SeaChange Arts are working in partnership with Great Yarmouth Community Library to hold a variety of free creative workshops over the summer. The workshops are being funded by The Big Lottery Fund.

A session for families to create ‘plant pot heads’ is being held on Saturday 2nd July from 11am until 2pm. The plant pots will be decorated and seeds and wild flowers planted in them to create ‘hair.’ Participants can take their pots home at the end of the workshop and watch them grow over the next few weeks.

On Tuesday 5th July 2011, local adults are being invited to help bring some more colour to the Library’s Growing Together Community Garden by painting the fish on the blue metal work surrounding each of the flower beds. The fish represent the ‘silver darlin’s’ or herrings that Great Yarmouth used to be famous for. This session will run from 10am – 12pm, and the Library are also keen to meet any volunteers who would like to help with the upkeep of the garden in the longer term.

A circus and performance workshop will be taking place on Saturday 23rd July from 1 – 4pm to launch the Library’s Summer Reading Challenge. People of all ages can try their hand at performance, clowning, face painting and stage make-up, as well as different circus skills including tightrope, juggling, Diablo, devil sticks, spinning plates and much more.

On Saturday 13th August a professional story teller and puppeteer will be running a story telling session. They will be animating magical stories, and also giving parents the opportunity to learn some storytelling techniques that they will be able to use at home.

For all of the workshops there is no need to book a place– participants can just come along on the day. For those workshops that are suitable for children, children under 8 years old must be accompanied by an adult.

SeaChange Arts have been working with Great Yarmouth Library to deliver creative workshops for the community since the beginning of June. So far, local people have taken part in several environmental art workshops in the Library Garden, and have created plant labels to help visitors identify the different plants that are growing and a beautiful sculptured willow fence which is helping to protect the plant life.

Caroline Fernandez, Community Development Worker, said “These workshops are a great opportunity to get creative, have some fun, learn new skills, and also enhance the Growing Together Community Garden.”

For further information about any of the upcoming workshops, please contact Laurie Miller-Zutshi on 01493 846187 or email [email protected]