LEARNING & EVENTS
Take a look at our upcoming activities below
all of our events are managed by individual facilitators - click the button per listing for booking or queries
Click below to find out more information about holding a workshop or event at Beach Creative
Happy Here
10am-12pm
Sunday 7th August
Monday 8th August
Saturday 20th August
Monday 22nd August
Saturday 27th August
Monday 29th August
Create new worlds through storytelling, theatre, art and adventure.
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PUPPET MAKING
Sat 6 Aug 11am-12.30om
Including filming on a green screen by ZOOM ROCKMAN youngest award winning political cartoonist ,puppet, animation and inventor of Zoomascope.
Bookings essential
MEMOIR WRITING GROUP
July 4th, Aug 1st, Sept 5th, Oct 3rd
7pm to 8.30pm
Join Marnie for a mix of writing time with prompts if required, sharing writing if you
wish, and time to ask questions about your
memoir. Small number of online places available for those who live further afield or
prefer/need to stay home.
Instagram: @MarnieMemoirs
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Calligraphy Course
6:30pm-8:30pm
Thursdays
15th, 22nd, 29th September and 6th October
for beginners
4 week course- an introduction to one of the most classic styles in calligraphy - i t a l i c
Door hanger decorating - with Debs Smith
Wednesday 3rd August 10am-4pm
Wednesday 10th August 10am-4pm
Wednesday 24th August 10am-4pm
Decorate your own door hanger! If you can hold a paint brush you can join in this workshop it doesn't matter how young or old and a great opportunity for families to create together. Turn up at Beach Creative anytime from 10am last session at 3:30pm. This will be done on a first come first serve basis, there will be the opportunity to book time slots on the day should there not be enough spaces when you arrive.
Sketch Jam
Saturday 20th August
5pm
LIVE JAZZ TO DRAW / PAINT / SKETCH / LISTEN
with Jo Doolan, vocals, Richard Rozze, guitar, Alex Keane, double bass
as part of the 2022 Herne Bay Jazz and Swing Festival.
Supported by Arts Council England, Herne Bay Festival Charity, Kent County Council, Jubilee Books, and private individuals.
FREE Entry with optional donation towards the 2023 Festival
Blueprints of Dover
register your interest
Mon 1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd Aug 1pm-3pm St Radigans community Centre, Dover.
Blueprints of Dover is a community project funded by The Wellbeing Community Fund Social Enterprise Kent and delivered by Emily Parris from The Darkroom at Beach Creative. This project is currently recruiting participants and is open to applications from anyone over the age of 55, or under 55 with complex needs. The ideal participant will live in Dover. To register your interest in taking part in this project, please email Emily Parris at
thedarkroomatbeachcreative@gmail.com
or register your interest on the Eventbrite page
Cyanotype Workshop
FULLY BOOKED
Wed 17th August
11am-12pm
12:15pm-1:15pm
FREE and funded by Herne Bay festival. Please book a time slot. If you can no longer attend please contact thedarkroomatbeachcretive@gmail.com so Emily can release the tickets to the waiting list.
Found Poetry Workshop
FREE
18th August 2022
10am-11.30am
Poems are hidden all around us! In this workshop, you will learn found poetry techniques to help you create your own pieces of writing, including finding out what oblique techniques are and creating a piece of blackout poetry!
Creative Writing Workshop
FREE
18th August 2022
12.30-2pm
Anyone can write! In this workshop, you will learn creative writing techniques to help you create your own pieces of writing, focusing on the theme of the seaside. We will use images, sounds and smells to create our pieces of writing.
Herne Bay Jazz & Swing Fest
A range of activities and fun across Herne Bay. Visit the website for full details
Time for Art
Two hour sessions with Jacqueline Newbury
Where artists are tuaght by artists with a choice of a wide range of materials and mediums. One can follow a structured course across 8 sessions - or book for a single session.
£20 per session
07751221150
Painting Fun
Herne Bay Fest
Wed 3rd August
10am-4pm
Painty Fun will be be open to everyone from ages 2-82+, if they can hold a paint brush then they can join in the fun. Families will be very welcomed and encouraged.
Art has been proven to be very good for mental health at all ages. Just 20 mins of art a day will have a positive impact on how a person feels. It helps to takes ones mind away from stresses and problems of day to day life both in children as well as adults.
We all pick up crayons at an early age often before we can do anything else. As we become older we lose the ability to play. This mini workshop will the young and the old to have the 20mins they need to give their minds a creative boost. Each attendee will have the opportunity to create their own door hanging to their own design, all free of charge.
Art and Design
basis skills course
Four week course
10am-1pm
6th, 13th, 20th and 27th October
£60 including materials and equipment.
Beachfind Collages
10am-12pm
Saturday 6th August
Sunday 7th August
Monday 8th August
Tuesday 9th August
Free, fun and informative these workshops are all
about helping you to create artworks from beach-
combed items such as driftwood, plastic bottle
tops, feathers, rope and other flotsam washed up
on Herne Bays shore.
As well as making individual collages on board, a
large image of Herne Bay seafront will be mapped
out for you to contribute to.
Although all materials will be supplied it would be
great if you could bring along any plastic bottle
tops too. FUNDED BY
HERNE BAY FESTIVAL
Wizard Stories
Fri 12th Aug 1pm & 2:30pm
Sun 14th Aug 1pm & 2:30pm
Fri 19th Aug 1pm & 2:30pm
Sea monsters, smugglers, mermaids and more - a storytelling odyssey!
Join Herne Bay's resident storytellers as we brave the waves to battle Gorgons and galleons, delve the depths for tantalizing treasure, and cast off to lands anew, in a unique storytelling adventure!
Performances last approx 1 hour
Funded by Reconnect
Art Journaling
Please note there are no sessions in August
September:
Tuesday 6th 10.00-1.00pm, Thursday 8th 1.00-4.00pm, Saturday 10th 10.00-1.00pm
October:
Tuesday 4th 10.00-1.00pm, Thursday 6th 1.00-4.00pm, Saturday 8th 10.00-1.00pm
Life Drawing
Every Tuesday
7pm-9pm
Open to all abilities. Professionally run by Penny Jackson.
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35mm printing evenings
Wed 17th Aug 6:30pm-8pm
Wed 14th Sept 6:30pm-8pm
£20pp -
only 3 spaces per session
Bring along any negatives (old or new) and learn
how to create photographs in the darkroom
No previous experience necessary
Meditation
with Floating Yoga
Wednesday's - 6.15-7.15pm From 29th June FORTNIGHTLY
Meditate & Recalibrate: A class where we’ll explore the
transformative power of
meditation and pranayama
(breath-work). I nvite you to join me, Lucy, as we collectively dive deeper into meditation & breath techniques exploring
many different schools of
thought that you can implement in your own practice. A truly relaxing & reviving meditation practice.
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