Sketching Alnmouth with Katherine Renton and Luke McTaggart.
10am-3pm with 1 hour lunch break
Join Amble artists Katherine Renton & Luke McTaggart in a dynamic & engaging workshop that will focus on sketching in and around the scenic seaside village of Alnmouth. You will learn various skills in this workshop to help broaden your sketching abilities, including composition, tone, cross-hatching and how to reduce complicated scenes into simple line drawings. Alongside technique, the pair will also focus on practical measures, such as how to choose good sketching locations and information on materials. The pair will also take you through sketches from throughout art history, including those by the likes of J.M.W Turner, to give you a better understanding of the different types of sketches and the reasons for using them. Open to mixed abilities, although some experience is preferred.
Location:
Hindmarsh Hall, Alnmouth
Date:
Sat 14 Jun 2025,
10:00AM – 3:00PM
With a voice that “could melt icebergs at 50 paces” (VOX), Briana Corrigan of The Beautiful South has returned to the stage after a 10-year hiatus with 3 hugely successful and largely sold-out tours throughout the UK and IRELAND already completed, a new album in the pipeline and a series of brand new gigs lined up for Spring 2025.
Belfast born Corrigan is best known for delivering Beautiful South’s most successful single, the chart topping, No1, Brit award winning A Little Time.
As a songwriter in her own right, Corrigan has released 2 critically acclaimed solo albums, enjoying accolades from the likes of Q magazine, “ her forte…. chest hugging breast beating balladry of the highest calibre”, “A revelation!” (Melody Maker) “a songwriter of wit and elegance” (Hot Press), “It’s like listening to someone sing you a story. The rain outside is drifting along the glass and this is a good soundtrack to the tale of its falling” (Melody Maker).
Location:
St. John the Baptist Church, Alnmouth
Date:
Sat 14 Jun 2025, 7:00PM
Felted Flower Brooch Workshop with Lena Archbold (2 Hours)
Join textile artist Lena Archbold for a creative and hands-on two-hour feltmaking workshop. In this session, you will learn how to craft a beautiful felted flower brooch using soft merino wool and a selection of complementary fibres such as silk and viscose.
Lena will guide you through each step of the wet felting process, including wool layout, felting, and shaping techniques to bring your flower to life. This workshop is perfect for complete beginners as well as those looking to explore wet felting in more depth.
Come along and discover the joy of felt-making in a relaxed and friendly environment — and leave with a unique handmade accessory!
Location:
Hindmarsh Hall, Alnmouth
Date:
Sun 15 Jun 2025,
10:00AM – 12:00PM
How do you welcome someone new into your heart and home?
A week before Christmas, newly retired BBC journalist Rory Cellan-Jones receives a special delivery that will change his life. This is the story of rescue dog #SophieFromRomania.
In January 2022, the Cellan-Jones-Coyle family said goodbye to their beloved elderly Collie cross, Cabbage. She and Rory had become inseparable during daily pandemic walks, which alleviated his Parkinson’s symptoms. After a grief-stricken year, Rory and his wife Diane come across a listing for ‘a kind girl who loves everybody and is just looking for her forever home’.
Bright-eyed, big-eared and trembling, Sophie arrives in London on 17 December 2022. Rory holds the Romanian rescue in his arms, excited for their first walk together – but the road ahead will be a long one . . . This is a moving story of love, kindness and a lot of patience, paying tribute to rescue dogs and their tender community
Location:
St. John the Baptist Church, Alnmouth
Date:
Sun 15 Jun 2025, 11:00AM