Thursday Night Potters - 6 Sessions SOLD OUT
2022-02-03 18:30 - 21:00 (Europe/Paris) | OSR Projects, Old School Room, Church Street, West Coker, Somerset, BA22 9BD, United Kingdom
These friendly and accessible workshops will take place on Thursday evenings 6:30 – 9pm at OSR Projects in West Coker and are an opportunity to develop your pottery skills and be part of our creative community.
The workshops are suitable for all (16+), from total beginners to those looking to develop their skills or simply just to try something new. You will have the opportunity to develop a range of hand building, decorating and finishing techniques as well as use our potters wheel.
All materials and firing costs are included.
Dates: 3 Feb, 10 Feb, 17 Feb, 24 Feb, 3 March, 10 March 2022
Time: 6.30 – 9pm
Cost: £100/£150/£200
£100 Reduced fee for those unemployed, precariously employed or receiving income support.
£150 Standard fee for those with a regular and stable income.
£200 Generous fee for those who can afford some luxuries and would like to contribute to our community project.
Booking is on a first come first served basis. Email info@osrprojects.co.uk with Thursday Night Potters in the subject heading to book your place and please let us know your fee option.
Please note, this booking is for a block of 6 sessions (indivdual dates can not be booked)

Half term Youth Pottery sessions Ages 7 to 11
2022-02-24 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Paris) | OSR Projects, Old School Room, Church Street, West Coker, Somerset, BA22 9BD, United Kingdom
All Clay and firing included in the cost £20.
Email info@osrprojects.co.uk to book your child’s place. Please use ‘Halfterm Youth Pottery sessions Ages 7 to 11’ in the subject heading.
Please note: We have a reduced fee for low income families £16 Please state in the email if this is the suitable payment option.

Half term Youth Pottery sessions Ages 12 to 18
2022-02-24 14:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Paris) | OSR Projects, Old School Room, Church Street, West Coker, Somerset, BA22 9BD, United Kingdom
All Clay and firing inculded in the cost £20.
Email info@osrprojects.co.uk to book your child’s place. Please use ‘Halfterm Youth Pottery sessions Ages 12 to 18’ in the subject heading.
Please Note: We have a reduced fee for low income families £16 Please state in the email if this is the suitable payment option.

SOLD OUT - Thursday Night Potters 21 April to 26 May, 6:30 -9pm
2022-04-21 18:30 - 21:00 (Europe/Paris) | OSR Projects, Old School Room, Church Street, West Coker, Somerset, BA22 9BD, United Kingdom
These friendly and accessible workshops will take place on Thursday evenings 6:30 – 9pm at OSR Projects in West Coker and are an opportunity to develop your pottery skills and be part of our creative community.
The workshops are suitable for all (16+), from total beginners to those looking to develop their skills or simply just to try something new. You will have the opportunity to develop a range of hand building, decorating and finishing techniques.
All materials and firing costs are included.
Clay can be purchased for an additional fee if allocated amount is exceeded.
Dates: 21 April, 28 April, 5 May, 12 May, 19 May, 26 May 2022
Time: 6.30 – 9pm
Cost: £150/£120
£150 Standard fee for those with a regular and stable income.
£120 Reduced fee for those unemployed, precariously employed or receiving income support, state pension.
Booking is on a first come first served basis. Email info@osrprojects.co.uk with Thursday Night Potters in the subject heading to book your place and please let us know your fee option.
Please note, this booking is for a block of 6 sessions (indivdual dates can not be booked)

Thursday Night Potters 22 Sept - 27 Oct 2022
2022-09-22 18:30 - 21:00 (Europe/Paris) | OSR Projects, Old School Room, Church Street, West Coker, Somerset, BA22 9BD, United Kingdom
These friendly and accessible workshops will take place on Thursday evenings 6:30 – 9pm at OSR Projects in West Coker and are an opportunity to develop your pottery skills and be part of our creative community.
The workshops are suitable for all (16+), from total beginners to those looking to develop their skills or simply just to try something new. You will have the opportunity to develop a range of hand building, decorating and finishing techniques.
All materials and firing costs are included in the fee.
Clay can be purchased for an additional fee if allocated amount is exceeded.
Dates: 22 Sept, 29, 6 Oct, 13, 20, 27, 2022
Time: 6.30 – 9pm
Cost: £150/£120
£150 Standard fee for those with a regular and stable income.
£120 Reduced fee for those unemployed, precariously employed or receiving income support, state pension. Please note we require 50% to book your place. Balance to pay week before the session starts.
Booking is on a first come first served basis. Email info@osrprojects.co.uk with Thursday Night Potters in the subject heading to book your place and please let us know your fee option.
Please note, this booking is for a block of 6 sessions (indivdual dates can not be booked)

