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Blaenau Gwent REACH: Free workshops - LINC Llys Glyncoed Extra Care Accommodation

Dates
Monday, May 16, 2022 - 10:00 to Friday, July 8, 2022 - 11:30
Location
Llys Glyncoed Extra Care Accommodation, College Road, Ebbw Vale NP23 6LD
Contact
OU Wales Partnerships

Fun and friendly workshops in art, creative writing and sustainability.

Sessions are FREE and open to people with any level of experience. For over 16’s.

The same workshops will run in different places on a range of dates to give you more choice.

Book your place on as many of the sessions below as you’d like.  We can’t wait to meet you.

To book your space on workshops email us at wales-partnerships@open.ac.uk or phone Stacey on 029 2167 4585

Visual art
Explore the history and heritage of your local area through visual arts. These sessions will be run jointly by visual artists and art historians, helping you to better understand art as well as creating your own.  
Visual Art 1 Thurs 28 April 10:00 - 12:00
Visual Art 2 Thurs 19 May 10:00 - 12:00
Visual Art 3 Thurs 9 June 10:00 - 12:00

Sustainability: An unsustainable life  
Explore an alternative future for the area by rethinking your daily actions and habits in the environment of Blaenau Gwent. Workshops may involve walks outside the venue to connect with the environment around you.
Sustainability 1   Mon 16 May 10:00 - 11:30
Sustainability 2   Thurs 19 May 14:00 - 15;30
Sustainability 3   Mon 13 June 10:00 - 11:30

Creative writing for fun
These sessions will include a range of exercises to kick-start your creativity. You will investigate local history and characters and use them as the basis of a story, script, or poem. You will also practise painting pictures with words to create poetry or descriptive prose. 
Creative writing 1 Fri 20 May 10:00 - 11:30
Creative writing 2 Fri 1 July 10:00 - 11:30
Creative writing 3 Fri 8 July 10:00 - 11:30

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