We have a dream....art for everyone!

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We have a dream for Armadillo Art Experience!  We have seen firsthand the value of taking time to stop and get involved in something creative.  Not only are we a household of painters and makers but we have worked with the community for some years now helping people enjoy creating something.  We're told the trendy word for this is mindfulness and we think there's a lot to be said for it.

An art workshop is a bit of a luxury though and we are working really hard behind the scenes to make our sessions available to everyone; we want to see even more happy faces like these...

happy children at art party with squid pictures


Armadillo Art Experience is now a not-for-profit Community Interest Company and we are working with a number of funding bodies to provide some exciting and free-of-charge projects in the West Berkshire area, hopefully very soon.

We can't wait to be able to tell everyone more about it so watch this space!  In the meantime we post regularly on our Facebook page


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