Side-by-Side: Make, Laugh, Feel Good!
Drop in and get creative at this fun and relaxing day of workshops!
Try out a range of different arts and crafts — like mindful drawing, beading, and more. Our art group from Middleton, the Aloe Veras have put together this relaxing event for you all to enjoy based on some of their favourite activities. You can take your time and get absorbed in the making, or try out a taster of each workshop.
Our friends from Awakening Minds will be there too, serving pink tea and sharing the joy with special laughter therapy workshops at the 11am & 2.30pm sessions only.
Come along, get making, and feel good inside and out!
About the Aloe Veras Group
The Aloe Veras is an informal art and craft group who meet regularly with artist Erica Matthews in Middleton to learn and find joy through creativity. The group have played with new materials and techniques using contemporary art works from Tate and National Gallery Scotland’s ARTIST ROOMS collection and museum objects from Touchstones as inspiration. For the past two years the Aloe Veras have collaborated with staff from Touchstones and ARTIST ROOMS to curate an exhibition featuring works from both collections that will be displayed in the galleries when we reopen.
Pay What You Can
All our bookable events are Pay What You Can. Free tickets are there for those who need them, or you can choose to pay £2.50, £5 or £7.50 per ticket. Any income generated from these tickets will go towards further community-led work with Touchstones.
Try out a range of different arts and crafts — like mindful drawing, beading, and more. Our art group from Middleton, the Aloe Veras have put together this relaxing event for you all to enjoy based on some of their favourite activities. You can take your time and get absorbed in the making, or try out a taster of each workshop.
Our friends from Awakening Minds will be there too, serving pink tea and sharing the joy with special laughter therapy workshops at the 11am & 2.30pm sessions only.
Come along, get making, and feel good inside and out!
About the Aloe Veras Group
The Aloe Veras is an informal art and craft group who meet regularly with artist Erica Matthews in Middleton to learn and find joy through creativity. The group have played with new materials and techniques using contemporary art works from Tate and National Gallery Scotland’s ARTIST ROOMS collection and museum objects from Touchstones as inspiration. For the past two years the Aloe Veras have collaborated with staff from Touchstones and ARTIST ROOMS to curate an exhibition featuring works from both collections that will be displayed in the galleries when we reopen.
Pay What You Can
All our bookable events are Pay What You Can. Free tickets are there for those who need them, or you can choose to pay £2.50, £5 or £7.50 per ticket. Any income generated from these tickets will go towards further community-led work with Touchstones.
Location:
Temporary Touchstones (Rochdale Town Hall Square)
Duration:
1h
Tickets from £2.50
