Workshops & Activities 2025
Olivia Joy Paper Flowers Workshops
Mon 25 May 10.15am (Poppy Making)
Join local artist Olivia Joy Flowers for these creative, hands-on workshops where you’ll make stunning paper flowers. Perfect for beginners and experienced crafters alike, these sessions will guide you step by step through the process of transforming paper into a lifelike bloom. Olivia will demonstrate each stage of flower creation, providing personalized tips and expert guidance to help you achieve botanical realism.
All materials and templates included‚ no prior experience needed! Just bring a steady hand and a bit of patience.
Sat 24 May, 10.15am – 12.15pm (Daffodil Making)
Mon 26 May, 10.15am – 12.15pm (Poppy Making)
Advance booking essential – please email [email protected]
£30 per session per person. Recommended age 16+.
Rag Weaving with Bradford School of Art
FREE drop-in activity for all ages/abilities.
Join Bradford School of Art textiles students to learn how to weave with rags to create colourful, tactile textiles.
Seated & Standing Dance Workshops for the over 50s with Ascendance
Sun 26 May, 10am - 10.45am
These workshops are part of Unseen – a new exhibition celebrating Bradford’s diverse dance community, featuring a specially commissioned documentary film that captures the extraordinary journeys of people who dance, made with local filmmaker Pishdaad Modaressi, and a community artwork, created in collaboration with artist Serena Nassini.
Seated & Standing Dance Workshops for the over 50s.
Advance booking essential
Collage Workshop with Gold Lark
FREE drop-in activity. Suitable for all ages. Children may collaborate with an adult.
Alongside the current earring exhibition Duality in collaboration with the Association for Contemporary Jewellery, this fun collage workshop using jewellery and textile techniques is run by local artist Faye Hall. You will have the opportunity to take away a small artwork that you have made.
Make and Mend – Little Craft House x Craft For Climate
FREE drop-in demos and mini workshops on recycling in textile art, rag rugging, visible mending and patchwork.
Meet the Bloomers
Wash House Gardeners Create an Edible Forest Garden! Come down and find out what’s going on at the old wash house garden. Learn about some of the new plants going in and the edible delights to look out for in the coming seasons.
You can even join in if you can spare an hour or two each month; all those involved are volunteers and the Wash House Bloomers welcome new volunteers for 2025.
There will be plants for sale by donation and a nature quiz for young and old.
Saltaire Art Gallery presents: Art Talks by Saltaire Art Gallery Friends and Associates
Pay what you feel. No booking required.
Subjects include: Introduction to Art Collecting, Benefits of Art Therapy, Art Trends and more…
Makers Fair Artists Demonstrations
Sun 25 & Mon 26 May, 10am - 4pm
Your chance to talk to the artists and makers about their craft, ask questions and get inspired!
Please note that some participatory activities may include a small charge.
Amy Stringer (ceramics): Try your hand at carving Japanese Kurinuki vessels from lumps of clay.
Annabel Talbot (ceramics): Watch Annabel as she throws tiny porcelain pots on the wheel.
Jane Middleton Art (printmaking): Create your own monoprints using inks and Chinese papers.
Jane Charles, Smallbean Stitchings (textiles): Learn how Jane creates her cotton reel trees using hand embroidery and appliqué.
Jas Lewis Henman (textiles): Explore how needle felting techniques are used to create Jas’ work.
Kate Rhodes (jewellery): Discover how Kate uses saw piercing to create the delicate details in her jewellery.
Sara Hood Fine Art (ceramics): Chat with Sara as she brings her ceramic sculptures to life over the weekend.
Tabby Textiles (textiles): Join Becky as she demonstrates her spinning wheel and weaving fabric on her table loom.
Art & Design Workshops with Shipley College
FREE drop-in activity for all ages.
Shipley College’s brilliant BTEC Art and Design students are bringing a burst of creativity! Free, hands-on children’s art and craft workshops designed to inspire young imaginations. Explore exciting materials, take home a masterpiece created by your child, and learn from our friendly student artists.
Come and create!
Saltaire Art School Taster Workshops
FREE drop-in activity for children and adults.
Join Saltaire Art School tutors for free taster sessions from their highly popular curriculum.
Plus, artist Peter Wood brings the Saltaire street view to life with a live painting demonstration throughout the day. Represented by Castle Fine Art, Peter’s work is held in many private collections worldwide, and his impressive background includes exhibitions, teaching, and numerous prestigious awards.
Willow Workshop with Diane Buckley/Fiddlesticks
FREE drop-in activity for all ages.
Create your own small willow sculptures to take away.