Two New Arts Workshops for Gay and Bi Men

The days are getting shorter and the nights deliciously longer. It's time to try out new things - like making comics, telling stories through pictures. And time to take stock, too - to look at old pictures, take out old ticket stubs, delve into love letters from the past. Or create new ones. We've got two new workshops this term that are designed to inspire you and we hope they'll encourage you to experiment with new forms of expression.

Personal Archives for Beginners
Map your own history by revisiting letters, photographs, stubs, journals and other memorabilia you've saved over the years. The workshop will encourage you to explore your lived history in stimulating, exciting and unusual ways. You'll learn how to work with collage, photos, oral testimonies, walking tours, scrapbooks and memory boxes and whatever it takes to create your own personal (or family and community) archive for posterity.
Tutor: Ajamu X

Comic Books for Beginners
Interest in comics is at an all-time high! Join the trend and learn how to draw comics and tell stories through practical exercises and hands-on work. You'll be introduced to figure drawing techniques, as well as to elements of story-telling, lettering, perspective and observational drawing. Work will be featured in our new Zine Project, and you'll get advice about ways of sharing your work (self-publishing, creating mini-comics, online opportunities, etc). of vocabulary, some grammar, no experience necessary.
Tutor: Roger Mason

Click on Workshops on Thursdays for the full details.

Workshops start on the 23rd October, and run for 7 weeks Thursdays, 6.30-9pm. Workshops on Thursdays is organised by Positive East. The workshops are open to all gay and bi men, regardless of HIV status.

To book, call 020 7791 2855 or download a booking form from our website: www.workshopsonthursdays.co.uk.

If you have any queries, please contact the Co-ordinator, Shaun Levin, at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Workshops are FREE. There is a voluntary donation of £10 to cover the cost of materials.

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