2020
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NEW Digital Portfolio Workshops Online!
November 2020 – February 2021 -
Portfolio: Digital Workshop 1
November – December 2020 -
Portfolio: Digital Workshop 2
December 2020 – January 2021
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Portfolio: Digital Workshop 3
January – February 2021 -
Eleri Mills: Gallery Talks
26 September -
Jane Adam: Talk and archive sale
29 March
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A Sensory Exploration of Drawing & Contemporary
Stitch with Textile Artist Stewart Kelly28 March -
Creative Sessions for Little Hands
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More than Medication
14 March
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Celebrating Arts in Health & Wellbeing North Wales
Denbighshire Programme of Events9 – 14 March -
Meet the Maker: Martin Smith
7 March -
Taste of Craft. Age friendly workshops 50+
February – March
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Craft Club: ‘Bubble Machine’
20 February -
Adult workshop: Stewart Kelly
7 or 8 March -
Family Friendly Workshop with Automata Martin Smith
21 February
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My time and yours: Play with Clay
26 February -
Two – 1 Day Printing & Writing Workshops with Printmaker & Calligrapher Douglas Bevans
11 & 12 January 2020
2019
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Christmas inspired Adult workshop
Willow sculpture with Juliette Hamilton: Stag’s Head13 December -
2 day workshop with Anne Kelly
House and Home7 & 8 December -
Family Christmas Decoration workshop with Juliette Hamilton
14 December
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Creative Sessions for Little Hands
(all suitable for children under the age of 3)October – December -
Exploring letters within the gallery and Ruthin town with John Neilson & Fiona Gale
23 November -
Make your own Advent Calendar
30 November
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Poetry Reading and Book Signing
Deryn Rees-Jones7 September -
Taste of Craft. Age friendly workshops 50+
October – November -
Treasure Baskets – For babies and toddlers
Summer Special28 August
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Images and words
Experimental photography with Charles Gershom & Lettering with David Setter2 November -
Kitchen Dramas with Mai Thomas
22 August -
Print, cut, stick, collage and stitch
30 October
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Portfolio Tasters – block 3: Juliette Hamilton
3D Willow Sculpture Workshop – FOR 11–14 YEAR OLDS21 August -
Verity Pulford: Meet The Maker
FREE Special Event26 October 2019 -
3 day Papier Mâché workshop with Julie Arkell
11, 12 & 13 October
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Make a willow dragonfly with Juliette Hamilton
Family workshop. Suitable for adults and children age 8+.20 August -
Stories in stitch with Jessie Chorley
1 day workshop19 & 20 October -
Eddie Glew in residency
Ruthin Craft Centre Courtyard space17 & 18 August
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Create a bespoke Papercut with Helen Flynn
14 September -
Print and Cut with Eleri Jones
15 August -
Gallery Talk with Aelwyd curator
3, 14 & 21 September
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Portfolio – block 3: Kate Barlow
Textiles/Embroidery Workshop – FOR 14–18 YEAR OLDS12 & 13 August -
Weave a ‘Ring Nest’ with Rosie Farey
21 September -
Open Doors: Studio Event with Textile Designer and Printmaker Gethin Ceidiog
7 & 8 September 2019
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Portfolio Tasters – block 2: Kate Barlow
Textile/Embroidery Workshop – FOR 11–14 YEAR OLDS14 August -
Portfolio Tasters – FOR 11–14 YEAR OLDS
7 – 21 August -
Summer Art School 2019 – FOR 14–18 YEAR OLDS
29 July – 13 August
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1 day embroidery workshop with Kate Barlow
11 August -
Portfolio Tasters – block 1: Charles Gershom
Experimental Photography Workshop – FOR 11–14 YEAR OLDS7 August -
Portfolio – block 2: John Grayson
Enamel Automata Workshop – FOR 14–18 YEAR OLDS5 & 6 August
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Make a contemporary Love Spoon with Claire Cawte
3 August -
Hey Clay! Weekend Primmy Chorley
inspired Ceramics workshop with Ceri Wright18 May -
Portfolio – block 1: Angela Chalmers
Cyanotype Workshop – FOR 14–18 YEAR OLDS29 & 30 July
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Workshop 1: Stitching Stories
with Primmy Chorley and Jessie Chorley11 May -
1 day workshop: Willow
Weaving with Mandy Coates29 June -
Make Clay Pots and More with Ceri Wright
1 August
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Another World – Gallery
Curator’s Talk with June Hill7 July -
Craft Club: Easter: ‘Felted Stories’
with Ticky Lowe25 April -
2 day workshop: Wood Carving
Masterclass with Tom Hanson22 and 23 June
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Messy Play
13 March – 3 July -
Workshop 2: Appliqué and Simple Stitch
with Primmy Chorley and Jessie Chorley12 May -
Portfolio Workshop for 14–18 year olds
17 April
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Family Craft Club: Unusual Objects
Kate Haywood inspired workshop with Lisa Carter30 March -
Gallery talk and reading: Charlotte Hodes
and Dr Deryn Rees-Jones31 March -
Adult Masterclass
16 March
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Enameling Taster Workshops
9 March -
Textile Folk Art
2 March -
Vintage / Recycled Cottage Garden
3 March
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Craft Club: Half Term: ‘Making your Mark’
with Emma-Jayne Holmes28 February -
May Half Term: Mark your place!
