Express yourself! Learn new skills and make new friends in a safe, supportive atmosphere …

We have two new weekly workshops starting in February:

Women’s Poetry
Thursdays 11am – 1pm
Starting February 2nd
An informal experimental workshop to get you going with that spark you always knew you had. The group will be working towards a publication in 2012. Beginners and published poets welcome.

Women’s IT
Wednesdays 11am – 1pm
Starting February 1st
Learn new computer skills or brush up on old ones. The group will be working on producing an illustrated book. Learn Photoshop, Office Word and Internet skills. Learn at your own pace, learn what you feel comfortable with.

Julius Xavier, singer/songwriter extraordinaire, is exploring the idea of a music and/or spoken voice compilation issued for CoolTan Arts.

If you know you have sound or video recordings from e.g. your own ventures arising from a CoolTan connection, and would like them to be considered, or new and unreleased material (we’ll check the archive here too), please get in touch with Julius via Phil Ruthen at CoolTan Arts. The underlying themes may be civil rights for disabled people, coupled with full-on entertainment!

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22nd November – 1-3pm

Are you interested in arts and would you like to find out more about CoolTan Arts?

Are you a Community mental health worker/Psychiatrist/Social Worker/Support Planner/Member of the Community Mental Health Team/Nurse/CPN/Outreach Worker/Key Worker? Someone experiencing mental distress/Disabled/Someone with complex needs/Dual Diagnosis? Do you have a personal budget? Are you looking for things to do to help with your recovery? Are you looking to find opportunities that will help increase your skills, break isolation, enable you to volunteer, get out of the house, make friends, go out on trips, enjoy what London has to offer, and develop your interests?

At CoolTan Arts…
WOMENS’ I.T. Wednesdays 1.30 – 3.30pm

Learn Computer skills or brush up on old ones. The group will be working on creating a book with illustrations. You can learn Photoshop, Office word, and internet skills. Learn at your own pace, learn what you feel comfortable with.

WOMEN’S POETRY Thursdays 2.25 – 4.25pm

Come and join this new, fun and friendly class, whether you are a published poet or never scribbled a line, learn to appreciate poetry, and produce your own creative writing in a safe and supportive environment.

Workshops start 3rd Week of October 2011, but you can join after this date.

Cooltan Arts runs web design, web construction and web authoring workshops, and has created many live websites on the Internet. Below are a list of links to some of the websites that have been made.

Poetry, Art and Writing on the blog at:

• a funny farm

Women only digital arts technology workshop website

• women make digita lart

Sound and Poetry and Animation website

• poetry at your finger tips

Online animations and video clips website

• the arch developers