Resources for arts

Stop the press! School of Everything Bread Making teacher Tom Baker (Yep, that's his real name) made the front cover of the Birmingham Post Magazine last week. Tom is a busy man because he is also one of the first teachers to have signed up to our new gift scheme. You can now buy a Bread Making lesson with Tom for one of your friends or family - the perfect Christmas present.

The Albion Arts is Hertfordshire’s newest contemporary art venue, located at Thrales End Farm, Harpenden. A unique combination of a retail craft boutique and art workshops in a buzzing environment.

The Albion Arts runs a comprehensive programme of workshops for adults, from beginners to the more experienced artist. Come and join us on one of our many creative workshops or stop by and visit our craft boutique, stocked with handmade treasures!

Open registration evenings at Big Smoke Writing Factory, 7 Lower Hatch Street, Dublin 2. Come along and sign up for a course in person or just talk to facilitators about what kind of thing might suit. Friday 11 September 6-9pm and Saturday 19 September 2-6pm.

There are four stages that a relationship goes through when it starts to go wrong and by recognising what they are you are more able to make changes to what’s going on and be able to do something about it before it’s too late.

1. Disillusionment / discontentment

A little event for crafty folk.

nice site.

...and other craft guerrilla events.

Did you watch ‘Kirstie's Homemade Home’ on Channel 4 last week? It’s good. You can watch it on 4oD Catch-Up. Kirstie Allsopp is on a mission to transform a dilapidated country cottage in Devon into the ultimate 'homemade' home, with everything either made in the UK, or made by her.

In an unexpected move, the G20 summit today proposed the introduction of a new currency based on academic qualifications.

I've been teaching for 6 years now and getting busier every year...until October 2008.

As a knitting teacher, Sept-Dec is my busiest time of the year...classes book up up to six weeks in advance. But Oct 08 was like a ghost town for Knitting SOS. My years finances have averaged out pretty healthy due to a couple of big jobs last Spring, but I'm noticing that I can't fill classes as easily as I was 12 months ago.

Has anyone else found this and do they have any suggestions to inspire people to learn?

We are recruiting CRB checked freelance artists
Link: http://www.kidscando.tk
We are recruiting CRB checked freelance artists who can deliver workshops for after school clubs around Sheffield (starting Feb/March 2009) Please send CVs and details to [email protected]

Good rates of pay.

(To the tune of Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer…)

Crochet a red-nosed reindeer
With a very woolly nose.
And when you start to make him,
You will stitch him row by row.

Make a Tin Can Lantern

Refrain from putting your empty baked bean cans in your green recycling box - this is a much more festive way to reuse them. Have a look at the Arts & Crafts section to learn more crafty tricks.

Today I've been trying to get my head around how the US election tonight works.

Wikipedia is quite helpful: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election

and I thought this slideshow was very good at explaining things:

http://www.slideshare.net/acordova/the-us-election-explained-presentation-695681/

I've been blogging for a while now, and I now have four blogs:
http://sociablism.blogspot.com
http://sociability.org.uk
http://mindapples.org
http://schoolofeverything.com

So between that and Twitter I'm pretty busy online, and the prospect of posting lots of content here on my School of Everything Scrapbook felt a little daunting at first.