The next exhibition in the Gallery@TheGuild is on the theme 'Garden' Over 50 student artworks have been selected from almost 100 submissions. You will see paintings in a variety of media, jewellery and calligraphy on show. Please join us, if you can, for a glass of wine or a soft drink at the private view on Friday 5th June 6-8pm. Tell your friends...
This one day workshop will explore an Italian film while practising the language. The viewing of the film will be in fact accompanied by activities devised to comment on the film in an interactive way. Intermediate level at least required, but everybody is welcome. (Film with subtitles in English or Italian).
For this session, we will congregate in the Snowgoose, Macclesfield (52 Sunderland St, Macclesfield SK11 6HN) and then venture out to find quiet areas to draw buildings, roads, and details of the urban environment as we see and observe it. We will be standing, holding a solid-backed sketch pad or book or paper clipped to a drawing board. We might...
Transform the Way You Move and Live. This transformative course is rooted in the proven principles of the Alexander Technique and is designed to help you move, sit, stand, and live with significantly greater ease. By changing how you use your body, you can fundamentally change how you meet the challenges of daily life. Throughout this weekly course, you will...
In this session we will learn how to paint a landscape with acrylic paints, starting with a pencil sketch and then adding colour layers to it. We will learn how to mix paints and use colour perspective for distance and proximity to show far away mountains, close by water surfaces, groups of trees and houses (and their reflections in the...
Transform the Way You Move and Live. This transformative course is rooted in the proven principles of the Alexander Technique and is designed to help you move, sit, stand, and live with significantly greater ease. By changing how you use your body, you can fundamentally change how you meet the challenges of daily life. Throughout this weekly course, you will...
In this session we will draw a human figure following the 8-heads figurine scheme. Using an oval shape for the head, circles for joints and trapezium shapes for upper and lower core, we will learn to assemble these elements to form a human figure and then arrange them to show a standing person, with even or uneven weight distribution. Further...
Transform the Way You Move and Live. This transformative course is rooted in the proven principles of the Alexander Technique and is designed to help you move, sit, stand, and live with significantly greater ease. By changing how you use your body, you can fundamentally change how you meet the challenges of daily life. Throughout this weekly course, you will...
This one day workshop will explore an Italian film while practising the language. The viewing of the film will be in fact accompanied by activities devised to comment on the film in an interactive way. Intermediate level at least required, but everybody is welcome. (Film with subtitles in English or Italian)Film details will appear here soon, keep checking back.
A day to immerse your creativity in the jewellery workshop. Enamelling is a fun way to add colour to your work with no prior experience needed. You will be introduced to several processes including sifting, stencilling, scrafito, blending, cloisonné, image transfer and you can choose how you use these within your work. Copper shapes are available to purchase at a small cost...
Transform the Way You Move and Live. This transformative course is rooted in the proven principles of the Alexander Technique and is designed to help you move, sit, stand, and live with significantly greater ease. By changing how you use your body, you can fundamentally change how you meet the challenges of daily life. Throughout this weekly course, you will...
When making a continuous line drawing our pencil keeps the contact with the paper whilst we draw and observe, slowly scribbling lines on the paper that correspond to the journey that our eyes undertake when gliding over the observed objects. Such a way of drawing relies on allowing our eyes, and the line-making action of the pencil to stay in sync,...
Come Share a Passion for Writing, Reading, and Performing!Welcome to the booking page for the Wilmslow Festival of Writing, taking place on July 4th, 2026, at The Guild for Lifelong Learning in Wilmslow. We've got an exciting line-up of events, workshops, talks, and performances that you won't want to miss!About the Festival:The Wilmslow Festival of Writing is a full-day celebration...
Painting with oils is special….they don’t dry as quickly as acrylics and the colours can be blended so smoothly… And, you can always change a colour texture again, and add to it.In this session we will learn how to paint a landscape with oils, starting with a pencil sketch and then adding colour layers to it. We will learn how...
Transform the Way You Move and Live. This transformative course is rooted in the proven principles of the Alexander Technique and is designed to help you move, sit, stand, and live with significantly greater ease. By changing how you use your body, you can fundamentally change how you meet the challenges of daily life. Throughout this weekly course, you will...
