Calling all young artists 4-12 years - join us each Sunday and get creative! Learn from our team of experienced artist educators and try a new skill or technique each week using top quality, artist-grade materials and equipment. Explore the galleries, get inspired, create your own artwork and make friends!
On this course you will learn the techniques of copper foiled (Tiffany) stained glass. You will be taught all the skills to create two small pieces of stained glass including: glass cutting, grinding, foiling, soldering and finishing. Using these skills you will make a star and another small suncatcher to hang in a window.
You will learn how to safely use the specialist equipment and materials that are involved in the stained glass process, such as cutters, grinders and soldering irons.
Tools, materials and equipment are provided.
Pre-booking is essential. Tickets can be purchased in the Winterbourne shop or via the Book Now button on this page.
This course is for people who are interested in learning about becoming a beekeeper. The course covers:
The natural history of honeybees is truly fascinating and the hobby is very rewarding for those that take it up.
The sessions are delivered by members of Birmingham & District Bee Keepers Association over six weeks. The teaching is classroom based with some practical, hands on content over one and a half hours. All practical materials are provided.
This introductory workshop, delivered by a member of the Empowering CoachingTM team at the University of Birmingham, provides opportunities for coaches and individuals delivering sport sessions to understand the principles behind Empowering CoachingTM. Equipped with this knowledge, you will be challenged to re-evaluate common practices when coaching. You will have opportunity to interact with other workshop attendees to enhance your own existing motivational climate and to develop new strategies to help you create a more empowering environment in training and competition.
Why not join our monthly book club for a stimulating and informal discussion of books that link to the Barber’s magnificent collection and the themes its works explore?
The ever popular Barber Book Club continues throughout the year, exploring literature related to themes within our permanent collection and temporary exhibitions. We welcome ideas from participants for future book club sessions.
08/01/19 - The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
12/02/19 - Trumpet by Jackie Kay
12/03/19 - The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham
09/04/19 - The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
Love art? Aged 13 – 15 years? Want to see amazing artworks, be inspired by real artists and try out new ideas?
Come along to our twilight workshops? Learn new art skills to impress your friends and art class back at school.
Gouache is an opaque water-based medium, often called body colour, which allows us to paint crisp white flowers on dark coloured backgrounds. Enjoy a day of drawing and painting snowdrops or other seasonal white flowers from the Winterbourne garden. Concentrating on simple compositions, Jeni will demonstrate drawing and painting methods for Gouache at each stage and the limited numbers will allow for plenty of one-to-one tuition throughout the day.
Suitable for all abilities and those who enjoy drawing and painting in detail.
Pre-booking is essential. Tickets can be purchased using the Book Now button on this page or in the Winterbourne shop.
Jeni will provide a selection of dark coloured paper/card, Gouache paints – artist’s quality, white trace-down paper. Reasonably priced sable mix brushes will be available to purchase on the day.
Materials participants should bring:
“Jeni was a superb tutor – very patient and knowledgeable – lovely environment” participant at Jeni’s workshop at Winterbourne in September 2018.
Our courses are suitable for 18 years or above.
On this course you will learn the techniques of copper foiled stained glass work and will be taught the skills of cutting, grinding, foiling and soldering to create stained glass garden stakes. The designs might include fairly simple flowers and vegetables or more intricate ladybirds, dragonflies, bees and birds etc. Your finished glass piece can be soldered onto a 1m rod and used to mark your vegetable patch or maybe to brighten up a dull area of your garden!
You will learn how to safely use the specialist equipment and materials that are involved in the stained glass process, such as cutters , grinders and soldering irons.
Tools, equipment and materials are provided.
Join Christine Green to learn the art of paper cutting.
Paper cutting has a rich history, from fourth-century china to nineteenth-century Mexico, and beyond.
Be inspired by a wide range of cut out artefacts including Polish paper cuts, Haitian metal work and wooden fret work as well as numerous art works, photos and resource sheets.
