{"id":1140,"date":"2018-03-01T15:35:33","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T15:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/?p=1140"},"modified":"2025-02-15T23:54:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T23:54:14","slug":"lydia-haines-wnaa-workshop-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westnorfolkartists.org\/blog\/2018\/03\/lydia-haines-wnaa-workshop-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Lydia Haines And The West Norfolk Artists\u2019 Workshop Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2011: Sea Weed Printing Fund Raiser for St Nicholas Chapel<\/p><\/div>\n

It was an exhilarating and exciting experience, as a new arrival to Norfolk in 2008, to be leading screen painting and printing workshops in St Nicholas Chapel. There was no water but an enormous table with enough space to accommodate 20 people and large screens and squeegees. I was very surprised by being in a church environment for the first time as a practising artist \u2013 gradually it dawned on me that coming to Norfolk was going to church! Everything seemed to be happening in churches all over the county. Having just re-located from Yorkshire where white spaces in galleries museums and disused mills were the norm it was considerably different to be participating in workshops and exhibitions in these environments.<\/p>\n

West Norfolk Artists Association had a fantastic programme whereby professional artists were paid to lead workshops which were free to participants and at the time attracted a lot of interest. It also allowed me the chance to experiment a little without feeling too concerned whether I was succeeding or failing \u2013 everybody made a work of art to take home \u2013 sometimes great sometimes not so great!! I remember one occasion taking the steamer (six foot high ) for an acid\/discharge print workshop \u2013 the great joy of it all lots of people turned up and were not too concerned about the danger (toxic fumes curing the velvet\/canvas\/silk!). I think its probably unlikely I would ever have the opportunity to do this again particularly now that the Chapel has been restored.<\/p>\n\n\t\t