with Mai Thomas30 May -
Collect 2019
Saatchi Gallery, London28 February – 3 March 2019
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Treasured Objects – Kate Haywood
inspired workshop with Ceri Wright16 February -
Eleri Mills Talk
5 January -
Wire Workshop with Julia Griffiths Jones
1 day Masterclass – Spoons & Utensils26 January
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Talk and demonstration
by David and Margaret Frith19 January
2018
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Christmas Decoration Craft Clubs
Handcrafted decorations with Rhian Hâf8 December -
Adult Masterclass: Create a Sterling
Silver Bauble with Miranda Meilleur1 December -
Adult Master-classes: Beautifully imperfect
Boro Textiles with Zoë Hillyard 1-day Master-class10 November
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Messy Play – for parents and toddlers with
artists Emma-Jayne Holmes and Donna Jones12 September – 5 December -
Adult Master-classes: Laura Thomas –
‘Threads’ 2-day Weaving Master-class24 and 25 November -
Helfa Gelf Event
Approaches to Curation at Ruthin Craft Centre6 December
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‘101 Ruthin Poppies’
3 November, 1.00pm – 3.00pm -
Adult Master-classes: Kate Barlow –
1-day Embroidery Master-class27 October -
Taste of Craft Programme
for people aged 60+28 September – 26 October 2018
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1 day Workshop with Eleri Mills
Mark Making and Landscape15 or 16 September -
Is it Wood? – Thomas Hanson –
Wood Carving1 September -
Craft Club – Week 5
30 August
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Laura Ellen Bacon – Inundation
Louise Tucker – ‘Weave invasion’24 August: 1.30pm – 3.30pm -
Open Doors 2018 at Ruthin Craft Centre
Make your mark on Ruthin town with Christine MillsSaturday 8 and Sunday 9 September -
Craft Club – Week 2
9 August
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Craft Club – Week 4
23 August -
The Wonderful World of Rodney Peppé –
Mai Thomas and Luned Rhys Parri10 & 11 August -
Craft Club – Week 1
2 August
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Interplanetary Workshop
21 July -
Craft Club: Forest + Found
1 November -
Helfa Gelf Residencies throughout
September at Ruthin Craft Centre6 – 30 September
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NEW Portfolio Tasters – FOR 11–14 YEAR OLDS
1 – 29 August -
Portfolio – block 1: Tom Hanson
Woodcarving – FOR 14–18 YEAR OLDS30 & 31 July -
Portfolio – block 3: Miranda Meilleur
3 dimensional sculpture – FOR 14–18 YEAR OLDS20 & 21 August
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Ceramic Wales 2018 pre-event
at Ruthin Craft Centre8 July -
Ryan Hall and Ceri Rimmer –
‘Best in Show’ – Roll up, Roll up!18 August -
Craft Club – Week 3
16 August
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Smile – Nerys Jones and Eleri Jones
3 and 4 August -
‘Flamboyant Recycling’
Drop-in workshop with Andy Hazell26 May -
Reggie’s Roller Palace – Olivia Brown
and Ceri Rimmer – ‘All about Dogs’17 August
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Craft Club with artist Francesca Neal
31 May, 10.30am – 12.30pm or 1.30pm – 3.30pm -
‘Taste of Craft’ Programme for people aged 60+
11 May – 15 June -
Creative drop-in workshop with Lisa Carter
Workshop 2: Banner Making27 May 2018
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‘Chicken and Egg – which will you
make first?’ with Mai Thomas1 April -
‘Joyous Craft Club’
29 March -
A jar full of buttons… Practical drop-in
workshops with Ceramicist Ceri Wright5 & 6 May
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Craft Counts: Messy Play with
Emma-Jayne Holmes for parents and toddlers25 April -
Portfolio Development Workshop for
