What’s on this Spring? With the launch of their new Spring programme, Rural Arts have a great range of events and workshops for you to get involved in at their venue, The Courthouse in Thirsk. • Free internet classes continue to run every
Monday, 10am -12 noon (booking is advised) and we will also be running courses in Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop and Introduction to Mac in March and April.
Goodwin (April 9th), Garlic Theatre’s ‘Old Mother Hubbard and her cupboard’ (7th May) for our younger audiences, Canadian singer David Myles (May 21st). • Business Link are running free workshops and
• If you are looking to improve your fitness, why
not try our weekly Zumba classes on Monday and Thursday evenings, 6pm -7pm? (Please note, due to high demand these classes are now run by Rural Arts at Thirsk Town Hall).
business advice clinics throughout March and Thirsk Museum Society are presenting monthly talks in March (‘Subscribers to the Opera’) and April (‘That’s Entertainment’).
• From March onwards, there will be French conversation classes, a screenwriting course and various artist led workshops including life drawing, felt making, music technology, quilt making and willow weaving.
• Why not call in and have a browse or enjoy some
lunch in the café…our menu includes homemade soup, quiche with salad and a mouthwatering selection of cakes. Opening times (café / exhibition) are 10.00am-4.30pm, Monday to Saturday. .............................................................................. • For further information or to book tickets, please contact Janice McVay, Courthouse Manager on 01845 526536, e: Janice@ruralarts. org or visit our website, www.ruralarts.org.
Alternatively call in to the Courthouse and pick up one of our Spring programmes. • The Courthouse is available to hire for meetings,
training, wedding receptions, christenings etc. You may not be aware that we also have a variety of fully equipped spaces with full disabled access available to hire for business use, workshops and private events. Art Exhibition • On 28th and 29th May, we will be hosting an
Arts Market featuring artists from around the region selling a selection of ceramics, textiles and jewellery (10.00am-4.30pm).
Kids Art Club • Our Saturday morning kids art club gives children a chance to work creatively in a range of different art forms. There are two sessions, ages 8-10 years (10am-11am) and 11-18 years (11.30am-12.30pm); classes cost £5 and take place during term time only. • We are delighted to be able to offer a writing workshop with Tom Needham (whose TV credits include Cold Blood, Silent Witness, Dalziel and Pascoe and The Bill) on April 9th as well as textile and jewellery classes linked to our Open Studios exhibition in May and June.
• From the beginning of March until April 16th
our Spring exhibition will feature mosaics, willow garden sculptures, ceramic ornaments and metal sculpture. From 18th April until 14th May we will host work from the Feltmaker’s Guild followed by North Yorkshire Open Studio’s exhibition for 2011, “Flowerings” featuring work by Dionne Swift, Judith Brown and Ruth Moore.
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• Performances include ‘Frankenstein Live’, a
gripping production starring talented Dominic
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