September - October

With winter coming the weather is starting to cool down but not at artFix! The fall months are filled with new workshops, more events and riveting exhibitions. We have new tasty food like stuffed peppers and art crepes. Get away from the London rain and take cover at artFix where there is always something happening.

Co-working space

This month we have a NEW addition to artFix. artFix now rents out extremely affordable hot-desks (prices start at £50 per month, with all bills paid).

Hilal Dance

Date: 18/09/2017-02/10/2017 (Weekly Monday)
Time: 18:00-19:30
Location: artFix Woolwich
Categories: Workshops
Fee: £10

Come try out our Hilal Dance Workshop with tutor Pauline! Hilal Dance Hilal Dance melds Arab/African traditional dance culture in an expansive and contemporary way. In this taster session we'll dance with soul, moving to engaging drum beats and a great selection of music. We will learn basic movements, dance the movements and join them up to perform dance sentences. Pauline Blackwood has been a dance facilitator since 2009 and presently holds monthly Hilal Dance sessions at The Place W1 Warm up to music Exploring scissor, spiral and pendulum walk to music Presenting a simple repeat sentences of dance to folk music Cool down Circle time discussion to finish.

Pendulum Meditation

Date: 12/09/2017- 03/10/2017 (Weekly Tuesday)
Time: 09:00 - 10:00
Location: artFix Woolwich
Categories: Workshops
Fee: Free

Come try our Pendulum Meditation class with tutor Pualine and Cleanse the space with incense Have a go meditation 1 Discussion of experience Have a go meditation 2 Discussion of experience Have a go meditation 3 Discussion of experience Finish

Sanity Club Welcome to Sanity Club. A meditation taster session where you can find the meditation style that suits you. We will have the chance to explore what meditation is and how we can use it to create vibrant, mindful and most of all manageable moments in our lives. Consider Sanity Club as a time to invest in you. This session will be hosted by Pauline Blackwood a teacher who has been dancing and teaching mindfully since 2009.

Zen Yoga

Date: 16/09/2017 - 7/10/2017 (Every Saturday)
Time: 11-12
Location: artFix Woolwich
Categories: Workshops
Cost: £8

Zen Yoga combines mindful posture and flow routines with an aim to find strength and softness in the body and mind, build flexibility and develop our connection with the ground and the world around us. The basis of Zen Yoga philosophy is the conviction that it can benefit all body types; if you can breath, you can benefit from yoga. The sequence and intensity of the class vary in accordance with students’ experience, energy and prowess. This class is accessible to beginners, while also challenging for intermediate students – with individual attention paid to each student.

Carry Me Fit!

Date: 13/09/2017 - 4/10/2017 (Every Wednesday)
Time: 10:30-11:30
Location: artFix Woolwich
Categories: Workshops
Cost: £7

PRE & POSTNATAL DANCE FITNESS CLASS!

A fun and funky 45 minute pregnancy and babywearing dance fitness class for parents/carers and their babies up to 18 months old. Healthy pregnant women with stress free pregnancies are invited to attend this class to keep fit throughout pregnancy. Includes toning, stretching and baby sing along in cool down. Wednesdays 10.30 - 11.30am starting September 13th - 4th October 2017. £10 per session or Loyalty Card for block booking savings. BOOKING IN ADVANCE IS ESSENTIAL TO ENSURE YOUR SPACE. PLEASE BRING A BABY CARRIER AND ARRIVE 15 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE START OF THE CLASS TO FILL OUT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE. For more information please visit the website fireflyfitnessuk.com

Sketch Club

Date: 30/9/2017
Time: 11 - 12
Location: artFix Woolwich
Categories: Workshops

Cost: £5 adult & £6 kids

Sketch Club is a social space for lovers of drawing from all ages. You do not need experience or skills, just the willingness to draw and share your experience with others. Sketch club it is highly embodied in lifestyles where friendship policies find a fluid and comfortable format.

Clubs are intentional communities, cultural groups inheriting the concept of tribe: these modes of grouping and management are possible expressions of the art of the 21st century.

Sketch Club offer different sessions where the main focus is to encourage creativity through sessions which are aim to build a community of drawing lovers.

Session 1

Conversation Drawing

Time duration 1 hour

In this session we will explore conversation through drawing with the aim to help improve our relationship with others and to encourage to talk and create a creative conversation, which can became a narrative illustration.

Participants may start the drawing by asking their partners, question such as What would you like to be when you grow up? Or what did you wish to be when you were a child? What kind of animal do you like?

Drawings will be on display at the centre, creating a body of work from people who joined the workshop

Materials:
Pencil, paper, paint and brushes

Moving laboratory

This is a more structured dance movement exploration, including some scores (movement exercises) and investigation of different movement resources. We also often incorporate writing and drawing. We usually start by checking in together briefly in words, and there is always time just to dance. This is a safe, supportive space where you are invited to create, play, feel and be. £13 / £11 low income / £7 concessions. No booking necessary – just come along. To decide which rate is appropriate for you

Stay tuned for more artFix updates and announcements (we have plenty more!) and be sure to visit now that we are open for business. We hope to see you soon!