CONNECT Community art-jams - what are they like? Our Gallery
Here's some photos from our art jams over the last year or so - people getting together, enjoying making shared art-work, no social pressure just draw, paint, create - joining in the conversation if you want to, otherwise just simply enjoying feeling comfortable in a group setting.
Getting ready for an art-jam
Here's our James and our Tina prepping the space at Firstsite pre-jam time.
Explaining the art-jam theme
We generally follow a theme month by month. It may be based on the time of year (e.g. making a postcard from a favourite or a dreamed-of place) or maybe based on a more general theme such as World Mental Health month.
Lots of support, explanation, tuition and guidance given by our friendly artists team.
Art-jam in progress
Our art-jams make a a relaxed, fun and definitely no-pressure space for you to connect, both to yourself and others. Everything is optional :-)
Art-jamming making shared art-work
This was during our Zen doodle themed month, everybody did their own doodling to make shared art.
Amazing what comes when you let it flow!
Every contributes their own style, colours preferred and it all CONNECTS!
Sometimes we do more craftwork stuff
Our Earth month themed month included creating flowers from paper and card destined for the rubbish bin - instead applying "re-use, re-cycle"