Half term youth pottery workshop
2022-10-24 09:30 - 12:00 (Europe/Paris) | OSR Projects, Old School Room, Church Street, West Coker, Somerset, BA22 9BD, United Kingdom
Make a ceramic pumpkin with us. We will guide you on how to make the basic pinch pot form and decorate it and we will have it fired in time for Halloween!
Suitable for ages 7 -16 years – Limited places – £20 (All clay and firing included)
Email info@osrprojects.co.uk to book your child’s place. Please use ‘Half term pottery’ in the subject heading.
* Please note: We have a reduced fee for low income families £16 Please state in the email if this is the
suitable fee option.
Where: OSR Projects, Church St, West Coker, Yeovil BA22 9BD. 01935 862201

Thursday Night Potters 12 Jan - 2 March 2023 (8 weeks)
2023-01-12 18:30 - 21:00 (Europe/Paris) | OSR Projects, Old School Room, Church Street, West Coker, Somerset, BA22 9BD, United Kingdom
UPDATE: We now have ONE place available for this date.
These friendly and accessible workshops will take place on Thursday evenings 6:30 – 9pm at OSR Projects in West Coker, and are an opportunity to develop your pottery skills and be part of our creative community.
The workshops are suitable for all (16+), from total beginners to those looking to develop their skills or simply just to try something new. You will have the opportunity to develop a range of hand building, decorating and finishing techniques.
All materials and firing costs are included in the fee.
Clay can be purchased for an additional fee if allocated amount is exceeded.
Dates: 12 Jan, 19, 26, 2 Feb, 9, 16, 23, 2 March, 2023
Time: 6.30 – 9pm
Cost: £200
£170 Reduced fee for those unemployed, receiving benefits or a state pension.
Please note we require 50% to book your place. Balance to pay week before the session starts.
Booking is on a first come first served basis. Email info@osrprojects.co.uk with Thursday Night Potters in the subject heading to book your place and please let us know your fee option.
Please note, this booking is for a block of 8 sessions (indivdual dates can not be booked)

Thursday Night Potters - 23 March - 27 April (6 weeks)
2023-03-23 18:30 - 21:00 (Europe/Paris) | OSR Projects, Old School Room, Church Street, West Coker, Somerset, BA22 9BD, United Kingdom
These friendly and accessible workshops will take place on Thursday evenings 6:30 – 9pm at OSR Projects in West Coker, and are an opportunity to develop your pottery skills and be part of our creative community.
The workshops are suitable for all (16+), from total beginners to those looking to develop their skills or simply just to try something new. You will have the opportunity to develop a range of hand building, decorating and finishing techniques.
All materials and firing costs are included in the fee.
Clay can be purchased for an additional fee if allocated amount is exceeded.
UPDATE: 1 space available
Time: 6.30 – 9pm
Cost: £150/£120
£150 Standard fee for those with a regular and stable income.
£120 Reduced fee for those; unemployed, receiving benefits, a carer, receiving a state pension.
All materials, glazing and firing included.
Email to book your place with Thursday Night Potters in the subject heading to book your place and please let me know your fee option. Please note we require 50% to book your place. Balance to pay week before the session starts.

Into Another Intensity - Seminar
2023-04-22 10:30 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | OSR Projects, Old School Room, Church Street, West Coker, Somerset, BA22 9BD, United Kingdom
OSR Projects are excited to announce a one-day seminar, Into another intensity, taking place on Saturday 22 April 2023. This event will bring artists, curators and cultural producers together in rural Somerset to consider how art can open up new encounters with, and ways of thinking about rural places in the context of an ever more interconnected world.
As part of the Od Arts Festival 2023 – Still and Still Moving this seminar is relevant to all creative practitioners with an interest in the opportunities as well as the challenges of making, participating and experiencing art in rural contexts. The event will provide presentations by inspiring speakers, as well as a chance to meet future collaborators, share food and explore new perspectives through creative provocations and conversations.
For more information and to book your ticket.

Drop in Pottery workshop
2023-05-06 10:00 - 13:00 (Europe/Paris) | OSR Projects, Old School Room, Church Street, West Coker, Somerset, BA22 9BD, United Kingdom
Make your own clay talisman and join in the Od Arts Festival which takes place 26 – 28 May. Talismans are traditionally portable objects endowed with magical properties, usually to protect the owner, made to fit comfortably in the hand, something to hold tightly whilst walking. Imagine smugglers navigating the dark leafy lanes at night, slightly fearful of being discovered, but given courage by holding a talisman as they walk.
Taking inspiration from artist Sara Trillo’s ‘Holloways and Hide-aways’ Walks, you will be guided by us to make your own commemorative keepsake. They will be fired and can be collected along with a badge during the Od Arts Festival 26 – 28 May.
https://odartsfestival.co.uk/sara-trillo/

Drop in Saturday 6 May – 10am -1pm
OSR Projects, Church St, West Coker, Yeovil BA22 9BD
No experience necessary, all welcome. It’s free!

