Sketch & Stroll in Hungerford
Join us for a relaxing and sociable walk through the countryside to promote creative well-being.
Teacher Network CPD sessions
Supporting young people’s mental health and wellbeing
A six-part course for children and young people motivating them to take responsibility for their own physical, mental and emotional, social, educational and holistic wellbeing. The course can be tailored to both the Primary Curriculum and as a KS3 course for young people. Sessions focus on creative, interactive arts activities based around the nationally-recognised 5 ways to wellbeing, in order to create meaningful, positive change in young people’s daily lives.
This course could also be designed as a series of podcasts or a 3 day intensive course for those aged 15 – 18, delivered at the Corn Exchange for a small cohort by referral.
Developing Life Skills is a one-day drama-based course tailored to ages 15 – 18 (years 10 – 13) to help equip young people with the interactions skills useful for the workplace. It has been designed to support the development of young people by increasing their confidence, encouraging positive thinking and helping to raise their aspirations. Students are often selected by the schools involved to provide the opportunity for those who they know will most benefit from support with social interaction, self confidence and communication. Content addresses teamwork, ‘How do I fit in?’, voice impact, positive thinking and presenting skills through drama games and reflective practice. Sessions are led by professional drama practitioners.
These sessions may also be developed to be led as an out of school session at the Corn Exchange or as a series of online sessions.
Mental health and creative arts support for Year 5/6 pupils.
The Corn Exchange has a well-established reputation in West Berkshire for delivering high quality arts provision and for using the arts as a tool for children and young people’s artistic and cultural development.
This one-off hour-long workshop has been created because we understand that transitioning to Secondary school is an exciting and important milestone in a child’s life but that it can also be a time of intense emotion, fear and mental ill-health. This session provides a variety of tools to help with resilience, stress and anxiety though a period of change.
A creative writing project culminating in original poetry based on a chosen theme. This has been an intergenerational project in the past, collaborating with local care settings and creating partnerships with local schools, Primary and Secondary. The project run usually as a course of 4 x creative sessions culminating in a rehearsal and performance/ sharing session of the groups’ works.
A six-week literacy and drama project (6 x 2 hours) exploring Roald Dahl’s classic texts and rehearsing an adaptation of one of the stories. The project culminates in each school involved joining other local schools for a performance on the Corn Exchange main stage! The project takes place annually in the summer term.
If you are interested in finding out more about one of our courses or have any questions, please get in touch with us at getinvolved@cornexchangenew.co.uk or phone the box office on 01635 522733
Join us for a relaxing and sociable walk through the countryside to promote creative well-being.
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.
Join artist Gemma Kirby for these fun messy story sessions that are based around popular children’s books.
Have fun getting creative with your little ones on Thursdays!
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.
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.
Enjoy a morning of relaxation with the whole family.
Join The Base’s resident portrait artist Ellie Kerr-Smiley in this Portrait Masterclass Workshop.
Create your own iron-fix silk painting with Helen Mortimer, using gutta to outline a Spring themed design.
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.
Paint, drink and have fun exploring your creativity with Base resident artist Richard Francis Bellin.
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.
Have fun with clay this spring with Susie Oates from Pots of Hope.
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!
Have fun creating your own hand-built pot in clay, and learn to throw on the potters' wheel with Base resident artist Cáit Gould.
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.
Join tutor Nao Fukumoto to learn the ancient practice of stone carving.
Join artist Gemma Kirby in the Balcony Bar for our fun pre-show workshop.
Join local printmaker, Charlotte Adcock for this introduction to linoprinting with a spring theme.
Come and join us for this series of free drop-in workshops for the whole family.
Join Shirley Eccles for an introduction to the techniques involved in glass fusing and slumping.
Explore the Gallery and creative spaces of The Base through songs, stories, sensory play and movement with professional classical singer Louise Ashdown.
We are thrilled to announce that we have teamed up with Marshfield Farm to bring you a fantastic raffle prize this festive season.
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.
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