Book Arts workshops at Stirchley Library - funded by Arts Council England...

We are excited to announce that thanks to funding from Arts Council England, we are going to be delivering a series of book arts community workshops over the next few months, in our very favourite place: Stirchley Library!

Since our very early days, Stirchley Art Room has worked closely with the library and we have always been made to feel extremely welcome by staff and FOSL volunteers. We have always been interested in the crossover between books and visual arts, and in the summer of this year we put together a funding bid to support an accessible and affordable series of workshops of events designed to explore book making, bookbinding, and lots of other associated artforms. We were thrilled when we discovered we had been successful, and in recent weeks we have been finalising our plans for this exciting project. 

The project has three phases: Make a Book, Fill a Book, and Change a Book. The first phase begins on November 18th, and places can be booked using the links below.
We have planned to sessions to be as accessible to as many people as possible, with events taking place on weekdays, evenings and weekends.
​The courses are free of charge to people who are not currently earning, with a nominal charge for those who are. 

Make a Book Mondays: 10-2pm on November 18th, 25th, December 2nd, 9th & 16th. 
Make a Book Saturdays: 10-2pm on November 30th & December 14th; 10-12pm December 7th. (A shorter version of the Monday course)
Coptic Bookbinding with artist Chloe Spicer: Artist talk 10-11.30am, and workshop 12.30-3.30pm, Saturday 23rd November. 
Please share far and wide! Dates for phases 2 & 3 will be announced shortly... 

Nicki