Art and Design Students aged 14–18yrs28 March -
‘Paper Heroes’
4 April
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Afternoon talk with Dr Melanie Miller
Essential Femininity? Craft, Art and the Women’s Movement29 April 2018 -
‘Joyful Collages’ with Tara Dean
30 March -
Craft Counts: Messy Play with
Emma-Jayne Holmes for parents and toddlers23 May
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‘Spring Parade’ with Kate Jordan
2 April -
Creative drop-in workshop with Lisa Carter
Workshop 1: Making our future shared13 May 2018 -
‘Warp and Weft’ with Laura Thomas
24 and 25 March
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Morning talk with Dr Elizabeth Goring
Wearing the Colours: jewellery and the women’s suffrage movement27 May 2018 -
Exhibition Gallery Talk – ‘A Darker Thread’
with curator and exhibitor Laura Thomas24 March -
Simeon Jones
Bookbinding Masterclass21 and 22 April
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Janet Bolton 2 Day
Textiles Masterclass14 and 15 April -
Artist talk followed by a question
and answer session with Jilly Edwards16 March -
Gallery Talk: Made for the Table
with Georgia Powell, Goldsmiths’ Company15 March
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In conversation: Justine Allison and Alex McErlain
14 April -
‘Dressing the Table’
for all the family (big or small)17 February -
‘Squirrels and Hares’
Adult felt masterclass with Ruth Packham8 April
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‘Drawing with Wool’ with Ruth Packham
7 April -
Adult Tapestry Workshops with Jilly Edwards
17 and 18 March -
Portfolio – block 2: Jennifer Barker, Brian Duffy
& Verity Pulford – Glass – FOR 14–18 YEAR OLDS13 & 14 August
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‘Knives, forks, spoons and chopsticks
– Tools at the table’15 February -
‘Wonderful Weaves’
for all the family (big or small)11 February -
Adult Willow Workshops
with Juliette Hamilton9 & 10 February
2017
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‘Making Diary Covers’ with Emma-Jayne Holmes
16 December -
Messy Play
Emma Jayne Holmes and Donna Jones13 December -
‘Set in Stone’
10 December
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‘Craft Capture’
9 December -
‘Festive Wreaths’ Bookable workshop with Kate Jordan
3 December -
‘Festive cards and wrap’ with Donna Jones
2 December
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‘Flight of Fancy’ Glass with Verity Pulford
Adult 1 day workshop26 November -
Adult Willow Workshops
with Juliette Hamilton17 and 18 November -
Craft Club for children
aged 5–11 with Lisa Carter2 November
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Willow with Mandy Coates
Adult 1 day workshop12 November -
‘Extend the light’
28 October -
Messy Play
Sara-Jane Harper and Emma Jayne Holmes8 November
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‘Bridge the courtyard’ with Lisa Carter
3 November -
‘In Reflection’ with Tara Dean
4 November -
Karen Williams: Adult jewellery workshop
Textured Bangle14 October
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‘Releasing Creativity’ with Jane Perryman
Adult 1 day workshop11 November -
Dr. Nigel Hurlstone:
‘Deviant’ Embroidery'21 October and 22 October -
‘A Stitch in Time’ Paper Vessel
3D paper sculptures with Jennifer Collier8 October
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Karen Williams: Adult jewellery workshop
Stacking Rings15 October -
‘Bag for Life’ Stitching with paper
3D paper sculptures with Jennifer Collier7 October -
Dance, Movement & Art Culture Club
25 September
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Helfa Gelf: Veronica Calarco
Open Studio / Drop in Sessions9 & 10 and 16 & 17 September -
Plant; Emboss; Cast; Print
31 August -
Birds, Birds, Birds!
