Calling all those yearning to sing for resistance, empowerment, connection and joy! Really excited to announce that exceptionally talented teacher Sophia Efthimious will be joining us from Lewes for this workshop. She leads harmony singing workshops for all ages and abilities, sharing traditional songs collected from around the world. Sophia will help us build vocal confidence and teach us harmonies for resistance and rebellion songs. We will gather and sing at the bandstand in Alexandra Park and could then stay for tea/coffee afterwards. Suggested donation…Continue Reading “XR HSL Choir Workshop”

If you are interested in knowing more about renewable energy systems, this one day, very practical workshop, will allow you to create a product to charge your phone (and other USB devices) from the sun, that you can take home at the end of the day. You will learn what energy is and what it can do, and gain a hands-on understanding of the electrical basics: current, voltage, resistance, power, and series and parallel circuits. During the workshop you will build your own solar panel…Continue Reading “DIY Solar Charger Workshop”

Creating decorative images from recycled paper Jane works in paper collage, combining a life-long interest in flat pattern, patchwork and found objects to inspire new decorative images. With her printmaker’s eye she find patterns everywhere: magazines, packaging, even the insides of envelopes but mainly in newspapers. She exhibits throughout Sussex and her work is published extensively by Museums, Galleries and The National Trust. http://www.yellowhouseartlicensing.com/jane-robbins Session includes a brief history of the evolution of collage as well as guided tuition with all participants leaving with their…Continue Reading “Paper collage workshop with Jane Robbins”

Make your own reusable wax food wraps using soy and beeswax An informal, hands-on workshop where you will learn how to make your own plastic-free reusable wax food wrap using sustainably-sourced materials including upcycled cotton, beeswax and vegan-friendly soy wax. All tools and materials will be provided; enough to make one large and one small wrap each. Light refreshments will be served. Booking required, £15: Space will be limited so booking is essential. Please see Wonderfill website for details.

Join in our Shout Out Slogan Making Workshop on 24/09/19, 1pm – 4pm. This forms part of the Women’s Voice Greenham Remembered exhibition at OPEN. Photographs and memories of local women’s opposition to war and the nuclear industry and their non violent work for peace in the 1980’s. Women’s Voice Hastings is collecting a series of personal photographs from the women who made a stand and protested against war and for nuclear disarmament. These images show a generation of women activists, how these battles were…Continue Reading “Shout Out workshop”