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Our print workshop has been a hive of activity recently! After the huge success of our exhibition at Sunny Bank Mills, we're returning for their Printed Bound Market on the 1st and 2nd of April! For more information on the Printed Bound Market, visit: buff.ly/3kA8voq

Our helping hands 👋🏼 Here are two of our wonderful Art Makers Holly and Linda, who have been busy making homemade scones ready for dessert - and how yummy do they look?! Why don't you pop on down to the Arts and Crafts Centre Café for a cuppa and try one for yourself 🤤

Art Makers in action 👩🏻‍🎨 Our Art Tribe has been busy making their self-portraits using a variety of different techniques - and here is our wonderful Clare making hers using paper mache. It's the perfect mix of creative and messy! #HenshawsArtsAndCrafts #JoinTheArtTribe

We have a wide range of workshops available to our artmakers - creative multisensory and well-being, and even performing arts! Art Makers can also attend evening events and weekend activities. Find out more and apply here: buff.ly/2swsENu #artmakers #artsandcrafts

Fun in the sun! Here at the Arts & Crafts Centre, we make the most of the sunshine peeping through the clouds at every opportunity. ⛅️ Here are some of our Art Makers, Karren and Shelly, soaking up the sun at our tranquil Knaresborough home. #sunshine #artsandcrafts

Prep, prep, prepping for Sunny Bank Mills Printed Bound market 🎨 We don't think words do our amazing Art Makers' work full justice, so we've put together a timelapse to really show off their skills. #DisabilityArts #DisabledArtits #Printing #ArtsAndCraftsCentre #ArtsAndCrafts

Our incredible Marnie! We're always amazed by the things our Art Makers do, and this is no exception. Here you can see the wonderful Marnie reading a story called 'Jane, James and the Famous Dog' using braille. #braille #braillereading #typewriting

Beer Fest Returns 🍻 Tickets on sale now! Henshaws Beer Festival sponsored by @4LifeWealthManagement, is back this year for and it will be bigger and better than ever! A weekend filled with local beer, delicious food, great music and lots of family fun: buff.ly/3BOyP3W

The wonderful Abbey has started working with ink on her large scale drawing this week, and we can't wait to see the results 😍 Abbey's abstract piece is becoming a colourful water-coloured masterpiece! [Video shows an timelapse of our artmaker, Abbey working on her drawing]

A little Henshaws win 😄 We love, love, love feedback here at Henshaws; it makes us extremely happy to know we're making a difference in people's lives. We received some moving words from the parents of Stefi. Read Stefi's full story here: buff.ly/3STe3Hz

We have two exciting opportunities available at our Arts and Crafts Centre, for a Supply Workshop Leader and a Workshop Assistant/Support Worker (Maternity Cover)! Supply Workshop Leader: buff.ly/3Fa6VBe Workshop Assistant/Support Worker: buff.ly/3Zy7m0p

Rural Arts in Thirsk will be showing our Art Exhibition from the 2nd to the 13th of May. We have 6 places available for the 'Paper Mache with Oliver' workshop, which will take place on the 13th May between 1:30 pm and 3:30 pm, for only £15 per person. buff.ly/3La7cYv

Makaton in action! Makaton is a unique language programme that uses symbols, signs, and speech to enable people to communicate. This video shows our Artmakers, Danny and Emily, with staff member Mike, and they want to show you how amazing makaton is... We think they smashed it!

Meet Wesley - the pottery and horror film enthusiast! Although his scary sculptures may be the thing of some people's nightmares, there's no denying the insane talent Wesley has! We're so impressed with what he's achieved so far, and can’t wait to showcase more of his work. #Art

Our rainbow commission for Starbeck Post Office is up on the wall! Andrew and Asma have been the perfect customers and we couldn’t be prouder to have our mosaic on display. Did you know they also stock some of our handmade cards, pottery and jewellery in their gift shop too?

We enjoy nothing more than gloating about the amazing work our Artmakers do. Here's a timelapse of the wonderful Graham C talking about working in the jewellery workshop, which he's been doing for nearly 25 years... The entire time we've been open! #ArtsAndCrafts #Jewellery

Today is World Autism Awareness Day 🌎 If you have autism or know someone with autism, and think being an Artmaker or a student at Henshaws Specialist College would be beneficial, we'd love to hear from you! Find out more here: buff.ly/3M7jqlg #WorldAutismAwarenessDay