Courses
Thinking Through Making
Our approach isn’t about producing perfect results. In our sessions, we create supportive, open spaces where you’re gently guided to look more closely, think more deeply, and respond in ways that feel personal and meaningful. There will be demonstrations, prompts, structures and starting points to help you begin — all of which can be bent, adapted, or broken as your ideas develop. Through playful exploration, conversation, and material experimentation, you’ll build confidence in your own ways of seeing, discovering that creativity grows from curiosity, not strict instructions.
Art-i-fact
Sheringham Museum/Sheringham Shed
Coming Soon.... 2026
Introduction to Drypoint
Cromer Artspace
30th June 2026
4 week course
Age 16+
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Art-i-fact invites curious minds into a lively, hands-on exploration of museum collections — no need to call yourself an “artist,” just bring your interest, openness, and a willingness to try.
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Led by artist Hannelore Smith, this series is designed for people who enjoy making, thinking, and exploring ideas through art — whether that’s from past courses, personal projects, or a long-standing creative itch. This is not a step-by-step class. Instead, it’s a space to experiment, take creative risks, and follow unexpected directions.
Using museum objects as starting points, you’ll try out playful processes and contemporary approaches inspired by artists who treat collections, archives, and museum practices as creative material. Sessions encourage curiosity over perfection, process over product, and personal responses over “right answers.”
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You’ll work with a variety of materials and techniques while developing your own way of seeing and responding to objects — making connections between history, stories, and your own experience.
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Hannelore Smith has worked with museums and galleries across East Anglia, including Sainsbury Centre, the Fitzwilliam Museum, Kettle’s Yard, and the Museum of Chelmsford. Her work centres on a fascination with objects and collections — how they hold stories, memories, and spark personal creative responses. She sees museums as rich creative resources, where histories and materials become part of an open, imaginative making process.
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Come to experiment, to play, and to discover new ways of looking.
Bring with you an A4 sketchbook and basic drawing kit.
Workshop, 16.30 -18.30, £20
Age 16+
Led by artist Hannelore Smith, this hands-on drypoint workshop invites you to experiment, play, and explore ideas through print. Using your own image as a starting point, you’ll draw up, scratch, ink, and print your design using this expressive, tactile process, working with our portable table-top craft presses.
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Once you’ve made your drypoint plate, you’ll explore how to get the most from it through playful approaches to image-making — including overprinting, using stencils/masks and incorporating collage.
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This isn’t about perfection or rigid steps — instead, enjoy valuing process over product.
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Bring an A6 image to work from.
Come to play. Experiment.
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Please note bookings for this workshop will be taken by Cromer Artspace.
The booking link will take you to the booking page on their website.