Urban Sketching
Learn to sketch what you see and experience, from café environments to detailed urban environments, including buildings and people.
With the Early Years curriculum in mind, our Learning and Participation Department has developed a set of projects to assist you in delivering drama at your setting/school or as a way of using drama as a tool for engaging learning.
Our practitioners have a wealth of experience working to learning objectives in nurseries, preschools, schools and other educational environments as well as making theatre with young people and creating professional theatre for all types of audiences; it is these three areas that inform our work in settings and schools. We also aim to build additional skills development in areas such as resilience or literacy into our projects – we want to give your students the best opportunities to assist them with their progress.
Our Education Programme offers:
• Transparent benefits for your students and you as a teacher
• Skills and understanding for progress and assessment
• Skills for personal and social development and resilience
• Development of creative thinking and imagination
• Our programme includes workshops and projects for both EYFS settings (preschools, nurseries) and the Foundation Stage/Reception Year in Primary schools.
If you would like to enquire about or discuss any of our workshops or projects, or enquire about a bespoke project for your school, please do not hesitate to contact our Creative Practitioner, Lottie Crowder lottiec@cornexchangenew.co.uk
(01635 582666).
Learn to sketch what you see and experience, from café environments to detailed urban environments, including buildings and people.
Join us for a relaxing and sociable walk through the countryside to promote creative well-being.
Our monthly Memory Café's are for people living with dementia and their carers.
This Easter holiday, join our art club for a fun filled adventure! Try out exciting new media and work on your own project.
Join artist Gemma Kirby in the Balcony Bar for our fun pre-show workshops.
Come and get creative this Easter!
Join us for some creative fun in the school holidays. Activities include arts and crafts, drama and more!
Join Caroline Thomas from Bramble Cottage Flowers to make a living spring wreath.
As part of The Base's Master Crafter season, celebrate spring and explore the Ukrainian folk tradition of Pysanky egg decoration.
Come and join us for a special Mother's Day printmaking workshop with local printmaker, Charlotte Adcock.
A relaxed, first introduction for pre-schoolers to experience live music up close.
Join artist Gemma Kirby for these fun messy story sessions that are based around popular children’s books.
Elevate your mood, alleviate anxiety, and combat stress as you enhance your equilibrium, your strength, and your flexibility.
Have fun getting creative with your little ones on Thursdays!
Join us for our largescale Life Drawing class with Base resident artist Richard Francis Bellin.
Join Mark Jones at our Learning Centre for this morning Family Tai Chi session.
Join Denise Jacques to design and make a unique piece of mosaic art for your garden.
Suitable for beginners and more experienced potters alike: discover the elemental nature of 'raku-firing' with Base resident artist Cáit Gould.
Join artist Flora Gare in making your own posy of spring flowers using coloured copper wire.
Join us for this Memory Café x My First Notes session.
Join us for a relaxing and sociable walk through the countryside to promote creative well-being.
Join Shreya Patel to learn the art of Macramé.
A relaxing seasonal sketching session.
Enjoy a morning of relaxation with the whole family.
Fancy trying something a little different? Want to learn a new skill and create a unique piece of silver jewellery?
Join The Base’s resident portrait artist Ellie Kerr-Smiley in this Portrait Masterclass Workshop.
Explore the world of colour, shape and pattern to create unique metallic watercolour artwork with Jacky Purtill.
Create your own iron-fix silk painting with Helen Mortimer, using gutta to outline a Spring themed design.
Join us in exploring Shodō, the art of Japanese calligraphy with Nao Fukumoto, deeply rooted in the meditative traditions of Za Zen Buddhism.
Come and explore mark-making and collage on a large scale to produce a collaborative landscape that will go on display in the Runway Gallery.
Join artist Gemma Kirby in the Balcony Bar for our fun pre-show workshops.
Come on a journey with Libby Witney and feel rejuvenated and refreshed.
Join stained glass artist Emy Mills and create your very own stained glass sun-catcher!
Paint, drink and have fun exploring your creativity with Base resident artist Richard Francis Bellin.
Spend a fun and creative day with basket maker, Judith Needham.
Join the Berkshire Printmakers for this fun, creative hands on Silkscreen Printing on Paper course.
This beginner-friendly course is perfect for absolute novices, providing everything you need to get started.
