Ex- Dragons' Den panellist Doug Richard was on hand to give business advice to entrepreneurial University students on Friday. The event was held at the University’s Great Hall and was facilitated by Unite, their entrepreneur support unit.
During the workshop, which ran all-day from 9.30am until 5.30pm, Doug gave a series of talks which aimed to build up a ten-question-toolkit that students can use to help turn a brilliant idea into a success. To Richard, success is just about doing ‘a series of actions in a certain order’. He believes ‘entrepreneurship is learnable’ and wants to...
Offered the opportunity by Exeter Phoenix to take part in a new one-day workshop at the lively arts centre and write about it for The Exeter Daily , I agreed with alacrity. I signed up for 'Experimental Drawing' thinking it might give my drawing practice the kick-start it needed.
The group of ten who gathered on Monday morning came with widely differing experience and expectations. ‘Experimental’ could sound intimidating, but at least one participant interpreted it as open to those with little technical expertise. This proved to be true as there was no assumed knowledge and no...
Location: Meeting Room 4, Exeter Central Library, Castle Street, Exeter
For Extrememe Imagination we would like to invite you, your brothers and sisters and friends, your parents and carers, your grandparents, even your great grandparents, to come and create stories with us in Exeter Central Library.
In the workshops you will work with some brilliant writers, artists and scientists to create stories around the themes of Love, Leadership, Food, Technology and Justice. The workshops might involve creative writing, poetry,...
This three hour workshop focuses on the importance of stable foundations in yoga practice with a specific look at the feet and their relation to the pelvis, and the hands in relation to the shoulders.
Julie Yount is an experienced Yoga instructor who started her Yoga journey in the Bujinkan Martial Arts, which she studied around the world for over a decade. Since then she has completed a Yoga Foundation course with the British Wheel of Yoga and is qualified as a Yoga teacher with the Devon School of Yoga. During her career she has been privileged to study with Shiva Rea, Kino...
A creative personal approach using broken pottery, found objects, vitreous glass etc to create your own mirror frame/ mosaic object for your garden. We will work on a project throughout the 5 weeks taking you through the design process, preparation, choice of materials and use of cutting tools. This is a 5 week course starting on the 2 May, 10am-1pm. For beginners or more experienced. £100 for 5 session plus costs of materials. Advance booking essential.
To celebrate National Science and Engineering Week The Devon Carousel Project are running an afternoon of science play for under 5s and their families.
Working with the theme of "Invention and Discovery" they be exploring the wonders of the natural world through experience, experiment, movement and art. Through fun activities find out why plants are amazing…
The Carousel Project is an Exeter-based social enterprise bringing creative learning, new experiences and outdoor adventure to early years children and their families.
Cosmic, an IT company specialising in web development and social media, will show you how to set up a blog and easy ways to create posts that engage, generate debate and increase sharing.
Understand the importance of blogging for artists and makers in search engine optimisation and the role blogs can play in your social media profile. £15 (£10) Book in advance: 01626 832223, email: devonguild@crafts.org.uk
