Workshops events in Renfrewshire
View all the upcoming Workshops events taking place throughout Renfrewshire below or use the calendar to find events taking place on a specific month or date.
Events in Renfrewshire
Thimbleberry Sewing Tote Bag Workshops
Learn how to make your very own Tote Bag on a workshop from Elderslie's new sewing venue, Thimbleberry Sewing!
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Dog First Aid (LIVE) 3 modules 3 evenings
The Emergency Canine Care course run by Dog First Aid Scotland North has been designed to be delivered through a live interactive session in 3 evening modules.
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Recycle or Dye: Shirt Making
Recycle or Dye is Remode's regular make-session for 12 - 17 year olds offering the chance to get creative and learn to make, amend or adapt your clothes!
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Outdoor Screen Printing: T Shirt Slogans
Join ReMode for their Outdoor Screen Printing workshop where you'll design a logo and then use it to upcycle an old tshirt!
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Dog First Aid: (LIVE) Half Day Emergency Canine Care Course
Learn hands on up-to-date techniques that could potentially save lives on this LIVE half day Emergency Canine Care Course held by Dog First Aid.
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Sm:Art Exploring Smartphone Art Photography
Taught by local creative artist, Sharron McGrady of Beautiful Wild Textiles, this course is a fun and immersive learning journey around the use of free apps and your smart phone to create art.
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Beginners Introduction To Sewing
Always wanted to learn how to sew but just don’t know where to start? Then this four week course from Thimbleberry Sewing is the course is for you!
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Dog First Aid (LIVE) 3 modules 3 mornings Emergency Canine Care Course
This Emergency Canine Care course run by Dog First Aid Scotland North has been designed to be delivered through a live interactive session in 3 morning modules starting on 20th October.
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Christmas Wreath Workshops
Make a traditional Christmas wreath under the expert guidance of the Countryside Rangers at Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park!
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Mystic & Holistic Festival
The Mystic & Holistic Festival, celebrating everything Mind, Body & Soul returns by popular demand to Greenock and a new venue, Cruden Hall!
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Events in East Renfrewshire
Meditation, Dynamic and Heart-centred Meditation & Healing
Core Glow's Meditation, Dynamic and Heart-centred Meditation & Healing Workshop is a fully interactive introduction into the mechanics of meditation, dynamic meditation and healing for self & others.
Events in Edinburgh and the Lothians
Intro to Japanese: Survival and Beyond
Intro to Japanese is a fun introduction for anyone looking to travel to Japan, explore Japanese culture, learn the language or just try something new!
YogaBellies Edinburgh North - Online
YogaBellies Edinburgh North is holding LIVE classes, starting from Wednesday 5th August and bookings are now open!
Tapestry Weaving Experience Day
This tapestry weaving experience day at Dovecot Studios is a rare chance to learn the art of tapestry weaving at the longest running tapestry studio in the UK.
Weekly Online Computing Club for Kids
Check out ComputerXplorers SEScotland's online kids computing clubs, the perfect way to learn the latest technologies and develop invaluable tech skills.
Skye Boat Song
Discover the story of Bonnie Prince Charlie's unusual escape over the sea to Skye in this drop-in family activity and make your very own paper boat fit for a prince!
Scots Music Group: Instrument and Song Classes
Scots Music Group is running its autumn term online! Check out the full list of weekly classes available through Zoom!
Music Classes for Children age 4 to 12
St Marys Music School Edinburgh is delivering various online music classes for children age 4 to 12 years starting in September.
First Bite Junior Youth Theatre
First Bite Junior Youth Theatre is run by Live Drama and is for all 7 - 11 year olds with a love of drama and the performing arts and starts on 17th September!
Silver Clay Jewellery Taster Workshop
Try out this silver jewellery taster workshop run by The Arienas Collective with jeweller Anna Campbell-Hall.
Introduction to Silver Clay Jewellery-Making
Using silver clay, learn how to make three different pieces of silver jewellery at this one-day workshop with The Arienas Collective.
Create & Design Your Very Own Skate Park
Learn how to create and design your very own skatepark using Computer Aided Design with ComputerXplorers SEScotland LiVE on Saturday 26 September at 11am!
