THE CREATIVE ARTS CLUB - ART FOR ALL

The Creative Arts Club is a monthly arts group for all adults (18+). 

The aim of the club is to offer participants a wide range of art and craft activities in a beautiful and friendly setting.  All levels of experience are catered for in each class - we welcome the absolute beginner as well as the more experienced artist!

Some examples of the activities offered over the past year include:

drawing, painting, collage, decoupage, marbling, gilding, cyanotype printing.. to name but a few. There really is something for everyone at the Creative Arts Club.

The classes are led by local artist Sarah Wetherall who has many years’ experience running art workshops, activities and events for a range of age groups. She worked at Dulwich Picture Gallery for over 10 years. During her time there she focused on community outreach and engagement - in particular the pioneering Art for Older People programmes, which included work with diverse groups of people living with dementia.

Sarah has developed a particular interest in the link between creativity, health and well-being. This lies at the heart of all her classes.

When:

The club runs on the last Friday of the month from 10am-12pm. 

This is a ticketed event, all materials and refreshments are provided. 

 Join Us:

See details about each month’s theme in the summary below.

DRAW A FACE: A SKETCHBOOK WORKSHOP

Over four sessions, we’ll fill a small sketchbook cover to cover, building a personal visual language for drawing the human face. This isn’t about perfecting a single “correct” likeness, it’s about developing range, confidence, and your own style and character through repetition and play.

The classes are led by Rosie Bayliss, an artist and writer with a background in drawing, painting and creating narrative. She studied Fine Art and Writing at the University of the West of England and on graduating received the Dreamtime Fellowship in partnership with Spike Island for the year 2022 - 2023. She is interested in experimentation in art making and the benefit of creative practice for our wellbeing.

When:

Held over four Saturdays from 10am - 12pm.

This is a ticketed event, all materials provided.

Join Us:

Find out when we’re next meeting below.

PAST ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE

We welcomed our first Artist in Residence in December 2023.

Atalanta Xanthe is an internationally exhibited painter represented by the Alice Black gallery in London. She received her undergraduate degree at the University of Oxford, Ruskin School of Art, and her postgraduate MFA at the New York Academy of Art. On graduating, at 21, she became the New York Academy of Art’s youngest Fellow. Her background in painting, sculpture, and a decade of life-drawing practice, has given her a wide-ranging technical skill-set which she shared with the Bell House community through her Saturday Art Studio classes.

You can explore her work via her Instagram or her gallerist’s website, Alice Black.