Please be aware no previous expertise needed, and there are no right or wrong opinions! The aim:           A sharing of our common interest; learning about unfamiliar areas of art and benefitting from observations and the comments of others The sessions:  A wide range of topics including themes, artists, movements, genres and materials, both from… Read more

The new group started on Friday, 19 April and will meet twice monthly on 1st and 3rd Friday afternoons, starting at 2.00 pm until 4.00 pm at the Westdale Lane Baptist Church, 368 Westdale Lane, Mapperley NG3 6ES.  There will be a cost of £2 per person to go towards the Church funds.  The plan… Read more

November Creative Craft Group Here’s a sneak preview of the Christmas decorations made by the Creative Craft Group at our November meeting for St Jude’s Church Tree Festival. They are made from the inner tubes of paper towels, recycled book pages, etc. The groups and communities who use St Jude’s premises for their sessions, are… Read more

This is a group for enthusiastic photographers of all skill levels. Most members are using a mobile phone camera, but some prefer to stick to their DSLR. Each month we take photographs to fit given themes, then meet via Zoom on the second Wednesday of the month at 2:00pm to view and discuss all the… Read more

On 20 July the MaD Amdrammers presented Wine Down for Murder at The Mapperley Social Club. A very enjoyable evening with lots of encouragement, whoops and whistles from the audience. Big thanks to the cast, director, writer, techies and scenery painter who helped to make this a memorable evening. Quotes from the audience ... 'We… Read more

This is a permanent group but one that meets for 3 to 4 sessions for one project then takes a break until the next project - intending to have 3 projects a year. The new Project Craft group is a great success. We have made 7 wire trees and discussed other future projects. We have… Read more

The group meets once a month.  Each month we have a specific topic around which to build our stories. We usually try to target ourselves to write a piece of around 1,000 words, but it's very flexible and sometimes members choose to write a poem rather than a story, and we've also had a couple… Read more