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October 2019
Zine Making for Everyone at the Fun Palace, Altrincham
Fun Palaces is the campaign for culture at the heart of the community. For this year’s Fun Palaces day we’ll be running a zine maing workshop at Altincham Library. Come and have a go at self-publishing or making your own tiny handmade piece of art. This is a drop-in session, all welcome. No prior experience needed, we’ll be providing materials and some zines for inspiration. ACCESSIBILITY: Altrincham Library is wheelchair accessible, with a wheelchair accessible toilet available. The workshop will…
Find out more »Meet and Greet: Nicky Brendon (AKA Xander a la Buffy!)
We have a unique discount code for tickets: StillillOK for a whole 30% off! Click here for tickets: https://www.nickybrendon.com/event/vip-karaoke-party-meet-greet-manchester-uk-at-fab-cafe/
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Still Ill OK – Spoonie Artist Meet-Up #1
This will be the first official Spoonie Artists Meet-Up! We will provide you with a whole host of wonderful resources and materials to experiment with and enjoy, as well as some biscuits and a brew. This is also an opportunity for you to bring your own craft projects to get on with in a nice, friendly, social environment. Still Ill OK is coordinating the programme, so there will also be some craftivist opportunities, prompts and chances to contribute to our…
Find out more »Nice Time x Action For Equality pocket making workshop
Join NICE TIME ARTS and ACTION FOR EQUALITY for a craftivist evening on Tuesday 22nd October at The Yard Theatre, Hulme! Have you ever noticed your clothing has fake pockets? Pockets you can barely fit anything into? Sometimes, no pockets at all? Well it’s time to take action against this oft-ignored aspect of women’s fashion! Join us in stitching up oppressive clothing practices! By the end of the session you’ll have had fun crafting your very own pocket (or several…
Find out more »November 2019
Disabled Womens Space at Sapphormation 2019
We will be hosting a disabled women’s craft space at this years Sapphormation. This space is open to all women who love women who are chronically ill, disabled, neurodivergent, to get together, socialise, play with and make art. We will be in room G17 at 3:45-4:45pm. What is Sapphormation? To fully understand the inequities of the world, we must first understand that difference is power. Each woman has a powerful identity, rooted in class, race, sexuality, disability, religion and ethnicity.…
Find out more »Still Ill OK – Spoonie Artists Meet-Up #2
This event will take place at The Yard Theatre, Hulme. Welcome to the second official Spoonie Artists Meet-Up! We will provide you with a whole host of wonderful resources and materials to experiment with and enjoy, as well as some biscuits and a brew. This is also an opportunity for you to bring your own craft projects to get on with in a nice, friendly, social environment. Still Ill OK coordinates the programme, so there will also be some craftivist opportunities,…
Find out more »Pom-Pom Making
This workshop will take place at Altrincham Library. Come along and join us to make some pom-poms. These wool decorations are easy to make, and can be turned into decorative banners, bobbles for clothes, festive decorations, or even little creatures! All materials will be provided, but you’re welcome to bring your own balls of wool if you would like to have a specific colour. All welcome, free but donations encouraged.
Find out more »Spoonie Artist Meet Up #2
Apologies for having to reschedule the previous event time late notice – Ellie had a big old virus that wouldn’t go away cos, you know, autoimmune diseases and all that. Anyway, we’re back and non-contagious and would love to see as many spoonies and disabled creatives from greater manchester as possible! The special skill we will be sharing this session is… ORIGAMI. Donate a quid or so and you can take home a small forest of paper trees, ready to…
Find out more »Stationary N’ Stationery – Pop-Up Shop
TUESDAY 19th NOVEMBER 12-4.30PM Hello and welcome to the first SNS Chorlton pop-up shop of the season! We'll be at Chorlton Metro Café from 12-4.30pm on Tuesday 19th November, so pop by, have a brew and a sneaky veggie (or meat for meat people obvs) sausage sandwich and grab some stocking fillers and festive season gifts before the mad rush leaves my shelves bare! We'll have sketchbooks from Pink Pig Sketchbooks at unbeatable prices, a whole world of new gifts,…
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