Textiles Printing Level 1
This 8 weeks course is ideal for those who has a special interest in textiles or screen-printing and would like to take this interest further.
Textiles Printing Level 2
This 8 week course is ideal for those who have taken part in our TP1 course and would like to take their skills to the next level with the primary focus on the use of reactives and acid dyes.
Recreate the Original PONG Game
Join ComputerXplorers SEScotland LiVE on Saturday 10 October at 11am to learn how to code your very own version of the original Pong Game!
Soul Power 2020
In this two day class, you’ll go on a soul sojourn, igniting your inner light and energy to bring soul illumination and clarity to all aspects of your life.
Stand Academy Comedy Course
Have you wanted to try stand-up comedy? Then try the brand-new Stand Academy, where seasoned professional working comedians will be your tutors for a tough but fun bootcamp.
Soldering Silver Clay Jewellery Class
Learn the traditional skill of soldering to advance your jewellery making skills in this full-day intermediate workshop, suitable for anyone with experience of working with metal clay.
Edinburgh October Half Term Camp @ George Watson’s College
Miniversity Holiday Camps are coming to George Watson’s College this October half-term and are specifically designed for children age 5-12 years!
Medicine and Blood: Online Kids Workshop
Join Surgeons Hall Museums for some hands on learning in this new Zoom workshop for Kids aged 8+!
Silver Clay Boxes and Beads
Based on feedback from beginners classes, this bespoke intermediate level full-day workshop with Anna Campbell, covers what people wanted to learn next: how to make silver clay boxes and beads.
The Bloody History of Surgery: Online Workshop for Adults
Looking to do something fun this Halloween weekend? Join Surgeons Hall Museum for some hands on learning in this online Zoom workshop!
Introduction to Transmission Meditation - Workshop Edinburgh 2020
Come along and try Transmission Meditation, a simple group meditation providing both a dynamic service to the world and powerful personal spiritual development!
Advanced Sketching - People and Crowds
Using ink and watercolour, capture crowds on the streets and also close up portraits from within the Scottish Portrait Gallery in this workshop with Mark Kirkham, the Edinburgh Sketcher!
Print Your Own Tea Towel
Join us at Moody Monday for a fun introduction into screen-printing by printing your own tea towel in our 4 hours taster course!
Silver Clay Ring Making Workshop
Learn how to make two different types of fine silver ring in this intermediate one-day workshop with The Arienas Collective.
Fans Youth Film Festival
FANS Youth Film Festival will take place in November, showcasing the work of young filmmakers across three days of screenings, workshops and talks.
Family Wreath Making - POSTPONED
Get hands on at Hopetoun and create your own beautiful wreath and make some wood cookie ornaments to hang on your tree.
Wreath Making - POSTPONED
Get hands on at Hopetoun House and create your own beautiful wreath completely from scratch in this workshop on 12th December!
Adult Creative Workshop: Paper Flappers and Jazz Age Fashion
Join artist Tessa Asquith-Lamb to create elegant paper dolls and collaged portrait heads modelling the latest Art Deco styles in this adult creative workshop!
Magic of Origami - The Japanese Art of Paper Folding
Learn a centuries old Japanese art form. Basic origami folds make intricate designs with the goal to transform square sheets of paper into finished sculptures.
Joyworks Laughter Yoga Leadership
Come train with the best and become a qualified Laughter Yoga Leader professional, in a most uplifting and fun weekend, with Edinburgh Joyworks!
Responding to Jock McFadyen Goes to the Pictures - Collage and Printmaking
Combining surprising elements from our fantastic and intriguing exhibition, create a series of works with overlaid and combined elements in collage and simple printmaking.
Adult Creative Workshop: Introduction to Pinhole photography
Join us at City Art Centre for a special half day workshop exploring pinhole cameras!
Adult Creative Workshop: Cyanotypes (Blueprints)
Join us at City Art Centre for an introduction to the cyanotype process, one of the earliest forms of photography, dating back to 1842.
Family Craft: Make Your Drawings Move - Animation Sessions
In this session we will create a 2D hand-drawn whiteboard animation and an ‘old school’ flip-book animated sequence inspired by the Jock McFadyen Goes to the Pictures exhibition.