Clay workshop with Susan O’Byrne18 August
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Studio Ceramics & Modern Design
VALUATION DAY3 September -
‘Wearable Felt’ with Ticky Lowe
Adult 1 day workshop1 October -
Throw a Pot
27 and 28 August
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Adult Workshop: ‘Islands’
with ceramicist Anne Gibbs13 August -
Two day Adult Masterclass:
Family Tree Animal Portraits with Susan O’Byrne19 August and 20 August -
‘Landscapes’ with ceramicist Anne Gibbs
12 August
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Flower Casting
24 August -
Model in Miniature
26 August -
Paper Flower Construction
with multimedia artist Ticky Lowe16 August
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Adult Workshop: Floral Felting
with Ticky Lowe9 August -
Portfolio: Young People’s
Summer Art School 201731 July – 22 August -
Flora Frame with
wire artist Helaina SharpleyFriday 11 August
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Turn a tin into something less
useful (but prettier) with Andy Hazell6 August -
Wonderful Wire Flowers
10 August -
Create a Canvas
3 August
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Tile Making Workshop
with Kirsti Hannah Brown28 July -
Decorate the Courtyard and
connect the Centre with Lisa Carter4 August -
Create a nature inspired plaster
cast with ceramicist Kirsti Hannah Brown29 July
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Trade, Art, Design and Craft Fairs:
How do I grow my creative business? Craft Fairs Explained1 November -
Adult plaster Diptych workshop
with ceramicist Kirsti Hannah Brown30 July -
Metal Workshop with Andy Hazell
5 August
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Gallery Talk: Anne Gibbs in conversation
with exhibition Curator Ceri Jones22 July -
Messy Play: MEET THE POTTER
28 June -
Raising the Bar Work Experience Opportunity
for ages 16–18 with designer / maker Helaina Sharpley3 – 7 July
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Floral Deconstruction Residency
FREE Drop in Workshop sessions18, 24 & 25 June, throughout the day -
We engAGE, how to use digital
creativity with older people29 & 30 June -
Adult Masterclasses: Janet Bolton
2 day workshop13 & 14 May
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Writing an Artist’s Statement
15 July -
Talk and Demonstrations
with Terry Bell-Hughes25 June -
Messy Play: TEXTURE
17 May
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Talk and Demonstrations with Ceramicist
Eddie Curtis North Wales Potters event (NWP)7 May -
Make it Big: Make it Small
27 July -
Making Connections: May half-term activity
1 June
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Adult clay workshop
with Kirsti Hannah Brown23 April -
Petals and Claws: 1 day clay modelling
workshop with ceramicist Liz Ellis18 June -
Slip trailing clay workshops
with ceramicist Wendy Lawrence18 April & 19 April
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In conversation: Newfoundland
29 April -
Craft Club for children aged 5–11
13 April -
In conversation: FORGE
29 April
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Portfolio: Sketchbook and portfolio
development workshops11 April -
Make, Build, Glaze and Fire Two part workshop:
with Potters Carla Pownall and Paul Lloyd15 April & 16 April -
Storytelling by Fiona Collins and Dance
demonstrations by Black Veil Tribal30 April
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Make, Build, Glaze and Fire Two part workshop:
with Potters Carla Pownall and Paul Lloyd9 April -
An afternoon of glazing pots
and Raku firing – 1 1/2 hour sessions15 April & 16 April -
Mandy Coates 1 day workshop:
Make a willow fruit basket12 March
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‘The Nature of Craft’
Afternoon Talks1 April -
Two 1-day willow workshops
with Juliette Hamilton4 February and 5 February -
CPD for Primary teachers
– Subject Art and Design15 March
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Craft Club for 5–10 year olds
Musical instruments with Donna Jones23 February -
Michael Brennand-Wood 2 day workshop:
‘Grounds for Expression’25 & 26 March -
2-day Papier-mâché
workshop with Abigail Brown11 and 12 February
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Making Connections: Messy Play with
Emma Jayne Holmes for parents and toddlers8 March -
MAKE Craft Workshops
Verity Pulford & Karen Williams18 February -
Clay hand building workshops
with ceramicist Kirsti Hannah Brown8 April
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MAKE Craft Workshops
Nerys Jones & Ticky Lowe25 February -
Portfolio: Sketchbook and portfolio
development workshops12 April -
Master-class for 11–14 year olds
with Print-maker Rhi Moxon21 February