in Town Hall car park)
£50
A sketching workshop for up to 6 people. Starting in the gallery with a talk and then heading out into the lanes and footpaths around Nailsworth. Participants should bring their own sketchbook and drawing equipment, appropriate walking footwear is advised. All abilities welcome.
Tickets available from Wendy Rhodes: wrhodesart@gmail.com
Candle and diffuser workshop with Littlecote Natural Luxuries
6.30pm
At 11 Fountain St, GL6 0BL
£40
During this fun 1.5-hour workshop, led by Liz Tucker, you’ll make soy wax scented candles and reed diffusers – ethically and naturally - and take your creations home afterwards! Littlecote Natural Luxuries is a family business, hand-making eco-friendly home fragrances and skin-loving natural toiletries from vegetable-based, organic ingredients and natural essential oils. A relaxed evening with nibbles and Prosecco.
Book directly on: 07955101352.
“Hands on Harps Beginner’s Workshop”
Sessions 1 and 2
6.00pm - 7.00pm and 7.30pm - 8.30pm
At Subscription Rooms, GL6 0JB
£10
Have you ever played a harp? Here is your chance to have a go. No musical experience needed; this is a simple session in a small group (limited to 8 per session). You’ll be surprised how easy it is to play a simple melody in no time!
(Tickets from the festival website only, alternatively please phone 01453 833658)
Sessions 3 and 4 are on Saturday 28th May
Three Storeys Workshop 2
‘Monoprint with Emily Lucas’
2.00pm until 4.300pm
At Three Storeys, GL6 0JF (entrance in Town Hall car park)
£35 inclusive of materials
A half day monoprint workshop for up to 6 people. A whistle stop tour of monoprint techniques experimenting with inks, plates and a printing press. Participants will have an opportunity to play with colour, texture, surface and line. Create colourful prints to take home. All abilities welcome.
Tickets available from Emily Lucas: emilylucas777@gmail.com
“Hands on Harps Beginner’s Workshop”
Sessions 3 and 4
12.30pm - 1.30pm and 2.00pm - 3.00pm
At Subscription Rooms, GL6 0JB
£10
Have you ever played a harp? Here is your chance to have a go. No musical experience needed; this is a simple session in a small group (limited to 8 per session). You’ll be surprised how easy it is to play a simple melody in no time!
(Tickets from the festival website only, alternatively please phone 01453 833658)
Sessions 1 and 2 are on Wednesday 26th May