This page contains information that may help if you are looking for someone to deliver a talk, workshop or teach embroidery or design to adults.

Lifelong Learning - I teach the following courses at the Hunloke Centre, Chesterfield on behalf of Derbyshire County Council Lifelong Learning:

City & Guilds Creative Sketchbooks - Level 2

City & Guilds Embroidery - Level 3 - Certificate and Diploma

City and Guilds Creative Sketchbooks - Level 1 - 15 weeks starting on Tuesday 22nd September 2009; 7pm – 9pm. This course is currently open for enrolment. Please contact me if you are interested in attending.

Talks - I have two prepared talks entitled 'Every Picture Tells a Story' and 'Entertaining Angels', including slides, which I deliver to interested groups in the East Midlands and Yorkshire areas. Variations to these talks can include a focus on fabric postcards.

I have recently given talks to:
 
 June  2008                 Yorkshire Branch @ Leeds Embroiderers Guild
September 2008       Harrogate Embroiderers Guild
October  2008          Hull and East Riding Embroiderers Guild
March 2009             Creative Embroiderers, Barnsley
May 2009                York Embroiderers Guild
June 2009                 Scunthorpe and District Embroiderers Guild
July  2009                 Penistone Embroiderers Guild

Forthcoming talks include:

February 4th 2010 Chesterfield Embroiderers Guild

June 1st 2010 Solihull Embroiderers Guild

June 21st 2010 Lichfield Embroiderers Guild

November 13th 2010 Derbyshire Embroiderers Guild

November 20th 2010 Trent and Erewash Embroiderers Guild

Workshops - I have prepared workshops to be delivered in conjunction with public exhibitions - e.g. Illustration in Stitches at Graves Art Gallery alongside Poetic Prints exhibition. Recent workshops include:

July 4th 2009                 ‘Illustration in Stitches’ Yorkshire Branch @ Leeds Embroiderers Guild

Forthcoming workshops include:

April 17th 2010            ‘Illustration in Stitches’ @ Barnsley Embroiderers

October 16th 2010       'Keeping Sketchbooks' @ Scunthorpe Embroiders Guild

I am currently booking further workshops for 2010 and 2011, titled 'Introduction to Creative Sketchbooks including Keeping a Holiday Sketchbook' and 'Illustration in Stitches - Hand Stitched Fabric Pictures or Postcards' . Dates for these will be published here as soon as possible.

Teaching - I hold an Art Teachers Certificate and am happy to consider workshops with small groups

If you wish to discuss how I may be able to help your organisation please contact me at anne@annemenary.com

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