Illustration and Play
Artpocket Studios, Lion House, Muspole St, Norwich NR3 1DJ
15th, 22nd, 29th April, 6th & 20th May 2024
(please note no session 13th May)
5 weeks, Mondays 6-8pm (materials included)
Pay what you can afford: £100/£125/£150
This course is suitable for beginner illustrators, or people who'd like to get back into drawing again after time away from their creative practice. Over the five weeks, we will focus on different ways of making lively illustration including drawing, painting, print-making and some 3D making. Come with your own story or ideas in mind, or follow the weekly themes.
Book directly with Rose: rose@rosefeather.co.uk
My Toddler Made This Book
The Stage, St Augustines Street, Norwich, NR33AD
Taster session Sunday 21 April 11am-12pm
£8 per adult and child pair, all materials included
Book this taster with Norfolk Makers Festival here
An hour of sensory play, book sharing and mark making which works towards a little collaborative picture book to share. In this taster, we will take photos, make drawings and write stories inspired by our toddlers, and illustrate little concertina books to take home. Perfect for children 0-3 and their grown ups.
Five week course Mondays 11am-12pm, 3 June - 1 July 2024
£40 per adult and child pair, all materials included plus 1 copy of the book we make!
A 5-week picture book making group for babies/toddlers 0-3 and their carers, combining sensory engagement and communication skills for baby/toddler, with drawing and writing activities for carers. Expect songs, messy play and creative story-making as we work towards creating a brand new picture book about what it's like to look after a tiny person - as well as what it's like to be tiny!
This course is in partnership with Artpocket, and supported by Norfolk County Council’s Art Project Fund.
Book directly with Rose: rose@rosefeather.co.uk
Playing with Stories
Free, online storytime sessions with i3 Parent Hub, designed for Cambridgeshire families but open to all. For children 0-4 and their adults.
Monday mornings 9.30-10.15am, 15, 22, 29 April, and 20 May 2024
Aims of the four week course:
– Encourage a love of books and stories within the whole family through playing with picture books
– Increase confidence your own ability as a storyteller
– Learn ways in which looking at stories together can boost communication skills for children aged 0-4
In each session we will:
– Have a storytime, with props and singing and silliness, modelling ways you can use books at home beyond a straight forward reading
– Meet a homemade ‘puppet’ or character made from bits and bobs, linked to the theme
– Suggest and model a craft/ activity/ adventure you could do at home
– Share an idea to grow at home to do with communication skills
Register with i3 Parent Hub: https://i3parenthub.org/courses/playing-with-stories/