Discover new skills, ideas, and inspiration at the Play Resource Waste Fair on Saturday 29 September from 11am to 3pm

This much anticipated annual event promises to be a wonderful opportunity to see a wide variety of crafts demonstrated by experienced community artists. Gain new skills and get ideas & inspiration for your groups. Everyone is welcome – with free entry to members and non-members. Craft demonstrations will run throughout the day. Everyone is welcome ... so bring a friend!

Annual Waste Fair on Saturday 29 September 2007 at 11am to 3pm Each workshop is repeated every 45 minutes and activities on offer are:

• Strange and wonderful creatures from scrap materials
• Printing from scrap materials
• Imaginative ideas for cones
• Junk monsters, Scary 3D sculptures
• Toys, models, masks and puppets
• String puppets – animal and birds from newspaper, masking tape and paper plates
• Bowls and vases from corrugated card and plastic
• Hoola Hoops and animal farm money boxes
• Get into character with scrap materials
• Halloween ideas
• 3D Scrap Sculpture
• Rainy day ideas

Please note: Craft demonstrations will run throughout the day.

Venue: Play Resource, North City Business Centre, 2 Duncairn Gardens, Belfast BT15 2GG.

Visit Contact Us for directions. Everyone is welcome ... so bring a friend! For further enquiries call 028 9035 7542.

To register call 028 9026 5265 or email central_admissions@belfastmet.ac.uk.

Or for further information contact experienced artist and course tutor Anna O'Kane via email aokane@belfastinstitute.ac.uk or visit Belfast Metropolitan College (BMC).

Course Details

• Start Date: Tue 18 September 2007
• Time: 10am to 12pm
• Attendance: two hours per week for 15 weeks
• Cost: £50 full fee/£20 concession. Plus Accreditation Fee £20 in addition to concession/full fee
• Venue: Play Resource

Content

• Planning for arts and crafts activities and development of ideas
• Exploring art techniques within a group context
• Practical use of art materials and equipment
• Health and safety procedures relating to arts and crafts
• Awareness of current Child Protection policy.

Assessment

• Participants will produce a folder of activity plans, templates and samples of work undertaken throughout the course - assessment ongoing.
• Employment/further study
• Development of arts skills within current place of employment or OCN Level 2 due to run in the second semester in January 2008.

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