General Arts Programme: Staff Art Workshops

Join us for a series of staff art workshops with local artists and writers.

Explore conceptual and experimental ways of creating with Lucie Smith. Develop technical drawing skills with Stewart Beckett. And support your wellbeing through creative writing with Damian Kelly-Basher, Hampshire’s Poet Laureate.

The workshops run from 5-6.30pm at the UHS Wellbeing Hub’s Function Room.

Sign up to your workshop below:

Experimental Skills with Lucie Smith 

  • Session 1: Introduction to experimentation – 13 November
  • Session 2: Exploring storytelling and symbolism – 27 November
  • Session 3: Understanding materials and their uses – 4 December

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Drawing Skills with Stewart Beckett

  • Session 1: Introducing the basics – 22 January
  • Session 2: Exploring structure and perspective – 29 January
  • Session 3: Finalising technique and finishing drawing – 5 February

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Creative Writing with Damian Kelly-Basher

  • Session 1: Writing as a group – 19 February
  • Session 2: Exploring your work in the NHS – 26 February
  • Session 3: Writing for wellbeing – 5 March

Book your place

For more information, please email piers.inkpen@southamptonhospitalscharity.org