Bury St Eds Library Blank Page Project

Creative workshops in the library for teens

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Location address: 2B Bury St Edmunds Library, Bury Saint Edmunds
Chosen age group:

Ages: 10 - 16 years

Available tickets:
Paid non-HAF child £15 per sessionFree HAF eligible Free
Next date: Friday 2nd Jan,
Funded by Suffolk County Council
Universal provision
Bury St Eds Library Blank Page Project block mentored by Suffolk Community Libraries
Bury St Eds Library Blank Page Project block mentored by Suffolk Community Libraries
Bury St Eds Library Blank Page Project block mentored by Suffolk Community Libraries
Bury St Eds Library Blank Page Project block mentored by Suffolk Community Libraries
Bury St Eds Library Blank Page Project block mentored by Suffolk Community Libraries
A summary
Join us at Bury St Edmunds Library for a variety of creative workshops throughout the winter holidays for 10-16 year olds! Workshops are 9:45am - 3:30pm and include lunch, drinks and snacks. Free places are available for those eligible for benefit related free school meals. Unsure if you’re eligible? For guidance visit www.gov.uk/apply-free-school-meals. For more information on each workshop, please visit our website: suffolkcommunitylibraries.co.uk/blank-page If your booking is made within 72 hours of the workshop, we may not be able to accommodate specific dietary requirements. Please get in touch with the library location for the workshop to discuss options. Library: Bury St Edmunds Library, Sergeants Walk, St Andrews Street North, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1TZ 29 December: Book Binding Workshop with Hazel Garrity 30 December: Make Your Own Short Film Using 2D Stop Frame Animation with Artist Lulu Horsfield 2 January: Music and Visual Arts Workshop with Creative Duo Ben Brown and Catalina Carvajal Workshop Details: Monday 29 December 2025 09:45am - 15:30pm Book Binding Workshop with Hazel Garrity In a relaxed, supportive atmosphere we will be making beautiful hand-crafted notebooks using traditional bookbinding techniques and tools. Follow step-by-step demonstrations and surprise yourself by learning new skills. You will create two unique books from scratch choosing from a range of colourful papers and adding your own special design details. The second book would make a great New Year’s gift for a friend or family member. Show your appreciation for someone important to you by making a book which reflects their personality and interests. All materials will be provided. About Hazel: Hazel's chief enthusiasms have always been words, books and making things. As a secondary school English teacher, she has worked with young people to give them the confidence to be creative with language. Now she wants to explore the possibilities offered by combining words with the traditional craft of constructing books in different forms and expressing ideas in different ways. Tuesday 30 December 2025 09:45am - 15:30pm Make Your Own Short Film Using 2D Stop Frame Animation with Artist Lulu Horsfield This one-day workshop will introduce future animators to 2D stop frame animation using their own ideas, artwork and storytelling skills. We will encourage participants to tell their own stories through moving image, by exploring 2D methods of animation using iPad technology. Participants will have the opportunity to create their own artwork in different ways and learn how to work with stop frame animation techniques to make their own short film. About Lulu: Lulu is a highly experienced and versatile visual artist, working across a variety of our programmes. As founder and co-director of AMPP Studio, and previously Rock Paper Scissors, Lulu teaches art and design to all ages and has worked as a designer and illustrator across fashion, textiles, editorial, music and film. In past ventures, Lulu has sold her illustrated fashion label through House of Fraser, and also showcased a film made with her husband film maker Jim Horsfield at Tate Britain. Friday 2 January 2025 09:45am - 15:30pm Music and Design Workshop with Creative Duo Ben Brown and Catalina Carvajal Join musician Ben Brown and visual artist Catalina Carvajal for this creative workshop where you'll be invited to explore your innate creativity and spontaneously produce exciting and unique works of audio and visual art. About Ben: Ben is a social musician and composer based in Manningtree. He is passionate about music making in all settings and with all groups of people. He believes everybody is musical and that anyone can make music with anyone else, and is privileged to be able to facilitate this process; it is a source of unending inspiration and enjoyment. About Catalina: Cat is a visual artist with a passion for illustration, murals, storytelling, and colour. She's also passionate about music and has designed several album covers. You can find her mural work around East Anglia. Catalina enjoys working with digital and mixed media and takes inspiration from drawing in her sketchbooks, listening to music and observing the world. She is originally from Colombia and lived in Mexico before arriving in the UK seven years ago.
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1:1 care
2:1 care
Qualified to administer medication
Epilepsy trained
Secure environment
Accessible toilet
Assist with personal care and toileting
Hoist and changing bench
Sensory or quiet spaces
Makaton trained
PECS trained
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About your mentors
Suffolk Community Libraries
County Library Service
We run 45 libraries across Suffolk. We host engaging creative workshops for teens during the school holidays. Suffolk Community Libraries is part of the Public Health & Communities team at Suffolk County Council
Millie King
Library and Information Advisor
I am a proud member of the Bury St Edmunds Library team, and a lifelong book-lover! I adore being creative, crafting book displays and posts for our social media channels, and love creating art using traditional and digital methods.
Emily Martin
Library and Information Advisor
I am a member of the Bury St Edmunds Library team and enjoy nothing more than curling up with a good book! I am a keen photographer who, beside taking photos of my dog, loves capturing the world around me through a lens.
Pauline
Library and Information Advisor
I'm a library and information assistant at Bury St Edmunds Library with a passion for manga books, coding and arts.
Gill
Assistant Manager
Ardent Library supporter, and the power of reading to children
Louise
Relief Library Information Advisor
Enthusiastic lover of Libraries!
Tracey Paris
Where I Belong
Bury St Edmunds Library
Learning aims
Aim 1
To develop confidence in meeting and working with new people
Aim 2
To try something new and explore creativity
Aim 3
To learn about what Suffolk Libraries can offer
Pricing information
Ticket namePaid non-HAF child
Price£15
Ticket nameFree HAF eligible
Price£0
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Where we'll be
2B Bury St Edmunds Library, Saint Andrew's Street North, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1TZ
WHAT’S PROVIDED
Drinks
Snacks
Meals
Equipment
Safety
Enhanced DBS
Risk Assessment
Public Liability Insurance
Safeguarding Training
First Aid Training
First Aid Kit
Smoke Detector

Please note

Please note, it is the responsibility of the booker to satisfy themselves about the adequacy of the safety measures. This platform is merely an introducer and does not verify the items listed here.

Cancellation Policy
Free bookings do not require refunds but as places are limited, please cancel if you cannot attend so that your place can be offered to someone else.

My experience consists of a leisure activity, on a specific date(s), and therefore the 14-day ‘cooling off period’ under the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013 does not apply.