Creative sessions for adults with learning disabilities

This term we will have 4 different sessions:

 

  • Visual Arts Sessions: Exploring Colour – Thursday mornings, 10am to 12 noon, at Salford Museum and Art Gallery. Sessions begin on 18 September, and there will be no session on 30 October.
  • DIY BUDS: The Magic of Colour – Thursday afternoons, 1pm to 3pm, at Salford Museum and Art Gallery. Sessions begin on 18 September, and there will be no session on 30 October.
  • ASPIRE, St George’s: More First Steps: Improvisation Skills – Monday afternoons, 1pm to 3pm, at St George’s Community Hub and Café. Sessions begin on 15 September, and there will be no session on 27 October.
  • ASPIRE: Brierley Community Hub: First Steps: Drama Skills – Wednesday mornings, 10am to 12pm, at Brierley Community Hub and Café. Sessions will begin on 10 September, and there will be no session on 29 October.

Scroll down for full information and if you would like to join any of our sessions, get in touch with us by emailing diytheatre@gmail.com to find out more.

 

Visual Arts Sessions: Exploring Colour

 

During this 10-week course we will be responding to the “Exploring the Collection: Colour” exhibition in the Langworthy Gallery at Salford Museum and Gallery, to explore the theme of colour. We will be creating our own artworks based on our own observations. Approaches will include mixing paints and printing layers of different colours on top of each-other to explore effects.

Sessions will begin on Thursday 18th September and then every session will take place on Thursday mornings, 10am to 12.00 noon, at Salford Museum and Art Gallery, Peel Park, The Crescent, Salford, M5 4WU.

Please note there will be no session on 30 October.

For more information, email us at diytheatre@gmail.com

 

DIY BUDS: The Magic of Colour

 

This term DIY BUDS will be using the gallery as stimulus for drama work which will continue and build on the Escape Room theme explored last term. Approaches will include creative writing, using objects from the collection as stimulus, and developing stories and characters in response to the exhibition.

Sessions begin on Thursday 18th September and then every session will take place on Thursday afternoons, 1pm to 3pm at Salford Museum and Art Gallery, Peel Park, The Crescent, Salford, M5 4WU.

Please note there will be no session on 30 October.

For more information, email us at diytheatre@gmail.com.

A group of people participating in a comedy and drama activity in a spacious hall. One woman sits with her hands covering her face, while others stand around, striking poses or gesturing, including a man in a red shirt and another in a black puffer jacket.

 

 

Aspire, St George’s: More First Steps: Improvisation Skills

 

This term, Aspire St George’s will be running a More First Steps: Improvisation Skills course. Group members will build on last term’s First Steps course to develop their improvisation skills and use these skills to create more settings, characters and stories.

Sessions begin on Monday 15th September, and then take place on Monday afternoons from 1pm to 3pm, at St George’s Community Hub and Cafe, Langley Rd S, Salford M6 6SB.

Please note there will be no session on 27 October

For more information, email us at diytheatre@gmail.com

A young man wearing a black jacket and cap stands with arms outstretched, smiling during a performance session. Other participants sit in a circle, engaging in the activity.

Special thanks to Aspire and Community Learning at Salford City College for supporting this course.

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Aspire, Brierley Community Hub: First Steps: Drama Skills

 

This term for the very first time, DIY will be running a community learning course in partnership with Brierley Community Hub. Learners will collaborate with each other, work with different props and objects to make drama, show different feelings using facial expressions, body language and voice, use drama techniques to tell a story, and reflect on their own learning in creative ways.

Sessions begin on Wednesday 10th September, and then take place on Wednesday Mornings, 10am to 12pm, at Brierley Community Hub and Cafe, Longshaw Drive, Little Hulton, Salford  M28 0BD.

Please note there will be no session on 29th October

For more information, email us at diytheatre@gmail.com

A smiling woman wearing glasses and a black top with patterned sleeves raises her arm during a DIY Theatre session. Chairs and colourful decorations are visible in the background.

Special thanks to Aspire and Community Learning at Salford City College for supporting this course.

Logo of Salford City College - Adult & Community Learning

 

 

 

Keep in touch

We run a range of projects and workshops with adults with learning disabilities which usually change each term. Please sign up to our Newsletter to keep up to date with what’s on offer. We are always keen to work in partnership with other organisations, so please contact us if you would like to discuss possible collaborations or projects.