Slow Stitch & Cake with Textile Artist Melinda Schwakhofer– meets once monthly beginning on:

25th May

22nd June

20th July

Slow Stitch and Cake is gentle, unstructured session to sit and stitch together. 

Slow Stitch is a meditative and mindful practice where the process of the movement of needle and thread through fabric is as important, if not more so, than the goal of producing a finished piece of work.  You will learn some basics of hand stitching and some new stitches, but the emphasis is on letting your creativity unfold.

Bring your own hand sewing or Melinda will have some prompts and ideas to get you started.

Suitable for beginning to advanced stitchers.  One to one tuition as needed. 
Materials provided. 

Homemade cake and tea/coffee provided. Upstairs at GREEN HILL ARTS. Sessions run from 10:00am – 1:00pm.

3 course booking available.

Contact - info@melindaschwakhofer.com for more information.

(Please note that we cannot provide refunds or transfer funds to other workshops).

The Green Hill Arts OPEN EXHIBITION is back!

(21st of June – 31st of August 2024)

We are delighted to be working with Dartmoor Magazine on this years Open Exhibition, offering every participating artist the opportunity to take part in a professionally curated show at Green Hill Arts Gallery.

We received hundreds of submissions and are thrilled to be able to show more pieces than ever before. The standard was extremely high, and our independent judging panel had a very challenging task.  We hope you will come and enjoy the variety and talent this show has produced. 

Editors from Dartmoor Magazine will choose one successful applicant to be named ‘Dartmoor Magazines Choice’. The chosen artist will be awarded with a feature article about their creative practice within the magazine later this year. Good luck!

The gallery is open from 10:00am until 4:00pm, Wednesday until Saturday.

In this workshop led by Lucy Patrick, we will undertake a short walk to a place determined by drawing a spiral around the Green Hill Arts gallery. On the walk, participants will be encouraged to observe what is around them, collecting drawings, objects and photographs.

Once we have arrived at the destination, participants will look for the nearest tree that draws their attention and make “colour samples” using natural materials found nearby.

On the return to Green Hill Arts, there will be a presentation on the principles of making mandalas using symmetry, colour, geometry, number and intention. Objects and sketches collected as part of the walk will be used to form templates and traced onto a circular board. The board will be decorated using the colours inspired by the samples collected in the field. 

Participants will benefit from learning a new way of looking and engaging with their local landscape. They will also have a beautiful decorative wooden board to take home with them. (They make beautiful wall hangings, decorative serving mats, and plant pot stands).

Adults only (ages 14 +)

Participants are to meet at the Green Hill Gallery for 1:00pm on the 6th of July. Participants are invited to bring, if possible, their own small paintbrushes.  Everything else will be provided.

(Please note that we cannot provide refunds or transfer funds to other workshops).

Join us on Saturday the 7th of September, between 1:00pm and 3:30pm, for an afternoon of book making with creative practitioner Jenny Perry.

Jenny will show us the art of book making using a variety of paper folding , hand sewing and covering techniques, with a choice of materials.

You will take home a beautiful, handmade concertina book, and will leave the workshop equipped with the skills , ideas and creative inspiration to make others.

Your books can be filled and adapted into anything you choose: sketch books, poetry books , story books, picture albums and more…

This workshop is suitable for beginners and adults over the age of 16. Please bring your own Pritt Stick and craft knife! All other materials will be provided.

(Please note that we cannot provide refunds or transfer funds to other workshops).