next cohort starting october 30Th, 2024
Women Into Visual Arts (WIVA) workshops pioneered in September 2023, starting with 4 weeks workshops.
The 2nd WIVA cohort was for 6 weeks, it started on 18th Jan, 2024 and ended on Feb . 22nd, 2024. The Artists had their Art exhibition Open day celebrated on 8th March , 2024 in honour of International Women’s Day. See the event highlights
How the WIVA Project is run:
The women Into Visual Arts (WIVA) classes are run in two sessions , The Art workshops are in the morning 9:30am-12:30pm, they teach various techniques and a staged approach through to an end product after 4-6weeks. The sessions are very relaxed; it’s a very cathartic way to learn and express feelings and emotions.
Lunch is provided from 12:30-1:00pm
The afternoon (1:00 pm-4:00pm) is a joined-up business enterprise session to advise participants how valuable their creativity as women can be, particularly when they transfer their experiences onto canvas and through visual art AND that it has a commercial value if they want to sell their artwork – the sessions wrap around the business of developing a product, the process and how to market their work.
The art is displayed at an exhibition and all proceeds of sale go to the female artists.
