Everybody Arts

Over the last few months we’ve been planting, growing and working with our fantastic community to prepare The Everybody Garden - a micro show garden that will form part of Culturedale’s Seeds of Hope festival at Shibden Park 🌻🌿

Alongside Cross Lane Primary School, Phoenix Men’s Shed and more than 200 children, volunteers and community members, we’ve cultivated plants, painted planters, pots and pebbles and created nature weavings and ceramic stepping stones. It’s been a wonderful testament to what can be achieved when a community grows together 💚

And today is the day it all starts to come together! We’re on site installing the garden ahead of the festival launch, bringing all those creative contributions together to create a space that celebrates our organisation’s textile heritage and the wellbeing benefits of art, creativity and nature.

We hope The Everybody Garden will be a welcoming space for everyone to enjoy - a place to pause, connect with nature and take a moment for mindfulness.

Visit the Seeds of Hope festival:

📍 Shibden Park
📅 13–16 August
🎟️ Free entry

Discover The Everybody Garden alongside nine other beautiful community-created gardens from across Calderdale. We can’t wait to share it with you!

Cross Lane Primary School CultureDale

Ever fancied having a go at throwing a pot on the wheel? 🏺

Join us later this month for our Wheel Throwing Introduction Day and get hands-on with clay as you learn the essential skills of wheel throwing in a relaxed, supportive and fun environment.

📅 Saturday 22 August
🕙 10am – 4pm
👥 Suitable for adults of all experience levels

**What is it?**

Led by our experienced tutor Rosie Moon, you'll be introduced to every stage of the wheel throwing process, from preparing your clay and centring on the wheel to shaping your first ceramic forms.

Working with clay is a unique multi-sensory experience that encourages mindfulness and can support your health and wellbeing, making this the perfect opportunity to slow down, learn something new and get creative.

**Who is it for?**

This session is the perfect introduction to the craft of ceramics.

Whether you're a complete beginner, looking to build your confidence on the wheel, or thinking about joining one of our ceramics courses or studio memberships, this is a great way to experience our ceramics studio and see what it's all about.

To help as many people as possible to experience our ceramics programme, we also have an accessible wheel thanks to generous funding from the fantastic Unlimited 💜

Book your place on our website: https://booking.everybodyarts.org.uk/event/334011

Last week we opened our doors for our Holiday Art Club - an opportunity for children to learn new skills, make friends and get creative. It was such a great week - we absolutely loved seeing our young people experimenting, making and having fun.

We have one session still available to book this week:

☀️ Summer Collage
Thursday 6 August, 10am - 3pm
Explore cutting, layering and experimenting with collage materials to create colourful flowers and sunny scenes.

Book places via our website: https://booking.everybodyarts.org.uk/list

Concessions and sibling discounts available.

So you think you can't draw?!

We believe there's an artist in everyone! Come along to one of our short drawing courses to learn the fundamentals of drawing. Brand new for 2026, our Sketchbook and Drawing Foundation start next week.

✨ Sketchbook Foundation – Tuesdays from 4 August, 10am – 12pm ✨
- Perfect for people looking for guided support to develop their sketching skills but who also like time for exploration
- Children over 8 years old can come along with an adult so you can spend time getting creative as a family
- Sessions can be booked as a block of four or as a one-off

✏️ Drawing Foundation – Wednesdays, 1 – 3pm ✏️
- Ideal for people who want to strengthen their fundamental drawing skills while developing their own creative style
- Adult only sessions with practical assignments and a more structured approach

🎨 If painting is more your thing, we also have a Painting foundation course 🎨

These 4-week programmes are a great way to build your skills and confidence. People with more experience are also welcome to attend to continue your creative journey.

Visit our website to book and take a look at our different pricing options for a range of financial circumstances: https://booking.everybodyarts.org.uk/list

This reel shows creations from last half term’s Sketchbook Club 💜