ART WORKSHOPS

Upcoming Dates
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Location
The Stained Glass Museum, South Transept Triforium, Ely Cathedral, CB7 4DL

Directions
The Stained Glass Museum is located in Ely Cathedral. It is accessed by a stone spiral staircase (40 stairs). As the Museum won’t be open when you arrive, please wait at the entrance door where someone will come and greet you and let you in. If this is your first visit to the Museum, our entrance is found through the main (west) door of the Cathedral and then turn right past the font.

Art Workshop with Laura Pearson-Clark

About the Workshop

Ever feel like you want to get painting but you hit a big creative block as you stare at the blank white page?

Local art tutor and artist Laura Pearson-Clark will guide you through how to beat the block of the blank page. You’ll gain confidence in your mark-making on acrylic paper. Laura will introduce a range of techniques with different media including acrylics, gouache, graphite and acrylic pens.

The workshop includes time to explore and take inspiration from the stunning stained glass museum collection plus the famous Ely Cathedral itself. Laura will support you in building up a harmonious composition to achieve a final piece of art that reveals your own style that you can be proud of.

What to bring: the cathedral can be cold, so do bring warm clothing and an overall as acrylic paint does not wash off clothes when dry!


Cost: £75 per person including materials, equipment and tuition

Friends of the Museum receive 10% discount
Suitable for age 18+

how to book: Please contact us for further details or to book a place on this workshop.

Meet the Tutor

Hello. I’m a mum, a wife, a cat owner, an artist and art tutor based in the Garden Studio at Haddenham Arts Centre located between Ely and Cambridge. I was furloughed through lockdown one which gave me the chance to go back to my creative roots and re-evaluate my direction. I quit my job and I'm now a full-time self-employed artist and tutor. I create mixed media paintings inspired by art forms in nature that I observed from daily lockdown walks and provide art classes for individuals, groups, families including a regular Sketchbook Wednesday Club. In 2018 I exhibited 1000 origami cranes I made to mark World Mental Health Day at The Chequer Studio, Ely. I’m a Cambridge Open Studios member and I’ll be exhibiting my work in all four weekends in July 2022.

I graduated from the MA in Museum Studies at University of Leicester in 2011 with a distinction and previously studied Fine Art Painting at Norwich University of the Arts and Cyprus College of Art. My work has been exhibited in venues across Cambridgeshire and Norfolk including VKGallery (St Ives), Haddenham Galleries, Cambridge Contemporary Art, University of Cambridge The Pitt Building, Primavera, Cambridge Arts Theatre, Maddermarket Theatre and The Playhouse, Norwich.

Portrait Patterned Stunners with Jane Fellows

About the Workshop

Explore our collection and learn how to create stunning patterned figures using the gelli plate printing method. Led by tutor & artist Jane Fellows, experiment with acrylic paints and golden pastel on textured stencils from which you will create beautiful patterns on tissue paper. Collaging your colourful tissue pieces with a gloss medium you will achieve a vibrant and translucent final portrait in the stained glass style.

What to bring: The Cathedral can be cold so please wear warm clothing, and you may like to wear old clothing or an overall.

Cost: £40 per person including materials, equipment and tuition

Friends of the Museum receive 10% discount
Suitable for age 18+

how to book: Please contact us for further details or to book a place on this workshop.

Meet the Tutor

Jane has always loved drawing and early on she knew she wanted to continue pursuing her art alongside her love of literature which led Jane to study a degree in Arts and Humanities at De Montfort University in the early 90’s. Whilst taking time to raise a family Jane started work in The Stained Glass Museum in Ely Cathedral 10 years ago and more recently embarked on a programme of study and daily painting practice. Over the last 6 years she has developed her painting and drawing style bringing new techniques from time spent print making and learning about art history. Jane has continued to push her learning and loves to share her knowledge by running workshops and giving short guided tours at The Stained Glass Museum. As well as painting expressive, textural landscapes Jane regularly take commissions for pet portraits in soft pastels and continues to enjoy painting illustrative watercolours inspired by stained glass.

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Refunds & Cancellations
For cancellations made more than 28 days in advance we offer a full refund or one free date change.

For cancellations made between 14 and 28 days in advance we will offer a 50% refund or allow one free date change.

For cancellations made less than 14 days in advance we are unable to offer a refund or date change on workshop places, although you are welcome to transfer the booking to someone else.

If a date change has already been requested we cannot offer a refund on a subsequent cancellation.

We are unable to refund workshops paid for using workshops vouchers.

Please bear in mind that the Stained Glass Museum is a registered charity (No.1169842) and in order to operate successfully it’s important that we adhere to this policy.

Cancellation of courses by the Museum
Under rare or exceptional circumstances the Museum may have to cancel workshops. If a cancellation is necessary, we will do our utmost to contact you by phone or email as soon as possible before the workshop is held. You will be offered either a full refund or the option to transfer their booking to an alternative date/workshop. Please note The Stained Glass Museum is not liable for any costs associated with travel or accommodation. Please bear this in mind when booking travel or accommodation in advance.