Adult Creative Workshop: Hornel’s Dream
Taking inspiration from E. A. Hornel’s nature-filled paintings, create a hanging paper-work collage with artist Tessa Asquith-Lamb.
Creepy Crawly Bug Hunt
Hunt the grounds of Lauriston for creepy crawlies in their natural habitat, then make a giant version of your favourite bug at Lauriston Castle!
Adult Creative Workshop: Vibrant 1920s Still Life Explorations
Taking inspiration from our exhibition Bright Shadows - Scottish Art in the 1920s we will explore how artists in this period of change explored colour and stylised forms.
Summer Mosaics
Join us at Lauriston Castle for a 2-day workshop making beautiful mosaic panels inspired by the colours of summer with Margaret Findlay.
Family Craft: It’s a Bird’s Life
Learn about some of our feathered friends and explore a variety of projects celebrating the resident Lauriston Castle birds!
Family Craft: Fantasy Castles
Explore the secret and hidden rooms of Lauriston Castle then create your own 3D Castle using special papers and paints!
Family Craft: Celebrate World Oceans Day
Come along to a family class and make a variety of projects celebrating the magic of the sea!
Family Craft: Pirate Treasure Hunt
Ahoy me hearties! Have our pirate hat, cutlass and parrot at the ready then out into the woods with a secret map to guide you through the grounds to find hidden treasure.
Messages and Ships
In this Adult Creative Workshop at City Art Centre, explore the silhouettes of ships in Ian Hamilton Finlay’s work and create unique collages using layering and simple printmaking.
Adult Creative Workshop: Poetic Maritime Prints
Explore angular mark-making, experiment using block printing colours, mixing inks and layering to create a lino-print inspired by the maritime theme within Ian Hamitlon Finlay's work!
Introduction to Abstract Art
Learn to lose yourself in art for art sake in this taster session at Lauriston Castle!
Romantic Victorian Florals
Join us to explore the use of rich colour, light and shadow in Charles Hodge Mackie's paintings and incorporate these into a seasonal block printed Victorian-inspired botanical embroidery.
Linocut Printing
Explore ways of creating striking images by cutting into linoleum, and inking with colour to produce bold and dramatic prints.
Painting with Light
Come along to this family drop in session with artist Claudia Miller and create your own faux stained-glass picture to hang in the window at home!
Family Craft: Croquet Tea Party!
Inspired by 'Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland' enjoy a game of 'Queen of Hearts' croquet on the lawns of Lauriston then decorate some spectacular cakes and biscuits for a special tea party!
How to be a Psychic Conman
Roll up! Roll up! Gather ye round the traveling caravan as Snake Oil Salesman, Ash Pryce, demonstrates the miraculous curative abilities of psychic surgery.
Bookbinding and Botanicals
Join us at Lauriston Castle for a creative day of printing and bookbinding inspired by our gardens!
Summer Magic Workshop with Edinburgh International Magic Festival
Learn, create and perform your own magic in this workshop at Lauriston Castle this summer for Ages 7 - 11!
Family Craft: Pond life - Pond Dipping
Discover what lives in our wonderful pond in the Japanese Garden and like a scientist record what you have found in a special little book.
Pinhole Cameras
To celebrate World Photography Day (19 August), join us at Lauriston Castle for a special workshop exploring pinhole cameras!
The Light Through the Trees and on the Water
Create paintings expressing light in landscape and explore the addition of figures for symbolism and depth with artist Tessa Asquith-Lamb at this workshop inspired by Charles Hodge Mackie!
Halloween Wand Making Workshop
Join us at Lauriston Castle in a magical crafting class just in time for Halloween and create your own unique magic wand!
Enchanted Christmas Pictures
Create a Christmas themed 3-dimensional framed picture that will light up like an enchanted magical forest in this workshop with Lauriston Castle staff!
Events in Fife
Well Being Well Doing
Using the labyrinth, earthship, yurt and lochside gardens to mindfully connect with nature, be with others in a like minded community and get creative in a simple and easy way!
Eden Mill St Andrews: Virtual Gin Tasting Experience
Enjoy an evening in with Eden Mill and join a Virtual Gin Tasting experience from the comfort of your own home!
