Once we had warmed up with a number of musical ice breakers and improvisation activities we got started on the main activity of the workshop – song-writing. The writing was a collaborative group effort and as tutors we took our lead from the participants. We began by writing down ideas for lyrics and trying out […]
CONTINUE READINGThroughout January I had the pleasure of running art workshops for a group of residents from Station Road Care Home. The art sessions, which took place in Capitol House in Enfield, aimed to explore a wide range of techniques and materials. Another tutor and I, combining our artistic skills, planned the activities leaving some room […]
CONTINUE READINGA happy and prosperous 2015 to all our service users, art teachers and operations team. A huge thank you to you all for your contributions to LifewithArt during 2014. We were as busy as ever throughout last year, running an average of over 50 workshops a month around the UK – yes an astonishing number […]
CONTINUE READINGEvery year Teenage Cancer Trust invite young people from across the country, who have or have had cancer, to attend a four day conference. Find Your Sense of Tumour provides a mix of inspirational presentations, fabulous therapies and great social activities. It’s a chance to meet and share experiences with like minded individuals who know […]
CONTINUE READINGLifewithArt’s associated charities have been making good use of our charity art centres these past few months. Record number of visitors have flocked in to see the wonderful exhibitions on show. RDA- Edinburgh House, Edinburgh. Edinburgh & Borders Region RDA held a Fun Charity Fashion Show evening in conjunction with the British Heart Foundation in Edinburgh […]
CONTINUE READINGMy name is Lucy Loakes and I am 23. For the past three and a bit years I have been working three days a week as a sales assistant at Bookbarn International near my home village south of Bristol. Before that, I went to National Star College in Cheltenham for three years to study IT. […]
CONTINUE READING2014 is here and LifewithArt is off to an amazing start with 6 new Charity Arts Centres to add to our portfolio. Workshops are already underway in Daresbury, Wolverhampton, Newcastle and Grimsby with things kicking off soon in Coventry and Nottingham. At the end of last year we were sorry to say goodbye to Vision@Seabraes […]
CONTINUE READINGAt LifewithArt we know the key to keeping visitors heading to our Charity Arts Centres is variety. We are constantly sourcing new photographic exhibitions and updating our existing ones to ensure a fresh and exciting look at all our centres. In May 2011 LwA launched with only 3 exhibitions including Teenage Cancer Trust, ME and […]
CONTINUE READINGWelcome to LifewithArt’s first Newsletter, highlighting what we’ve been up to over the past few months and some of our ideas for the future. I hope you find this both informative and entertaining. LifewithArt has now been operating for almost a year and we have already held hundreds of workshops, with well in excess of […]
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