This event will be bookable on Monday 3 August 2026. Create a series of on-trend geometric prints using the technique of relief collagraphy. Explore composition, scale and the relationships between shapes and space to create your own collagraph plate. Gain an understanding of inking up your plate and experiment with colours, repeat pattern and the printing process. You’ll gain an understanding of relief collagraphs, learn how to construct your own plate and how to ink the plate and take a print, exploring a variety of compositions, considering positive and negative space, balance and contrast. About the tutor: Tutor Jo Shearer is an artist and art educator from Leicestershire. Jo believes that art is for everyone. After teaching art in secondary schools and colleges in Hertfordshire and Leicestershire for over 10 years she moved into one-to-one tuition and workshops. She enjoys nurturing creativity and developing skills to build confidence, and recognises the therapeutic benefits achieved through the process of making. She loves the freedom of working in a variety of media and has a passion for printmaking. Further information: This one-day workshop will run on Tuesday 27 October, 10am – 4pm, with a short break for lunch. Our café will be open or you are welcome to bring your own refreshments. All materials and equipment will be provided. Please come in old clothes and/or bring an apron as printing can get messy! We also have aprons available to borrow if you prefer. Participants must be aged 18+. If the course/workshop you’d like to book is sold out, we do operate a waiting list – simply contact our box office team on 0116 252 2455 / arts-centre@le.ac.uk and ask to be added to the waiting list. We’ll then contact you if a place becomes available, with absolutely no obligation to accept it if you’ve made other plans! Please ensure that you agree to our updated Terms & Conditions before booking as courses/workshops are non-refundable if cancelled within 21 days of the start date for any reason. We aim to make all our sessions as accessible as possible and carers/PAs are very welcome – just remember to book their free place when you book your session. If you’d like to talk to us in advance of booking or attending your sessions to discuss your access needs, our Box Office team is here to help! Email arts-centre@le.ac.uk, pop in or call 0116 252 2455, open 7 days a week. We have four blue badge parking spaces outside Attenborough Arts Centre, plus double yellow line roadside parking very close to the building for blue badge holders for up to three hours if our parking spaces are occupied. Free parking for all customers is available after 5pm on weekdays and all day at weekends in the University of Leicester car park next door to Attenborough Arts Centre on Lancaster Road. The closest public car park for parking at all other times is Victoria Park, 5-10 minutes walk from us (near De Montfort Hall).

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