You’ll master cutting safely using a scalpel and get to grips with creative free hand lettering to design your own unique paper cut. Highly rewarding and great fun, you will never need to buy a greetings card again!
This workshop is suitable for beginners and all the materials you need will be provided.
Pre-booking is essential.
Delve into the Barber's past in this 90 minute walk and talk and find out how the Barber came to be. Learn about our founders, Sir Henry and Lady Barber, explore our wonderful art deco architecture and take a look at some of the very first purchases that started our collection back in the 1930s.
Come to The Winterbourne Press to be guided through the fascinating art of printing.
Starting with choosing the right font for the job and going right through to taking a ‘pull’ for your first printing image, this short day course is a wonderful introduction suitable for any adult with an interest in the subject.
All equipment is provided, but please wear clothes you don’t mind getting slightly dirty and if you have any mobility issues let us know so that we can ensure that we can accommodate you.
Pre-booking is essential. Tickets can be purchased from the Winterbourne shop or via the Book Now button on this page.
Our courses are suitable for 18 years or above.
Following the popularity of this course when it was offered in May, we have scheduled another date for those who missed out the first time.
Learn how to cut and work with a wide range of coloured and textured glass. During the day you will learn how to cut glass and glue it onto a pattern of your own design or from a sample provided to produce a lovely glass appliqué panel. The grouting process will be discussed with a demonstration as this may need to be completed at home when the piece is fully dry. You will learn how to safely use the specialist equipment and materials that are involved in the glass appliqué making process, such as cutters, grinding stones, mosaic cutters/nippers etc.
Please bring with you:
Tools, equipment and materials are provided (extra items can be purchased on the day). You do not need any previous experience of working with glass.
Pre-booking is essential. Tickets can be purchased from the Winterbourne shop or via the Book Now button on this page.
Clare Wainwright has been working with glass for about 17 years, she makes sun-catchers, mirrors, lampshades and more, and loves to experiment with new techniques such as acid etching and adding images into glass. Clare has taught at various locations including mac Birmingham and Centre of England Arts, and this will be her first workshop at Winterbourne. You can find out more about Clare at her website.
Our courses are suitable for 18 years or above.
Using Winterbourne’s gardens as inspiration, create your own beautiful lino prints. Learn how to design your image, cut a lino block and print a two or three colour print onto paper using the reduction method.
All materials are provided. Please bring an apron or wear old clothes.
Pre-booking is essential. Tickets can be purchased in the Winterbourne shop or via the Book Now button on this page.
Sarah Moss is Artist in Residence at Winterbourne House and Garden. Click here to see Sarah’s blog.
“Brilliant tutor and great explanation of the technique” – participant at Sarah’s Reduction Cut Lino workshop at Winterbourne in April 2017.
Our courses are suitable for 18 years or above.
Learn how to cut, prepare and fuse small glass pieces using a ‘hot pot’ kiln and microwave. Traditional glass fusing in a kiln takes hours, but in this workshop you will use a microwave and a ‘hot pot’ kiln which fuses small pieces in just ten minutes or less! You will experiment with clear and coloured glass, dichroic glass and metal inclusions to create two or three pieces of jewellery, such as a pendant and pair of earrings.
This workshop is suitable for beginners and all equipment and materials are provided, though you are welcome to bring your own ideas, patterns and pictures as inspiration.
This workshop is now fully booked. To be added to our courses mailing list for information about future courses please use the Join Waiting List button on this page.
Clare Wainwright has been working with glass for about 17 years, she makes sun-catchers, mirrors, lampshades and more, and loves to experiment with new techniques such as acid etching and adding images into glass. Clare has taught at various locations including mac Birmingham, Centre of England Arts, and Winterbourne. You can find out more about Clare at her website.
“Clare was very patient and informative”, “Very good course – Clare is an excellent teacher.” – participants at Clare’s 2017 Winterbourne workshops.
Our courses are suitable for 18 years or above. If you have any questions, please contact us using the Ask a Question button on this page.
