Workshop Wednesdays

Our weekly artist-led workshops allow you to get creative, meet new people, and take some time for yourself to unwind. 

Drop in every Wednesday afternoon and learn a new creative skill, and experience visual arts, performance, poetry, printmaking, and more! See below for a full breakdown of workshops. 

Supported by Together at Warwick. 

Schedule 

Wed 8 Oct: Performance Poetry with Sipho Eric Ndlovu 

Sipho Eric Ndlovu kicks off Autumn 2025’s Workshop Wednesday programme with a powerful session that explores the possibilities of poetry for performance. This workshop will contain all the necessities to help encourage you to become a poet in an afternoon. Fun, accessible writing exercises, visual prompts and opportunities to perform and practice your stage presence. 

Wed 15 Oct: Mask Off with Rumbi Savanhu

Part of The Global Illuminations Procession preparation workshops with Together at Warwick.

Join us this week as we ‘Mask Off’! From theatre to masquerade balls, masks have been an important part of self-expression. Led by artist Rumbi Savanhu, you will make your own mask that showcases culture, identity and the inner self. Perfect to use in the Global Illuminations Procession on Wed 19 Nov!

Wed 22 Oct: Printmaking with Taiba Akhtar

Part of The Global Illuminations Procession preparation workshops with Together at Warwick.

Join this printmaking workshop with artist Taiba Akhtar as she guides you to create some large scale props to use during the Global Illuminations Procession on Wed 19 Nov! 

Taiba Akhtar is an Artist, Printmaker and Technician fulfilling her passion of printmaking, education and creativity. You may have met Taiba when she was Print Technician during The Future Is Today exhibition in the Mead Gallery.

taibaakhtar.com
@taibaart

Wed 29 Oct: Day of the Dead Collaboration with Warwick Latin American Society 

This week we are collaborating with Warwick Latin American Society to celebrate Day of the Dead! We invite you to commemorate the lives of your loved ones with this touching Mexican tradition, stemming from All Souls Day. Join us to create beautiful paper craft mementos – the perfect way to remember those who've passed and keep their spirits close by. 

Wed 5 Nov: Glow Up with Rumbi Savanhu 

Part of The Global Illuminations Procession preparation workshops with Together at Warwick.

This week we plan to ‘Glow Up’! As the nights get longer and the evenings get darker, artist Rumbi Savanhu invites you to come and create lanterns inspired by the geometric shapes of Ndebele artworks to hang in your home or gift to a loved one. Perfect to use in the Global Illuminations Procession on Wed 19 Nov! 

Wed 12 Nov: Central and Eastern European Folk Traditions with Tereza Bušková

Part of The Global Illuminations Procession preparation workshops with Together at Warwick.

Join Tereza Bušková to explore Eastern European folk traditions in the run-up to the Global Illuminations Procession on Wed 19 Nov. Contribute to a costume that will take centre stage for the procession, and make your own creation to take away. 

Wed 19 Nov: Central and Eastern European Folk Traditions with Tereza Bušková

Part of The Global Illuminations Procession preparation workshops with Together at Warwick.

It’s Global Illuminations Procession day! Join Tereza Bušková to explore Eastern European folk traditions by contributing to a costume that will take centre stage for the procession, and make your own creation to take away and use through the procession as we light up the night and celebrate our global culture! 

Wed 19 Nov: Printmaking with Taiba Akhtar

Part of The Global Illuminations Procession preparation workshops with Together at Warwick.

It’s Global Illuminations Procession day! Join this printmaking workshop with artist Taiba Akhtar as she guides you to create some large scale props that you can use to weave your way through the procession as we light up the night and celebrate our global culture! 

Wed 26 Nov: Sculptures on the Move with Naoibh McNamee

What if Takuro Kuwata’s sculptures could move? This week you will join artist Naoibh McNamee in a playful workshop where we will bring Kuwata’s sculptures to life through movements. You’ll imagine, perform and guess your way through a lively game that turns sculpture into dance.

Ranging from performance pieces and installations to stand-alone sculptural works, Naoibh McNamee’s camp and colourful practice invites the viewer to enter new worlds that transcend and subvert heteronormative and neurotypical societal expectations. Naoibh creates work from queer and disabled perspectives, particularly exploring gender non-conformity, family heritage, and queerness through the lens of autism.

@naoibh.artist

Wed 3 Dec: Weaving Carrier Bags with Gugan Gill 

Come and weave your own ‘Carrier Bag’ with artist Gugan Gill, inspired by Ursula K Le Guin’s 'Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction'. With this drop-in workshop we will be building on the theory that the first cultural invention was a bag, a container, a recipient - a cultural device that allowed us to use our hands whilst carry things. Using an assortment of yarn and some simple weaving techniques, you’ll have the opportunity to make your own little usable bag! 

@gugan.gill

Wed 10 Dec: Cosy Christmas Poetry with Sipho Eric Ndlovu

Sipho Eric Ndlovu rounds off Autumn 2025’s Workshop Wednesday programme with a Cosy Christmas Poetry session. Come along and learn some festive storytelling techniques that are sure to help you cosy up any family occasion throughout the festive season. This session will encourage all who come to take part in exploring the possibilities of words as gifts.