Christmas Baking for Children
Bring your children to enjoy some Christmas baking in the old kitchen at Hill of Tarvit. They will love making their own biscuits to take home!
Aberdour Festival
The Aberdour Festival is possibly the best festival of the Summer, each year playing host to an exciting and packed programme of events!
Events in Glasgow
Seasonal Self-Discovery Writing Workshops
Explore how to live more intentionally and incorporate nature and the seasons into your daily life on a Seasonal Self-Discovery Writing Workshop with Debbie Innes.
Candle and Wax Melt Making Workshop
Regular candle and wax melt making workshops are held at The Divine Hag's Saltmarket Shop, come along and learn how to mix a selection of essential oils before making your own soy candle & melts!
Stained Glass Workshop: 2 Days
Learn how to create stained glass panels on this two day workshop for total beginners at Cass Peters Glass Art!
Stained Glass Workshop: 1 Day
Learn how to create stained glass panels on this one day workshop for total beginners at Cass Peters Glass Art!
Glass Fusing Class: Half Day
The Half Day Glass Fusing Classes at Cass Peters Glass Art are designed to give total beginners an introduction to a new skill... and have some fun!
Beginners Calligraphy Online Workshops
Learn the art of Brush Pen Calligraphy in the comfort of your own home with this beginners workshop from Toasty Type!
Glass Fusing Class: 1 Day
The Glass Fusing Classes at Cass Peters Glass Art are designed to give total beginners an introduction to a new skill, and allow more time to create a larger piece of work
Stained Glass Workshop: 4 Days
Learn how to create stained glass panels on this four day workshop for total beginners at Cass Peters Glass Art!
Glasgow Science Festival: Science on the Sofa
Glasgow Science Festival are back with a digital programme of hands-on activities, talks, shows and more, to entertain and inspire!
Seasonal Yoga Classes Online
Join Simply Yoga By Laura for her seasonal yoga classes on Zoom and increase your flexibility and feel healthier and fitter with a regular yoga practice from the comfort of your own home!
Yoga (Led into Mysore) with Kate
Join an online guided Ashtanga yoga class, open and suitable for all levels of students, including Mysore practitioners.
Yoga (Led into Mysore) with Laura
Join an online guided Ashtanga yoga class, open and suitable for all levels of students, including Mysore practitioners.
Yoga (Mysore) With Sue
Yoga (Mysore) With Sue is an ashtanga yoga class where you will be taught one-to-one but within a group setting... Mysore style.
The Virtual Glasgow Mela
Glasgow Mela will bring singing, dancing and show stopping performances live and direct to you at home between the 20th and 30th September!
Sew Sustainable - The Eco Class
Come along to this one evening class with Sew Confident to learn how to make all sorts of reusable delights to complete your sustainable home!
Zen and Everyday Life - A Short Course
Zen and Everyday Life - A Short Course focuses on how Zen practice can help us to face and respond to the many challenges we face in daily life!
Drawn to Print with Fraser Taylor
This two day workshop at Print Clan with Fraser Taylor will explore the relationship between the hand drawn image and the printed image.
Inner Strength
This course will include teachings and guided meditations on how to deepen patience and strengthen compassion through the practice of taking and how we can integrate these practices into our life.
CPD How to Teach Drama Socially Distanced or Online
Join Unleash The Drama for an online session about teaching drama in a socially distanced way or online.
Overcoming Stress
Enjoy practical teachings and short guided meditations that will give rise to a peaceful feeling in the mind and improve your ability to deal with stress with Kadampa Meditation Centre.
Japanese and Chinese Seal Engraving: Tenkoku
Carve your very own Japanese hanko stamp to make your inei impression, learn about the different stages in the Tenkoku process and the tools used with the Drawing and Painting Studio!
Plant to Perfume - Natural Perfume & Aromatherapy Workshop
Make your own unique & completely natural, organic perfume, with the finest quality essential oils at Essential Oils & You's Plant to Perfume - Natural Perfume & Aromatherapy Workshop!
Introduction to Acting for Camera (Online Course)
This online course for people age 16+ introduces the specialist skills and techniques required when acting for camera, and aims to increase your confidence and understanding of the whole process.
