Artfelt at Studio 5 at Gallery 12A
Gallery 12A is home to Susan Forbes & her company Artfelt, Community Arts Facilitator & Textile/Felt Artist!
Fast becoming an important part of Doncaster's cultural development along with The Point, Brevonart and the Museum & Art Gallery, Gallery 12A is the place to be!
This beautiful 3 storey listed building will be hosting Susan on the third floor in Studio 5 at the front of the building overlooking Regent Square.
Susan has much planned for the near future including Crafts Workshops & lots of creative & inspiring ideas for the New Year!
She will be working on a new range of work inspired by her recent coastal visits to Sardinia, Sandsend & Sutherland in her new studio most days & some evenings & weekends & offers a warm welcome to all!
Contact Susan for details & openings on
07818065565 or
artfelt@hotmail.co.uk
Studio 5,
Gallery 12A,
12a South Parade,
Doncaster
DN1 2DY
NEW Textile/Craft Workshops at Artfelt Studio 5
Textile/Craft Workshops at
Studio 5, Gallery 12A, South Parade, Doncaster, DN1 2DY
With professional, community arts facilitator
& talented textile artist, felt-maker & fashion designer
Susan Forbes.
07818065565
artfelt@hotmail.co.uk
Mon 4-6 Make-Do Mondays
Tue 4-6 Textile Tuesdays
Wed 4-6 Woolly Wednesdays
Thur 4-6 Krafty Kids
Fri 1-3 Felt Fridays
Sat 1-3 Family Fun
Sun 2-4 Sew Sunday
Other Weekdays, Evenings & Weekends for private group bookings,
ie 'Girly Make-Do's', 'Baby Bump' 'Stitch & Bitch & Kids 'Arty Partys'.
Creativity for all ages & abilities in a unique,cosy, vintage studio in the town centre!
Children's & Family Sessions, Adult Workshops & Courses for small groups.
A variety of techniques including:
Basic Design & Dressmaking
Arts & Crafts
Paper & Fibre Making
Dry & Wet Felt Kaking
Hand & Machine Stitch Fabric
All materials & equipment included in reasonable price.
Please enquire above for further details, dates, times & fees.
My art work takes inspiration from nature & the human body,
history & heritage, maps & memories, haberdashery & found objects.
It reflects my love of traditional crafts used in a contemporary way.
I use colour & tactile qualities passionately!
My own work ranges from fine fibre paper to heavy hand rolled felt;
from hand dipped plaster garments to sun-print stitched hangings;
from felted elfin-like baby bootees to customized costumes.
My passion in art and crafts, community and education are self-expression as a means of communication, building confidence and self esteem and restoring dignity to those who have suffered abuse, addiction, violence and exclusion. My work as a community artist and tutor in the past decade has included young children and families, special needs of all ages, ethnic minority groups, sufferers of domestic abuse, older people with Dementia and Alzheimer's, and extensive projects with teenagers who are excluded from mainstream education and young people involved in drug abuse, prostitution, alcoholism and crime. My collaboration with drama, dance and words workers has given me further insight into ways of addressing social inclusion through visual art.
I continually look to observe new skills and techniques, meet new people with similar outlooks from other organisations and further connections with partnerships. I hope to further both my personal learning and professional development while gaining new ways of working and exploring current ideas.
I am passionate about my work and my own art/textile work has developed more in the past few years. I am committed to tackling social and economic breakdown by local led regeneration initiatives combining art work with other community work.
See the archive page for past events, shows & the exhibition of Prisoners work I curated at The Peter Scott Gallery in Lancaster University,& Doncaster Community Art Gallery for my friend & colleague Professor Anita Wilson, Prison Ethnographer.
I have taken part in Open Up Studios for the past 4 years and many art shows & craft fairs.
I am now working with CIDA & Urban Biz through Success Doncaster to develop my freelance business & promote the Fringe.
Im trying new ways of raising my profile with a blog & facebook & other free sites! See below?
http://artfelt-textiles.blogspot.com/
http://platform58.ning.com/profile/SusanForbes?xg_source=activity
http://www.digyorkshire.com/EventListing.aspx?event=51386&pdate=17/01/2010
http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=701487914#/pages/Artfelt-Studio-5-Gallery-12A/198683360932?ref=share
Contact details
Telephone: 01302 536106
Mobile: 07818 065565
Email: artfelt@hotmail.co.uk
Web site: www.artfelt-textiles.com
27 Acacia Road
Cantley
Doncaster
DN4 6NR
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