
The Horsebridge Discover Sessions enable you to learn more about the Arts and creativity supported by a great community of local artists and teachers. `Our sessions are designed to give you the confidence to try a new skill and take part in creative and enjoyable activities as part of new group.
Try our Studio Sessions, which take place in our large, light and airy Studio where equipment and materials, as well as tea and coffee, will be provided. Our new History Sessions start with a fantastic course from Graham Birrell in May exploring themes in Whitstable's town history. And if Music is more your thing, Music Sessions start in September with a 10-week Jazz course from Richard Rozze.
Don't forget if you are a Great Friend or Best Friend of The Horsebridge you can get up to 10% off Discover Sessions.
Regular Session
Studio Sessions: Monthly Print Club
Tuesday 7 April10:00am to 2:00pm
Print Club is a social, sharing, learning group, set up to offer a studio space where people with some experience of the process can come to experiment and produce their own prints.Regular Session
Studio Sessions: Still Life oil painting
Friday 10 April9:30am to 12:30pm
Learn the fundamentals of still life painting using oils, setting up your composition, capturing light and glazing to create depth.Course
Studio Sessions: Introduction to Drawing and Composition
Friday 10 April1:30pm to 4:30pm
This drawing course will introduce approaches to composition with drawing – including various approaches and how to use them.Regular Session
Studio Sessions: Monthly Oils Club
Friday 17 April9:30am to 12:30pm
After the success of Gaven's recent 4 week oil painting landscape course, he will now be holding a monthly oil painting club.Course
Studio Sessions: Coastal Journal
Monday 20 April10:00am to 2:00pm
Celebrate the colours and renewal of spring while exploring the rich coastal life of Whitstable’s shoreline, from delicate flora to diverse fauna.Course
Studio Sessions: 10-week Acrylic Mastery
Thursday 23 April10:30am to 12:30pm
A comprehensive deep dive into acrylic painting techniques, designed and taught by Kim O’Neil. This course welcomes complete beginners through to experienced painters.Regular Session
Studio Sessions: Figure making workshop
Thursday 23 April6:30pm to 8:30pm
Enjoy a creative couple of hours making a clay figure or figures of your choice with the gentle demonstration and advice of experienced sculptor Steve Postgate.Single Workshop
Studio Sessions: Abstract Wave painting
Saturday 25 April10:30am to 3:00pm
A full day immersive workshop exploring the movement and emotion of a crashing wave.Regular Session
Studio Sessions: Saturday Sewing Club
Saturday 25 April10:30am to 12:30pm
Suitable for adults wishing to gain confidence with sewing clothes, home items etc. Beginners welcome.Course
Studio Sessions: Linoprint Reduction
Sunday 26 April10:00am to 1:30pm
Learn the art of reduction lino cutting is a relief printing technique which involves cutting and printing several layers of colour from the same block of lino in order to build up an image.Regular Session
Studio Sessions: Absolute Beginners Art Class
Tuesday 28 April11:00am to 1:00pm
If you have been wanting to learn how to draw and paint, but don't have a clue where to start, then this class is for you!Regular Session
Studio Sessions: Still Life oil painting
Friday 1 May9:30am to 12:30pm
Learn the fundamentals of still life painting using oils, setting up your composition, capturing light and glazing to create depth.Regular Session
Studio Sessions: Saturday Sewing Club
Saturday 2 May10:30am to 12:30pm
Suitable for adults wishing to gain confidence with sewing clothes, home items etc. Beginners welcome.Regular Session
Studio Sessions: Monthly Print Club
Tuesday 5 May10:00am to 2:00pm
Print Club is a social, sharing, learning group, set up to offer a studio space where people with some experience of the process can come to experiment and produce their own prints.Regular Session
Studio Sessions: Saturday Sewing Club
Saturday 9 May10:30am to 12:30pm
Suitable for adults wishing to gain confidence with sewing clothes, home items etc. Beginners welcome.Single Workshop
Studio Sessions: Hand building Happy Hours
Saturday 9 May5:00pm to 7:00pm
Come and join us for two hours of creative, relaxing hand-building using air-drying clay.Regular Session