Introduction To BSL (Online Course)
This 10-week online course is for complete beginners or people who wish to refresh their British Sign Language skills.
Introduction To Screenwriting (Online Course)
This weekly online class offers an introduction to the art of screenwriting for both film and television.
Creating Contemporary Performance for Digital Platforms
This weekly evening online class for people aged 16+ focuses on how to create and develop contemporary performance for digital platforms.
Introduction To Filmmaking: Story Development (Online Course)
This online ten week course would be ideal for anyone who has always been interested in making a film, but has no idea where to start.
Find Your Adventure: Online Drama Workshop
Find Your Light Theatre School are hosting an Online October Workshop for ages 7+, 'Find Your Adventure', which will focus on devising and creating mini performances!
De-stress Drawing Group
Join the Drawing and Painting Studio online on October 21st and enjoy some relaxing drawing and doodling!
Paint and Prosecco - Beginners Watercolours
Join Helensburgh Art Hub for their next 'Paint & Prosecco' event on Thursday 22nd October where you'll learn how to paint a watercolour harbour scene!
Harry Potter Drama Session Online
Join Unleash The Drama on October 24th for a fun, Potter-themed, online drama session!
Shakyo - Tracing the Sutras
Join Drawing and Painting Studio on Sunday 25th October for their Shakyo - Tracing the Sutras online workshop!
Choosing Audition Materials (Online Course)
This online course is for people age 16+ who are interested in applying to the BA Acting and BA Musical Theatre programmes at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
BA Performance in BSL and English - Taster Weekends (Online Course)
These online weekend courses will provide an introduction to the BA Performance in BSL and English degree programme at the RCS.
Beginners Watercolour Workshop - Harbour Scene With Neil G Smith
Join Helensburgh Art Hub for a gentle introduction to the world of watercolour from the comfort of your own home!
Contemporary Performance Practice Audition Preparation (Online Course)
This short course is for people age 16+ who are interested in applying to the BA Contemporary Performance Practice programme at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Blue Prints: Workshop in Printing with Botanical or Blue
Blue Prints is a four week workshop in creating prints with blue techniques using Botanical elements: Indigo, Cyanotype, Logwood and Eco Printing.
Christmas Inspired Candle And Wax Melt Making Workshop
Join The Divine Hag for their Christmas inspired workshops and learn how to mix a selection of essential oils before making your own soy candle & melts!
Filmmaking Interview Preparation (Online)
This one-day course is for people age 16+ who are interested in applying to the BA Filmmaking degree programme at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Introduction to Actor Training (Blended Learning)
This credit-rated short course is designed to introduce you to foundation acting skills and prepare you for further vocational training.
Botanical Alchemy - Natural Skin Care & Aromatherapy Course
Learn how to make your own skin care products, whether it's a simple cleanser for your face or your own unique luxury perfume oil, on this Natural Skin Care & Aromatherapy Course!
Acting: Shakespeare (Online Course)
This two-day online course for people age 16+ will be led by one of the Royal Conservatoire's expert tutors with years of experience performing and directing the Bard's work.
Production Arts and Design Interview Preparation (Online Course)
This online short course is for people age 16+ who are interested in applying to the BA Production Arts and Design programme at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Acting: Audition Preparation (Online Course)
This online weekend course is for people age 16+ who are interested in applying to the BA Acting programme at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Production Technology Management Interview Preparation (Online Course)
This online short course is for people age 16+ who are interested in applying to the BA Production Technology and Management programme at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Musical Theatre: Audition Preparation (Online Course)
This online weekend course is for people age 16+ who are interested in applying to the BA Musical Theatre programme at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Upcycling Furniture Workshops
Join artist Elisabeth Viguie-Culshaw for her Upcycling Furniture course being held over several Tuesday or Thursday evenings!
Acting: Mock Audition (Online Course)
This weekend course is for people age 16+ who are interested in applying to the BA Acting programme at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Musical Theatre: Mock Audition (Online Course)
This online weekend course is for people age 16+ who are interested in applying to the BA Musical Theatre programme at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Why Deliver The Arts In A Prison? (Online Course)
This weekly evening online class for creative practitioners aged 18+ is designed to provide an introduction to the wider discourse surrounding the Arts in criminal justice.