Capture your baby's footprints in clay to keep forever with Base resident artist Cáit Gould.
Join us for this fun, creative after school club for children aged 7-11.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the first 5-week course from Tue 14 January - Tue 11 February is unfortunately no longer be taking place. The Box Office team will be in touch with those who have booked tickets and we apologise for any disappointment.
Craft a beautiful and fabulous fascinator
Join artist-printmaker Hannah Cantellow to create an artwork using recycled materials and objects from your home.
A fun introduction to making a concertina style book with decorative covers and a ribbon tie.
Join us for some creative fun in the school holidays. Activities include arts and crafts, drama and more!
Join our art club this half term to experiment with different art techniques and creative projects!
Join Shirley Eccles for this adventurous glass fusing workshop playing with Op-Art and Mosaic techniques.
Have fun creating your own hand-built pot in clay, and learn to throw on the potters' wheel with Base resident artist Cáit Gould.
Create a folk art style floral vase painting in this fun workshop with Jo Richards.
Join us for a special evening in conversation with art critic and broadcaster Charlotte Mullins.
Come on a journey through your senses to unwind and relax with Libby Witney.
A gong bath is the ultimate in deep relaxation.
Create a stunning stoneware fish platter with Susie Oates from Pots of Hope in this two part pottery workshop.
Life drawing is the traditional discipline of working from the (usually) naked body.
Enjoy singing in these relaxed, wellbeing sessions
A general painting class with an emphasis on watercolour and pastel painting with Tessa Kirby.
Join us for a session of traditional self-healing, meditation, and self-cultivation exercises originating in ancient China.
Get creative in these art sessions for beginners
Join us at the Learning Centre for this relaxing class.
Let loose, get creative and meet new people!
Life drawing is the traditional discipline of working from the (usually) naked body.
Boost your fitness and flexibility in a friendly setting.
Explore oil painting with Richard Francis Bellin.
Learn the Latin American rhythms without needing a partner!
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the first 5-week course from Wed 15 January - Wed 12 February is unfortunately no longer be taking place. The Box Office team will be in touch with those who have booked tickets and we apologise for any disappointment.
Join Yoga Therapist Katt Garde for this gentle and relaxing yoga course.
Unleash your inner artist with Experimental Landscapes.
Sing and socialise as part of a community singing group.
Join Fi from Fitter Mother, a qualified postnatal specialist, for this gentle and low-impact post-natal Pilates class.
Tap into some of the fabulous possibilities of clay with Base resident artist Cáit Gould.
Refine your painting technique with guided tuition from Base resident artist Richard Francis Bellin in these classes for intermediate painters and artists.
Uncover your creativity in this course for beginners and experienced art lovers alike.
Start your art journey and get creative this Spring!
Work with Emma Mayo to continue developing steps and variations in Waltz, Cha-Cha-Cha, Slow Rhythm, Rumba, and Quickstep as well as introduce new dances and rhythms.
Work with Emma Mayo to learn the basics in Waltz, Cha-Cha-Cha, Slow Rhythm, Rumba, and Quickstep.
Guided by Richard Francis Bellin, these sessions promote mental wellness and self-expression through art.
Come and join us for this series of free drop-in workshops for the whole family.
Explore the Gallery and creative spaces of The Base through songs, stories, sensory play and movement with professional classical singer Louise Ashdown.
Under the expertise of Sally Haynes extend your practice and explore art with all your senses, and a variety of media and methods.
Explore the arts and crafts of cultures around the world and master them yourselves in our weekly World Crafts workshops.
Join us every Thursday for a social stitching session!
Calling all film fans!
Rev up your Monday mornings for the ultimate blend of inspiration, incredible cars, camaraderie and the joy of photography at Podium Place, Newbury
Join us for our Cinema Club, where you can enjoy a screening in our cinema before coming together to talk about it with fellow film fans.
Find out about work experience at the Corn Exchange!
Join us for Coffee Companions, every Thursday morning in our Café Bar!
Ever fancied operating a giant insect through the streets of Newbury or being part of a tale of hope and redemption that involves dynamic promenade action, stilts, aerial performance, soaring music, fire and pyro techniques…? Then this could be the opportunity for you!
Help out with some of our regular performing and visual arts-based groups, projects and events.
Join our team of front of house volunteers at events