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Spring Forward with Alison Waters
Bookmaking
Join artist Alison Waters for a workshop to explore colour and collage + co-create with MFT colleagues a large scale hand made concertina book for public exhibition at the Create.Connect.Unwind Festival in May ‘22. Spring inspires many people to think about the future. During this workshop you will learn about book making and explore colour...
Augmented Reality with Helen Farley
Augmented Reality
Calling all technophobes- this workshop is for you!! All you need is a smartphone or tablet - No AR experience or knowledge required! There’s more to augmented reality than Pokemon Go! Join artist Helen Farley for a fun, relaxed and creative session, using your imagination to transform your everyday environment with virtual / augmented reality...
Beautiful Botanics with Jacqui Symons
Printmaking
Nature printing is a way to create prints directly from our natural environment without the need for any drawing or painting skills. Using leaves, plants and flowers to print directly onto paper, you’ll learn how to ink up the leaves, how to achieve subtle colour changes and pick out leaf veins and other details. Create...
Costume + Mask Making with Cacophony Arkestra Drop in Workshops
Costume + Mask Making
Calling ALL MFT staff!! Join Carnival Arts organisation Cacophony Arkestra in this creative costume design workshop to create dazzling costumes and masks for the CREATE.CONNECT.UNWIND Festival parade on May 20th 2022 @ ORC Boulevard. In this fun and vibrant workshop you will work with visual artists and co-founders Bob Heath and Alastair Price of Cacophany...
Create.Connect.Unwind Festival- 30 minute Drop In – Indian dance workshops with Sheetal Maru
Dance
Sheetal Maru is a Liverpool based multi-talented dancer and Senior Associate Artist at leading Indian arts organisation, Milap. During these free 30 minute drop-in workshops, Sheetal will give you an introduction to authentic Indian Dance styles bringing energy and positivity to your day. The sessions will be for ALL LEVELS AND ABILITIES with a mixture...
Create.Connect.Unwind Festival – LIVE MUSIC – Drop -In concert with harpist Rebecca Mills
Live Music
Start your morning with the gentle dulcet tones of harpist Rebecca Mills. Rebecca Mills is an internationally renowned soloist, dedicated teacher, orchestral performer and recording artist. She has worked with artists such as opera singer Katherine Jenkins and pop group Blossoms and has been a regular performer at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital and for the...
Create.Connect.Unwind Festival – drop in embroidery workshop with Dab Hands
Visual Art
Dab Hands is a collaborative art project with artist Lucy Burscough which explores hands and dexterity. Drop into the festival tent to meet the artist and try out some of the embroidery used in the project to create an anatomical sculpture of the human hand! Spend as little as 5 to 10 minutes having a...
Create.Connect.Unwind Festival- LIVE MUSIC – Drop -in concert with Stringboxes
Live Music
Stringboxes (Holly Marland on kora and Michael Cretu on double bass) have performed regularly for LIME’s Lunchtime Concert Series as well as on adult wards at Manchester Royal Infirmary. They are both internationally acclaimed performers and composers, and their scintillating music spans classical, world, folk, and popular music. They have appeared to great critical acclaim...
Create.Connect.Unwind Festival – drop in embroidery workshop with Dab Hands
Visual Art
Dab Hands is a collaborative art project with artist Lucy Burscough which explores hands and dexterity. Drop into the festival tent to meet the artist and try out some of the embroidery used in the project to create an anatomical sculpture of the human hand! Spend as little as 5 to 10 minutes having a...
Create.Connect.Unwind Festival- LIVE MUSIC – Drop -in concert with Manchester Reed Trio
Live Music
Enjoy a live lunchtime performance from this popular trio with material ranging from popular to classical music. Formed in 2007 by Bethan, Rachel and Sarah, Manchester Reed Trio is a dynamic and versatile chamber ensemble, comprised of oboe, clarinet and bassoon. Since 2015 the Trio has enjoyed performing regularly in the atrium of MREH and...
Create.Connect.Unwind Festival – Drop -in printmaking workshop with Colette Whittington
Printmaking
Come and discover the art of letterpress printmaking with printmaker and artist Colette Whittington. She will be demonstrating relief block and letterpress printing in the festival tent using a mixture of vintage wooden letter blocks, and newly carved letter fonts made during recent block carving workshops at Lime's art studio with NHS staff from across the trust....
Breaking the Silence @ Create.Connect.Unwind Festival – Spoken Word Event for MFT staff
Spoken Word
Spoken Word, Poetry and Flash Fiction celebrating connection and creativity in healthcare, featuring music by Mark McKenzie Hosted by MFT’s very own Clinical Educator + Poet Christopher Seymour, featuring a mixture Flash Fiction created by MFT staff during Lime’s creative writing workshops, and performances from leading UK based spoken word artists including Nathan Parker, Paige...