BA Performance in BSL and English Audition Preparation
This short course is for anyone applying to the BA Performance in BSL and English degree programme at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Events in Lanarkshire
Taketime Ignatian Meditation Sessions
All are welcome to join us on a journey to discover the power of Christian mindfulness meditation using your imagination to provide a calm, reflective space and find peace.
The September Sessions
The Material Geeks award nominated kids craft and STEM workshops are back this September at Lanark Tolbooth!
The Autumn Sessions - Kids Craft & STEM Workshops
The Material Geeks are back this half term with three brand new Kids Craft & STEM Workshops!
Frightfully Weird Wildlife - A Halloween Special!
Ahead of Halloween, join the team at Castlebank Horticultural Centre for a virtual tour of the strangest, scariest and weirdest living things on Earth!
Woodcarving And Whittling
Come along and try your hand at carving a spoon, mushroom, or maybe a Scandinavian kuksa cup at Palacerigg Country Park!
Virtual Workshop: Winter Gardening
Join Stuart Ritchie, Educational Gardener at Castlebank Horticultural Centre, on Saturday 28th November for a 'Winter Gardening: Key Jobs & Future Planning' virtual workshop!
The BIGGAR Christmas Sessions
Join The Material Geeks on Sunday the 6th of December for two of their new workshops making Festive Bath Bombs or taking part in Santa's Slime Studio!
Winter Wreath Workshop - CANCELLED
Book a space on the National Museum of Rural Life's festive workshop and create your own wreath to take home inspired by the winter colours of the countryside.
Festive Creations
Create a festive masterpiece for your mantelpiece, all made from natural materials, sourced in Drumpellier Country Park!
Events in Stirling and Falkirk
World Explores. Children’s Weekly Art Classes Autumn 2020
Learn2draw's weekly art classes for children start on 22nd August, offering a glimpse into different art styles and mediums connected by the theme “ World Explorers”.
Aerial Yoga: Flight Club
A playful, fun way to enjoy all the benefits of yoga with the delight of floating in space. It’ll put a smile on your face while you iron out the crinckles in your back!
Stirling Gin Cocktail Masterclass
Come and join us at Stirling Distillery for a cocktail masterclass and enjoy a fun-filled night of creating and drinking!
Off the Grid - a Creative Maths Exhibition
Creative Stirling, in collaboration with shape master George Connell from Shape with a Difference, announce Off the Grid - a creative maths exhibition as part of Maths Week Scotland.
Alternative Material Jewellery: Paper Filigree
Learn different techniques to make basic paper filigree shapes and beads to create a beautiful, wearable piece of jewellery at this Made in Stirling workshop with artist Quinta Essenza!
Weekend Workshop - Make a Seaglass Ring
Learn how to make a unique sterling silver sea glass ring in this weekend workshop at Central Scotland School of Jewellery!
Clothing Repair and Upcycle
Join Michaella for this interactive event in which you will learn how to use various techniques to make your clothes last longer.
Precious Metal Clay Intensive 2 Day Workshop
This workshop at Central Scotland School of Jewellery is an excellent introduction to the creative use of precious metal clay and is suitable for all levels.
Portraits in Acrylic - Blaeberry River Art
Learn the basics of painting portraits, including proportion, mixing skin tones, and layering acrylic paint in this workshop on 7th October at Made in Stirling!
Islay Paint n Sip
Paint this island favourite, with full step by step instruction and all materials provided in Made in Stirling's relaxed workshop on 9th October!
Stirling Science Festival 2020
Stirling is hosting its very first Science Festival, which will explore the world of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Maths) from 15th to 17th Ocotber.
Stone Setting Saturday Workshop
Create a beautiful piece of jewellery, featuring a semi-precious cabochon stone set in sterling silver in this workshop on 31st October at Central Scotland School of Jewellery!
Introduction to Enamelling Weekend Workshop
This two day workshop at Central Scotland School of Jewellery makes an ideal introduction to enamelling and is suitable for beginners as well as students looking to expand their skills.
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