Life drawing is one of the most fascinating things to do in art and design. It is a superb way of starting your drawing journey if you have never been there before, and it is a never-ending theme for more advanced artists at all levels.In everyday life, we are tuned into observing and interpreting the bodies and movements of our...
Transform the Way You Move and Live. This transformative course is rooted in the proven principles of the Alexander Technique and is designed to help you move, sit, stand, and live with significantly greater ease. By changing how you use your body, you can fundamentally change how you meet the challenges of daily life. Throughout this weekly course, you will...
Transform the Way You Move and Live. This transformative course is rooted in the proven principles of the Alexander Technique and is designed to help you move, sit, stand, and live with significantly greater ease. By changing how you use your body, you can fundamentally change how you meet the challenges of daily life. Throughout this weekly course, you will...
Summer jewellery class Thursday 30th July, 10am-1pm is ideal for beginners to explore jewellery making with smaller class sizes or those wishing to have a crafting session. You may choose to make a complete piece during the 3 hour session such as a simple and contemporary pendant or ring. Choose a morning or afternoon session or make a day of...
Summer jewellery class Thursday 30th July, 2-4pmis ideal for beginners to explore jewellery making with smaller class sizes or those wishing to have a crafting session. You may choose to make a complete piece during the 3 hour session such as a simple and contemporary pendant or ring. Choose a morning or afternoon session or make a day of it...
Summer jewellery class Wednesday 19 August, 10am-1pm is ideal for beginners to explore jewellery making with smaller class sizes or those wishing to have a crafting session. You may choose to make a complete piece during the 3 hour session such as a simple and contemporary pendant or ring. Choose a morning or afternoon session or make a day of it...
Summer jewellery class Wednesday 19th August, 2-4pmis ideal for beginners to explore jewellery making with smaller class sizes or those wishing to have a crafting session. You may choose to make a complete piece during the 3 hour session such as a simple and contemporary pendant or ring. Choose a morning or afternoon session or make a day of it...
Summer jewellery class Monday 24 August, 10am-1pmis ideal for beginners to explore jewellery making with smaller class sizes or those wishing to have a crafting session. You may choose to make a complete piece during the 3 hour session such as a simple and contemporary pendant or ring. Choose a morning or afternoon session or make a day of it...
Summer jewellery class Monday 24 August, 2-4pm is ideal for beginners to explore jewellery making with smaller class sizes or those wishing to have a crafting session. You may choose to make a complete piece during the 3 hour session such as a simple and contemporary pendant or ring. Choose a morning or afternoon session or make a day of it...
Spark a passion for dance with a creative introduction to ballet. This free session is designed for young dancers beginning their journey, offering a space where imagination, confidence, and coordination come naturally through movement.In a positive and inclusive environment, students learn the foundations of ballet and develop a genuine love of dance through music and creative expression.The ExperienceExpert Instruction: Led...
It’s never too late to start, or too soon to return. This welcoming session is designed specifically for early teens who are either brand new to ballet or coming back to the studio after a break.In this class, students build or refine their technique while enjoying the balance of physical exercise, creativity, and self-expression. We provide a supportive, friendly environment...
Described by Virginia Woolf as, “one of the few English novels written for grown-up people”, Middlemarch is George Eliot’s masterpiece.Join Creina for this two hour introduction at the Guild, Wilmslow on xxxxCreina's full courses can be found at xxx
Life drawing is one of the most fascinating things to do in art and design. It is a superb way of starting your drawing journey if you have never been there before, and it is a never-ending theme for more advanced artists at all levels.In everyday life, we are tuned into observing and interpreting the bodies and movements of our...
Mornings with Music: Choral CelebrationsNo great celebration would be complete without music, and I expect we have all experienced the thrill of such an occasion as a listener or participant. This course will delve into works written for important occasions, sacred and secular, describing the background to the event and examining how the composers produced their effects.In future terms we shall eavesdrop on...
Mornings with Music: Choral CelebrationsNo great celebration would be complete without music, and I expect we have all experienced the thrill of such an occasion as a listener or participant. This course will delve into works written for important occasions, sacred and secular, describing the background to the event and examining how the composers produced their effects.In future terms we shall eavesdrop on...