Art and design Workshops
The art and design workshop meets every Thursday afternoon at SMART. Tools and materials are provided, just bring yourself! A chance to practice artistic skills, socialize, relax and have fun.
Distance learning module
During the cancellation of the art workshops we will run weekly on line lessons. Feel free to follow along. You’ll see a list of equipment required for each task. Feel free to send photographs of work produced to my email address and I’ll send feed back as soon as I can.
Lesson 1: Reflections and Refractions
Lesson 3: The Natural world and the Art world
Lesson 5: An Introduction to Colour
Lesson 8: Art and the World Outside
Lesson 9: Art and the Choice of Materials
Links of interest
A video from the the Tate’s Rothko conservation project can be found here.
A video about the conservation of the contents of Clandon house by the national trust can be found here.
Videos from the National Trust’s conservation studio at Knole can be found here and
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Videos from the conservation department at the Bodleian Library can be found here and
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Ask a conservator
If you have any object that could do with a new lease of life, ask one of the conservators that are part of the Conservation for Wellbeing project. We can put you in touch with an expert based on whatever object you have that could do with restoration.