Children's Craft Carousel - Get your crafting in at Southern Maltings this Summer.

Younger children can choose from different craft stations set up with a selection of craft activities - going from one to the next like a carousel!

The theme is simply Colour, to tie in with the Colour Rush events that will be taking place across our town during the Ware Festival. Come and get all your holiday crafting in at Southern Maltings.

We will also have playdough and small world play.

Get crafty and have lots of fun and leave the mess for us to clear up!

The craft activities are suitable for ages 3-7; however older children are welcome to come along and enjoy the offerings.... Read more

Children's Craft Carousel - Get your crafting in at Southern Maltings this Summer.

Younger children can choose from different craft stations set up with a selection of craft activities - going from one to the next like a carousel!

The theme is simply Colour, to tie in with the Colour Rush events that will be taking place across our town during the Ware Festival. Come and get all your holiday crafting in at Southern Maltings.

We will also have playdough and small world play.

Get crafty and have lots of fun and leave the mess for us to clear up!

The craft activities are suitable for ages 3-7; however older children are welcome to come along and enjoy the offerings.... Read more

Join Local artist and art club teacher Keeda, in this magical miniature illustration workshop where you will be taking inspiration from Queen Mary's famous dollhouse.

Illustrating in fine liners and colouring pencils, you will be bringing to life your very own concertina dollhouse design!

And if there's time left over, some teeny tiny characters too!

Keeda says "I absolutely love miniature things and it is one of my dreams to one day design and decorate my very own dollhouse. In the meantime I have come up with this simple and effective concertina dollhouse. Where you can express your own creative side through tiny illustrations.
Come and explore all the magical wonders of a miniature world with me"

Keeda is a new tutor to Read more

Join local Artist Keeda in this fun and colourful art workshop. Exploring mark making and paper cutting, You will be drawing inspiration from artist David Hockney. Looking at his colourful landscapes, we will use oil pastels and colour papers to create a jungle world, inside a shoebox.

Keeda says "I love paper crafts and collage, It's all about experimentation. While looking at David Hockney's use of bright colours and quick simple mark making, we will create something visually fun and exciting, without being held back by being precise"

Keeda is a new tutor to Southern Maltings, running some delightful fully booked workshops at May Half Term. She has plenty of experience of teaching children art with local group Art Explorers. She... Read more

Urban Sketching in Ware. Join us 'en plein air' for some urban sketching, capturing the beauty of Ware's Architecture with tutor Elena Russu.

This workshop is outside and your teen will be walking around the town and sketching in various locations. Looking at line, detail, composition, perspective, tone and colour they will quickly gain the skills and confidence to start capturing the beauty of their surroundings in Ware.

After a short introduction to herself and each other, Elena will demonstrate different tricks and techniques and how she builds her sketches.

Tutor Elena Russu has plenty of experience in her favourite past time of Urban Sketching. She has taught both adults and children both in person and online, in a variety if different workshops... Read more