Od Arts Festival - Still and still moving
2023-05-26 10:00 - 17:00, 2023-05-27 10:00 - 17:00, 2023-05-28 10:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | OSR Projects, Old School Room, Church Street, West Coker, Somerset, BA22 9BD, United Kingdom
From sunken lanes and smugglers paths to the virtual landscapes of computer generated worlds, Still and still moving will explore responses to human movement through space and time, both real and imagined.
The festival will disrupt the surface stillness of its rural setting, with art and creative community activity. Exploring the different ways we navigate, understand and connect to the world around us, from ancient way making and international trade to the almost imperceivable slow or unseeable motion of plants and rocks. We invite people to walk with us, stray off the path and discover new ways to think about the journeys we make.
Further plans for workshops and events, including circle monument making, bookbinding and a communal lunch during the festival and more artists will be announced in the coming weeks.

Thursday night potters 7th September - 26th October (8 weeks)
2023-09-07 18:30 - 2023-10-26 21:00 (Europe/Paris) | OSR Projects, Old School Room, Church Street, West Coker, Somerset, BA22 9BD, United Kingdom
These friendly and accessible workshops will take place on Thursday evenings 6:30 – 9pm at OSR Projects in West Coker, and are an opportunity to develop your pottery skills and be part of our creative community.
The workshops are suitable for all (16+), from total beginners to those looking to develop their skills or simply just to try something new. You will have the opportunity to develop a range of hand building, decorating and finishing techniques.
All materials and firing costs are included in the fee.
Clay can be purchased for an additional fee if allocated amount is exceeded.

Time: 6.30 – 9pm
Cost: £200/£170
£200 Standard fee for those with a regular and stable income.
£170 Reduced fee for those; unemployed, receiving benefits, carer, receiving a state pension.
All materials, glazing and firing included.
Email to book your place with Thursday Night Potters in the subject heading to book your place and please let me know your fee option. Please note we require 50% to book your place. Balance to pay week before the session starts.

Live reading and short film screening
2023-09-23 11:00 - 12:30 (Europe/Paris) | Dawe’s Twineworks
Please join us for a live reading of ‘East Coker 0.2 after T.S Eliot’s second poem from Four Quartets’ written and read by Jack Young, Od Arts Festival 2023 writer in residence. We will also be screening the short film of the festival made by Liberty Smith with music score by Phillip Pearson.

🗓️ Saturday 23 September, 11am at Dawe’s Twine Works – 94A High St, West Coker, Yeovil BA22 9AU

Signed copies of ‘East Coker 0.2’ limited edition publication will be on sale during the event.

Please RSVP so we know how much cake to cater for 😋

Make your own pinch pot pumpkins - 21st October
2023-10-21 10:00 - 12:30 (Europe/Paris) | OSR Projects, Old School Room, Church Street, West Coker, Somerset, BA22 9BD, United Kingdom
Make a couple of autumnal ceramic pumpkins with us. We will guide you on how to make the basic pinch pot form and decorate it using coloured slip. We will clear glaze if for you and fire it.
Please email or call 01935 862201 to book your place.

Half term Youth Pottery Workshop 9:30am -12pm
2023-10-23 09:30 - 12:00 (Europe/Paris) | OSR Projects, Old School Room, Church Street, West Coker, Somerset, BA22 9BD, United Kingdom
Make a ceramic ghost or pumpkin with us. We will guide you on how to make the basic pinch pot form and decorate it and we will have it fired in time for Halloween!
Suitable for ages 7 -16 years – Limited places – £20pp (All clay and firing included)
Please email or call 01935 862201 to book your child’s place. Please use ‘Half term youth pottery 9:30am – 12pm’ in the subject heading.
* Please note: We have a reduced fee for low income families £16 Please state in the email if this is the suitable fee option.
Where: OSR Projects, Church St, West Coker, Yeovil BA22 9BD. 01935 862201

Half term Youth Pottery Workshop 2 - 4:30pm
2023-10-23 14:00 - 16:30 (Europe/Paris) | OSR Projects, Old School Room, Church Street, West Coker, Somerset, BA22 9BD, United Kingdom
Make a ceramic ghost or pumpkin with us. We will guide you on how to make the basic pinch pot form and decorate it and we will have it fired in time for Halloween!
Suitable for ages 7 -16 years – Limited places – £20pp (All clay and firing included)
Please email or call 01935 862201 to book your child’s place. Please use ‘Half term youth pottery 2pm – 4:30pm’ in the subject heading.
* Please note: We have a reduced fee for low income families £16 Please state in the email if this is the suitable fee option.
Where: OSR Projects, Church St, West Coker, Yeovil BA22 9BD. 01935 862201

