Free Arts Events for Young Adults

The Friends of the Flaxmill Maltings in partnership with the Hive are delighted to offer an art demonstration and a series of art workshops over the Summer of 2021. These events are aimed at young people aged between 18 and 25. 

We kick off on Saturday the 7th of August with a Comic Art Demonstration with Walking Dead artist Charlie Adlard.

To book a free ticket for this event follow this link
 

This is an opportunity to watch Charlie at work. Feel free to bring your own sketchbook and art materials if you feel inspired!

Best known for illustrating The Walking Dead and Patron of The Hive, Charlie will deliver a live demonstration, launching year three of The Hive's groundbreaking MYCollege project, whilst also kickstarting a series of New Wave workshops and events at Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings over the summer.
 

On Sunday the 8th of August we are offering two free Animation Workshops. 

A fun, hands-on introduction to STOP!motion animation. This workshop will focus on the story of Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings, bringing its history to life!

To book a free ticket for this event follow this link
 

Brought to you by the Friends of the Flaxmill Maltings in partnership with The Hive this two hour workshop will give you a taste of the animation techniques used by professionals.

Participants will have the opportunity to work collectively or individually to produce works which will be shown at the Mill during the Heritage Open Days in September 2021.

On Saturday the 21st of August we have two free Manga drawing workshops.

These workshops will provide an introduction to the world of Manga using Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings as inspiration.

To book a free ticket for this event follow this link
 

Facilitated by comic book artist and illustrator Sonia Leong, who specialises in Anime/Manga, these workshops are suitable for beginners or experienced artists - in fact anyone passionate about Manga!

Please bring your own drawing materials.

You can check out Sonia's amazing work on her website here: http://www.fyredrake.net/

Participants will have the opportunity to produce works which will be shown at the Mill during the Heritage Open Days in September 2021
 

These events bring together two exciting projects:

MYCollege is a project running creative and structured workshops enabling 16 – 30 year olds who may be struggling with anxiety or other barriers to independence to learn new skills, meet others, engage in creative activities, build confidence and have fun. (Funded by The National Lottery Community Fund)

New Wave is a training and development project taking a small cohort of Heritage Open Days (HODs) organisers and coordinators through a structured programme focused around working with young adults to develop new, innovative HODs events.