Event Details
12-2pm
Dr Anna Johnson, Writing workshop, ‘Shakespeare’s sister: creating space to write with Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own’.
In her classic feminist text on writing, A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf creates the imaginary figure of ‘Shakespeare’s sister’, a ‘wonderfully gifted’ writer but destined for a very different life to that of her brother. In this workshop we’ll play with texts by Woolf and Shakespeare, alongside poets including Adrienne Rich and Emma Filtness, to explore what it means to carve out time and space for our creative practice. Through readings and short, generative writing exercises, together we’ll create a space for writing!
Suitable for all levels.
(£5) Spaces limited, Book here.

3-5pm
Book Launch with Hettie Judah, featuring artist introductions from Kate Howe, Sally Minns, Anna Johnson, Sharyn Wortman and Abigail Norris.
Inviting five artists from our community who have all returned to the creative space, post motherhood, previous careers or illness, to give short presentations on new work, Hettie will follow with a Q&A talk about her work, the art world and an opportunity to ask any advice.5-6pm
Tea and book signing with Hettie Judah.
Spaces limited - Book here
@hettiejudah

6pm
Artist Talk - Claire Barber, Invitational Artist in Residence.
Claire Barber is a textile-based artist whose practice is shaped by site-responsive and materially driven enquiry informed by industrial histories, material culture, and embodied making. She graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1994 and was awarded a PhD by Publication in 2016 (Cloth in Action), recognising textiles as both aesthetic and social practice.
Spaces limited - Book here
@axisweb

6-9pm Jazz Salon and drinks in the garden with Janet McCunn & Mood Indigo.
Book here
@janetmccunn

Sunday 17th May 12-6pm
Taking Up Creative Space Open Studio Featuring Exhibiting Artists, Kate Howe, Sally Minns and Claire Barber.
(No booking required).