‘Smashed’ update
Vicky Dawson from the Wells and Mendip Musuem came back to the Centre to return some of the exhibits our members had made, along with local artist Duncan Cameron, that were used as part of the recent ‘Smashed in the Cellar’ exhibition.
She also presented a video of the exhibition itself and we were delighted to see the pieces our members had made featured.
We clearly have some very talented members. One of them commented that he’d never created anything like it before and he was so proud of it!
We won!
We are delighted to announce that after recently taken part in the Tesco Community Grants blue token scheme in Wells, we won the top grant.
The lovely Community Team surprised us during lunch and presented us with a cheque for £1500!
Thank you so much to everyone who dropped a blue token into our collection box!
A morning of song and dance!
We always have a lovely time when the wonderful group, Simply Uke, come to visit us.
Lots of singing, lots of dancing, lots of smiles and an awful lot of fun!
Museum to You
What a incredibly interesting session we had with Museum to You today. We studied floor tiles that were hundred’s of years old and had been excavated from the remains of the great hall at The Bishop’s Palace. It was so exciting to be able to handle the artifacts and learn all about the buildings that used to stand in the Palace grounds.
We then made cards using stencils based on the original tiles, which was enormous fun and got into the spirit of things with a good dressing up session!
What a busy week!
We’ve had a really busy week, with a visit from Owl Enlightment, crafting and celebrating Burn’s night with songs and poems! phew……..
‘Smashed in the Cellar’
We’ve been privileged to take part in two workshops with the Wells and Mendip Museum as part of their ‘Smashed in the Cellar’ project.
Following the excavations of the Musuem’s gardens in the 1990’s, they discovered lots of smashed ceramics, dating across 500 years and much of which would have been very expensive.
Our workshops involved painting china cups, plates and tiles with individual designs which were then (safely) broken up. Our members could then choose to either rebuild them or make them into something completely new and unique.
We hope to see some our efforts at the ‘Smashed’ exhibition which will be in the Museum from 16th February until 11th April. Do go along, it should be fascinating!
Lantern Parade Preparations
Emma LeFevre from Project Factory visited us ahead of the evening Lantern Parade that will take place on Saturday, 20th January.
We all had fun making up the frames for our lanterns with willow, before wrapping fairy lights around them. Plenty of masking tape was used!!!
Owls, owls, owls!
What a wonderful day! We recently won a competition to get a visit from a very special organisation called Owl Enlightenment. Their ethos is to invoke memories, raise wellbeing and initiate social activities with the help of their beautiful owls.
Our members had such a lovely time engaging with, talking with and holding the owls.
Quite an experience!
Christmas celebrations
We’ve had such a fun week, preparing for Christmas and enjoying some lovely entertainment! Three Christmas lunches and two more next week so everyone gets a party!!
Songs and a visit from a friend!
We had a lovely week with singing and a visit from our friend Wendy and her beautiful grandson, who enchanted everyone!
Festive flavours
We’ve had a lovely couple of days cooking some mince pies and festive flapjacks…..all delicious!
Recital and hotdogs!
We’ve had a lovely day, with a recital from Suzanne and Jim followed by a talk about The Gun Powder plot and finishing off with proper bonfire food - soup, hotdogs and crumble!
Halloween at The Lawrence Centre!
We’ve had a rousing session this morning, entertained by the lovely Sue who made us all laugh!
The Big Draw
We were joined by Kath and Saffy from Glastonbury Abbey to take part in their Big Draw project.
It involved making art using all the senses, not just sight and we all had such an interesting and stimulating morning!
Silver Gilt Award!
Our brilliant gardener, Rebecca, scooped a Silver Gilt Award for a Community Garden at this year’s Wells in Bloom Awards.
Thank you so much Rebecca, your beautiful garden makes such a difference to our members.
Another quiet morning…
Yet another quiet morning at The Lawrence Centre. The lovely Cathy Judge came along and everyone had a great sing along and dance!
Tea for two!
What a fun and interesting morning!
Suzanne and Francis from Museum To You joined us to do a morning on Tea. They bought in tea sets, different teas, pictures of ancient tea related ceramics from archeological digs and even performed a tea ceremony.
Our members had such an interesting time and lots of memories were shared, discussions were had and everyone learnt new things!
What a brilliant day.
Getting out and about!
More of our lovely members have been out on the Wells Community Network Tri-shaw. It’s been great for their wellbeing as many of them are no longer able to just go for a walk around town, something that so many of us take for granted.
A bit of culture!
We had a lovely musical morning with a musician playing the flute and our members having a really good sing along!
added percussion is always good!