Studio Sessions: Figure making workshop
Thursday 14 May6:30pm to 8:30pm
Enjoy a creative couple of hours making a clay figure or figures of your choice with the gentle demonstration and advice of experienced sculptor Steve Postgate.Single Workshop
Studio Sessions: Mid Century Block Printing with Anne Davison
Friday 15 May10:00am to 4:00pm
Attention print and pattern lovers. Would you love to learn a new skill? Enjoy the mindful creative activity of wood block printing!Single Workshop
Studio Sessions: Abstract Flower workshop
Saturday 16 May10:30am to 3:00pm
Spend a joyful day creating a painterly, abstract bouquet using acrylics, exciting mediums, and palette knife techniques.Course
History Sessions: The History of Whitstable
Thursday 21 May7:00pm to 9:00pm
Want to know more about the history of Whitstable? Join an expert local historian in this 6-week course to find out a lot more about our amazing town.Regular Session
Studio Sessions: Monthly Oils Club
Friday 22 May9:30am to 12:30pm
After the success of Gaven's recent 4 week oil painting landscape course, he will now be holding a monthly oil painting club.Regular Session
Studio Sessions: Absolute Beginners Art Class
Tuesday 26 May11:00am to 1:00pm
If you have been wanting to learn how to draw and paint, but don't have a clue where to start, then this class is for you!Regular Session
Studio Sessions: Saturday Sewing Club
Saturday 30 May10:30am to 12:30pm
Suitable for adults wishing to gain confidence with sewing clothes, home items etc. Beginners welcome.Regular Session
Studio Sessions: Monthly Print Club
Tuesday 2 June10:00am to 2:00pm
Print Club is a social, sharing, learning group, set up to offer a studio space where people with some experience of the process can come to experiment and produce their own prints.Regular Session
Studio Sessions: Still Life oil painting
Friday 5 June9:30am to 12:30pm
Learn the fundamentals of still life painting using oils, setting up your composition, capturing light and glazing to create depth.Regular Session
Studio Sessions: Saturday Sewing Club
Saturday 6 June10:30am to 12:30pm
Suitable for adults wishing to gain confidence with sewing clothes, home items etc. Beginners welcome.Regular Session
Studio Sessions: Saturday Sewing Club
Saturday 13 June10:30am to 12:30pm
Suitable for adults wishing to gain confidence with sewing clothes, home items etc. Beginners welcome.Regular Session
Studio Sessions: Figure making workshop
Thursday 18 June6:30pm to 8:30pm
Enjoy a creative couple of hours making a clay figure or figures of your choice with the gentle demonstration and advice of experienced sculptor Steve Postgate.Regular Session
Studio Sessions: Monthly Oils Club
Friday 19 June9:30am to 12:30pm
After the success of Gaven's recent 4 week oil painting landscape course, he will now be holding a monthly oil painting club.Single Workshop
Studio Sessions: Abstract Harbour scene
Saturday 20 June10:30am to 3:00pm
This one day workshop focuses on building a lively, atmospheric harbour composition.Regular Session
Studio Sessions: Absolute Beginners Art Class
Tuesday 30 June11:00am to 1:00pm
If you have been wanting to learn how to draw and paint, but don't have a clue where to start, then this class is for you!Single Workshop
Studio Sessions: Abstract Beach hut painting
Saturday 18 July10:30am to 3:00pm
Create a playful, painterly abstract beach hut artwork using acrylics and expressive mark making.Single Workshop
Studio Sessions: Creative Collage
Friday 24 July10:00am to 4:00pm
Join Faversham artist Anne Davison for a high-energy, hands-on workshop where we’re ditching the rulebook and diving headfirst into the art of collage.Course
Music Sessions: 10 week Jazz course
Thursday 10 September7:00pm to 8:30pm
A fantastic opportunity to broaden your musical knowledge and to meet like minded musicians, whilst learning a variety of jazz styles. Focusing on all areas of performance and improvisation. Suitable for all instrumentalists and vocalists of an intermediate to advanced level.Course
History Sessions: The Whitstable Murder Club
Thursday 17 September7:00pm to 9:00pm
Fascinated by true crime? Want to play detective? Join an expert local historian in this 6-week course to examine the real case files from six historic murders and decide whether the prime suspect was innocent or guilty.