“ So mental health is more like a journey than an arrival. But it is also deeply dependent upon the influences of society that make the journey either enjoyable, fulfilling, and worth doing, or arduous, despairing and without any sort of perceived worth or virtue.”
Macdonald and O'Hara 1998
Exhibitions & Events
Gallery Activity Programme
‘Last Saturdays’ - Arts and Crafts Activities and Exhibition Previews
Forthcoming Activity Programme:
Saturday 26th May 12 - 4 - Have a go on a potter’s wheel!
Back by popular demand, Arc ceramicist Sylvia Glover will help you make a pot on a wheel which she will fire and glaze. For age 8 and above. Cost £5. Only 10 slots so BOOKING AVAILABLE. E-mail jacqui_arc@yahoo.co.uk or phone 0161 480 7731.
- Decopatch
Decopatch is all the rage with crafters! It uses specially-treated coloured and patterned papers sealed with a special glaze that will never fade. Choose the designs you like & transform a tile into a beautiful coaster or a pebble into a work of art.
Suitable for all ages. Cost £4
Saturday 30th June 12 - 4
Arc’s 3rd Annual Summer Art Fair.
Exhibitions, refreshments, raffle and a wide range of stalls and demonstrations, including arts & crafts and cake decorating. Free event for all the family.
Saturday 28th July 12 - 4 - Hand-made Books
Make your own notebook or sketchbook with original prepainted paper and all sorts of bits of bobs to decorate. Age 6 and above. Cost £3
- Doodling.
Anyone can doodle! Just use our pens and doodling sheets to draw, scribble, and design patterns and pictures. Suitable for all ages. No cost (donations welcome)
Saturday 25th August 12 - 4 - Fabric Art
Create a mini work of art using fabric, threads, felt and beads.
Age 6 and above. £5
- Fingerprint painting masterpieces! Use fingerprints in all colours to create characters, flowers, aliens, bugs, landscapes – it’s easy!
Suitable for all ages. No cost (donations welcome)
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The Animal Express
Artwork produced by young parents and children from the Bredbury area
Saturday 26th May 12 - 4pm
The Exhibition runs at Arc 26th May - 20th June
Get on board the Animal Express this summer!
Mosaic
A showcase of artwork from the partnership between Arc and the Young People's Drug and Alcohol Services
Saturday 26th May 12 - 4pm
The Exhibition runs at Arc 26th May - 20th June
Artwork from Mosaic