Drawing on History

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Join Community Archaeologist Andrew Mayfield as we explore the site of the old Mote House in the park. You’ll learn more about this lost building and the work being done to uncover it’s hidden history. We’ll then head to the Learning Space to take a closer look at some of the artefacts and objects that have been uncovered during recent excavations of the site.  

Renowned local artist Cas Holmes will then lead a tutored sketching session to capture some of the objects, looking at different aspects of time in the park and the interaction between history and nature.  

All materials will be provided, but you’re welcome to bring your own sketching pads/pencils if you have them.  

£15 per person
Time: 1pm - 4pm
Max: 12 people   
Suitable for ages 16+

About Cas Holmes

Cas is an artist and writer of Romani descent and is interested in the liminal, 'in between' spaces connecting land, people and place. Trained in fine art, her work combines mixed media with found materials and stitch, and is best described as 'painting with cloth'.

After receiving a fine arts degree at Maidstone College of Art (UCA) further studies in textile and paper arts in Japan followed by research in India, have led to her adaptation of techniques and distinctive layering of found paper and cloth with paste, paint, and stitch as a means to process her ideas.   Cas’s publications include ‘Soulful Stitch’, co-authored with Deena Beverley, ‘Embroidering the Everyday’ and ‘Textile Landscape’. 

Cas is a commissioned artist and has exhibited her work around the country.