Our regular sessions may have finished, but we’ve got a really exciting programme of FREE storytelling and creative activity sessions happening in Lowestoft this summer. No booking is required – all the creative activities run on a ‘drop-in’ basis and are limited only by the number of chairs we can get round the table. Stories […]
Visual Art
Lowestoft Folk; the final session
Friday was the final regular session in our Lowestoft Folk programme – and it was such fun, all the artists cried. First off, Lynn got everyone thinking about what the project meant to them, the things they had done and what were their favourite bits. Then they had to come up with a really short […]
Sticky moments and marvellous music
The group has been busy stitching textile pictures of seascapes and this week their task was to make a circular frame for their pictures, like the ones the children had seen at the Maritime Museum; this is how they did it. Everyone was given a sheet of grease proof paper plus an assortment of crayons […]
Tote bags and stitched pictures
This week, there was great excitement as the residents ripped the masking tape and letters off their bags, to reveal the beautiful patterns underneath; they all declared they were very pleased with the result and the children were well impressed. Whilst at the Maritime Museum the previous week, the children drew some of the folk […]
Pickled Queenies and Molgoggers
On 7th June, the children went off for a trip to the Maritime Museum, where Kate and Lynn sent them off to draw items of folk art and collect weird and wonderful sounding words. Back at Hildesley, Caitlin helped the residents make their very own tote bags – something they had always wanted to […]
Lowestoft Folk – farewell to Britten Court
It’s not always easy to describe what goes on in a Lowestoft Folk session – there are just so many things happening, from making things and helping one another to learning new skills and hearing about old ones. Take a look for yourself by watching the Lowestoft Folk Sea Shanty film Last Friday was our […]
October Newsletter
Creative Company The regular sessions have started again in Hadleigh, alternating between the Sue Ryder Synergy Café at the Ansell Centre on a Thursday morning and the Together Tuesday group that meets at the Leisure Centre on Tuesday afternoons. We continue to work with artist Sara Harrington who has used a variety of new techniques […]
September Newsletter
Communications and Development Manager Vacancy £28,000 pro-rata for 15 hours per week A new role to lead on the development and delivery of Suffolk Artlink’s communications and fundraising strategies – with a particular focus on individuals and businesses. Suffolk Artlink has recently been awarded Catalyst Evolve funding from Arts Council England and this exciting new […]
August Newsletter
Funding success for Suffolk Artlink We’re delighted to share that over the last month we have been awarded three grants for upcoming projects and organisational development. Youth Music have awarded just under £30,000 for a further year of regular Rock Up sessions for young people in Lowestoft to continue playing music at Colville House. Arts […]