Blackpool Great Big Green Week
Join the wave of action sweeping across the nation this September 🌊 The Great Big Green Week is a brilliant opportunity to connect with friends, family and people from your community to look at how we can work together to create a cleaner, greener future, and inspire others to do the same. We&#
Half Term Model Making Workshops with Aardman Animations
Join an expert model maker from Aardman Animations for a fun, hands-on clay modelling workshop.
Loving live-streamed life drawing
As you might already know, we hosted a live-streamed life drawing session for The Big Draw with performance artist Harry Clayton-Wright. On the night, we welcomed 20 artists to the session and to cut a long story story short, we had an absolute blast! It was funny, camp, laid-back… Just a lovely e
Mini Makers BPL: Activity 4, printing on fabric
This week we will be ⭐️printing on fabric using rollers and sponge dabbers⭐️. You’ll get a nice big canvas tote bag and a pencil case in your pack, so your tiny folk can keep all of their art kit nice and tidy. Notes If you do get paint on clothes or furnishings use soapy water [&helli
Mini Makers BPL: Activity 3, Coil Pots
This week’s activity… ⭐️Coil pots using air-dry clay⭐️ Important points: Grown-ups: This activity will need your full supervision. The clay is safe and non-toxic but do try and keep it out of tiny people’s mouths and wash your hands after use. Also small pieces could be a c
Mini Makers BPL: Activity 2, Weaving
This week, we’re having a go at weaving! You can download the step-by-step instructions here. Here’s the video tutorial… Happy Crafting!!!
Pictures in the Park Programme: February – March 2017
All the films in Feb/March 2017. Enjoy!
Get Knotted! Beginners Macramé for Voluntary Arts Week
Macramé (making textiles using knotting techniques) has made a huge comeback, so we’re hosting a drop-in beginners sessions in Charabanc this Voluntary Arts Week.Anyone can come and have a go at making plant hangers. The workshop is FREE and includes all materials and plants. You ca
Handmade on the High Street
Pop-up Fashion Market A chance to shop for locally made fashion and accessories at a Town Centre location on: Saturday 8th December (10am-6pm) and Sunday 9th December (10am-6pm). Money raised from Handmade on the Highstreet will go to local community arts organisations Aunty Social and NWBaseline, s
LLP Inclusion Conference: Aunty’s trip to Birmingham
On the 19th and 20th June, we took a trip to the LLP (Lifelong Learning Programme) Inclusion conference at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham. As a result of our Youth in Action project Pop Goes The Workshop, we had been invited to exhibit by the YIA coordinators at the British Coun
Calling artists and crafters! Can you run a workshop from Aunty HQ?
We’re looking for artists and makers to run art and craft classes from our community craft workshop… Interested? We have a community craft workshop in central Blackpool and plan to run a variety of sewing/craft sessions from there. We want local artists and makers to help us make use
Valloween: Anti Valentine’s Party in pictures
Cake, music, voodoo dolls, pizza, pins, buttons, craft, giggles…done. Song of the night
Valloween: Anti-Valentine’s Day party
Bitter and broken-hearted? Single and super? Sick of Schmaltz? Join our cynical celebration evening of tea, cake, pizza and avoiding all-things soppy and vomit-inducing. Make your own voodoo doll or win a prize for your best dating horror story. Suggested donation £5 (or whatever you would s
Pop-up Picturehouse: Christmas Film Screening
Join us at 6pm on Wednesday 21st December for our Christmas film screening at Blackpool Central Library. There will be refreshments and a few cheeky-sneaky Christmas craft activities. For more information and to reserve tickets, please visit our Eventbrite page. This project has been funded with s
#craftcore: Look at our big shiny baubles!
Some baubles from this week’s craft session…