Welcome to The Blandford Arts Hub :
This is an exciting new project for Blandford Forum, bringing arts to the community, and the community to the arts. There will be a diverse range of activities to suit all ages and abilities.
Set in the newly developed Nightingale Court garden (The cut through between M&S/Langton Rd Carpark ( Postcode for sat nav: DT11 7DZ) and East st/Blandfords high st. ).
Just next door in Nightingale Court you can find more crafty creations at Coralies’ Crafts & Gifts and Cotton Moon Haberdashery and fabric shop. For tasty creations we have the delicious Cake and Sprinkles, who also offer cream teas, plain tea, coffees and lots of freshly baked cakes. But if you want art on skin then there is the tattoo parlour or if its creative haircuts, we have a hairdresser too.
It really is quite the creative corner, and well worth a visit
What’s on this month:
DEC and the New Year
WE ARE NOW CLOSED FOR WINTER
We will be open again in spring. A date has not been set but it will be around end of April to May.
In the mean time we wish you all a
Happy Christmas
and a
fantastic New Year.
Thank you to all those that have supported the Blandford Arts Hub
…and don’t forget to sign up to our newsletter
To sum up:-
- For the most up to date information, to converse and share ideas, and see what is happening at BAHub, click here and join our facebook group.
- Remember we always like to get feedback and ideas so we can tailor activities to suit you.
- Do email us on freeexpressioncreative@gmail.com for any questions about our activities, what we have on offer, how to book, and opening times (we currently have varied opening times)
Here are just some of the ideas and plans we are working towards.
at a glance:
And a bit more detail:
Drop in workshops
We will be running regular free drop in workshops, giving everyone the opportunity to get creative. Currently they are our Monday project day, Thursday morning drop in and Saturday afternoon wombling free session. You can bring your own project in, or do one of ours. We will also run our own Money for nothing sessions helping you breath new life into your old stuff and maybe even make some money along the way. There are many who have to work so we have created the lunch hour club. Sadly this has not started yet, due to lack of man power (unless a kind volunteer would like to help run it?). If you are interested, either as a participant or to help run it, do let us know. Currently we are just asking for a £3 donation towards materials.
Blandford Wombles
Remember the Wombles? We love them as they are all about making good use of the things folks leave behind. We will be getting creative with all that stuff people think as rubbish but we see as gold and amazing art resources. This will take place Saturdays Afternoons
Afterschool’s and Holiday Art club
We will be offering a fun creative afterschool’s and holiday clubs. This will be suitable for over 7. Younger children can join in with adult supervision. Full details on our booking page. We are also looking at creating the little wombles toddler group.
Guest Artist
The studio will be available for guest artists to run their own workshops. If you would like to do this, please email us.
Available for Hire
When there are no workshops running the space is available to hire for your own use. It could be to run your own workshop or hold an event, birthday parties, just ask .
The day is divided into 3 sessions of approx. 3hrs, morning afternoon and evening. Cost will be £15 per session. Should you want us to provide a helper that would be an additional £10p/h
BAHub Membership
We are developing an annual membership scheme. This will give you discounts or free entry to our various workshops and events. There will also be a discount on art supplies.
We will keep you updated to when our membership scheme becomes active
Take a look at some of our ’22 workshops below.
For 2023 Some will change but much will stay the same …
Any questions please do get in touch. 
Things to Note :-..
Creative fun for kids
We offer both an after schools club, and activities for the holidays.
The after schools club you sign up for 1/2 term, which is 7 weekly sessions. We will be covering a variety of activities, culminating in a finished project that they can share with their family.
The holiday fun are single sessions but you can book in advance multi sessions should you so wish. We will have suggested activities each week but we also like to go with what your child may want to do.
Our focus for the kids workshops is to have fun and follow their creative flow.
For more information please go to the booking page.
Free Drop In Sessions
Not wanting to exclude anyone we have free drop in sessions every Monday & Thursday morning 10-12, including our Wombling free, Wombles club. every Saturday 2-4. No booking required just pop down.
To add a bit more interest for the little ones, along with our box of colouring stuff, we have our really wild sandpit and our resident goldfish, Learoy Jenkins, Japan, Aka and Little Miss Invisible.
Did you know along with the Blandford Wombles (who are very shy and secretive, can you find their home? Have you seen them?), we often get the fairies visiting and they make a right mess in the sandpit with all their glitter -sorry. If you see glitter then the fairies have been!
So much to see, do and look for:-)
Fun & relaxation for all the family
Fun & relaxation for all the community
Creating inspiration and opportunities for all
Music
Music
literature
litrature
fine arts
Fine Arts
Arts & Crafts
Arts & Crafts
video
video.
audio
Audio