Thursday Night Potters 9th Nov - 14th Dec (6 weeks)
2023-11-09 18:30 - 2023-12-14 21:00 (Europe/Paris) | OSR Projects, Old School Room, Church Street, West Coker, Somerset, BA22 9BD, United Kingdom
These friendly and accessible workshops will take place on Thursday evenings 6:30 – 9pm at OSR Projects in West Coker, and are an opportunity to develop your pottery skills and be part of our creative community.
The workshops are suitable for all (16+), from total beginners to those looking to develop their skills or simply just to try something new. You will have the opportunity to develop a range of hand building, decorating and finishing techniques.
All materials and firing costs are included in the fee.
Clay can be purchased for an additional fee if allocated amount is exceeded.
Time: 6.30 – 9pm
Cost: £150/£120
£150 Standard fee for those with a regular and stable income.
£120 Reduced fee for those; unemployed, receiving benefits, a carer, receiving a state pension.
All materials, glazing and firing included.
Email to book your place with Thursday Night Potters in the subject heading to book your place and please let me know your fee option. Please note we require 50% to book your place. Balance to pay week before the session starts.

Thursday Night Potters - 8 Weeks
2024-01-18 18:30 - 2024-03-07 21:00 (Europe/Paris) | OSR Projects, Old School Room, Church Street, West Coker, Somerset, BA22 9BD, United Kingdom
Booking goes live 15th December
These friendly and accessible workshops will take place on Thursday evenings 6:30 – 9pm at OSR Projects in West Coker, and are an opportunity to develop your pottery skills and be part of our creative community.
The workshops are suitable for all (16+), from total beginners to those looking to develop their skills or simply just to try something new. You will have the opportunity to develop a range of hand building, decorating and finishing techniques.
All materials and firing costs are included in the fee.
Clay can be purchased for an additional fee if allocated amount is exceeded.

Time: 6.30 – 9pm
Cost: £200/£170
£200 Standard fee for those with a regular and stable income.
£170 Reduced fee for those; unemployed, receiving benefits, carer, receiving a state pension.
All materials, glazing and firing included.

Thursday Night Potters - 8 Weeks
2024-04-18 18:30 - 2024-06-13 21:00 (Europe/Paris) | OSR Projects, Old School Room, Church Street, West Coker, Somerset, BA22 9BD, United Kingdom
CLASS FULL

These friendly and accessible workshops will take place on Thursday evenings 6:30 – 9pm at OSR Projects in West Coker, and are an opportunity to develop your pottery skills and be part of our creative community.
The workshops are suitable for all (16+), from total beginners to those looking to develop their skills or simply just to try something new. You will have the opportunity to develop a range of hand building, decorating and finishing techniques.
All materials and firing costs are included in the fee.
Clay can be purchased for an additional fee if allocated amount is exceeded.

Time: 6.30 – 9pm (No workshop on 9th May)
Cost: £200/£170
£200 Standard fee for those with a regular and stable income.
£170 Reduced fee for those; unemployed, receiving benefits, carer, receiving a state pension.
All materials, glazing and firing included.

Creative Writing With Scott Lavene
2025-03-15 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Paris) | OSR Projects, Old School Room, Church Street, West Coker, Somerset, BA22 9BD, United Kingdom
Creative writing With Scott Lavene.

3pm Saturday 15 March – OSR Projects, Church Street, West Coker, Somerset BA22 9JR

Spend some time with songwriter, Scott Lavene, listening to how he turns misery into art, how to turn joy into misery, how to avoid cliches and how to be quiet in order to catch the big fish.

This hour long workshop is an opportunity to meet Scott, learn about his creative process, and hone your writing skills

FREE – booking essential email to book your place or call

simon@osrprojects.co.uk 07967756320

Od Arts Festival warm up (and fundraiser)
2025-03-15 19:00 - 23:00 (Europe/Paris) | West Coker Commemoration Hall
A night of live music with Scott Lavene and Fish and chip supper. There will be a pay bar.
All proceeds to go to Od Arts Festival which takes place on May 23rd to 25th.
BUY YOUR TICKETS HERE

Thinking In Circles Seminar
2025-04-25 09:30 - 17:00 (Europe/Paris) | OSR Projects, Old School Room, Church Street, West Coker, Somerset, BA22 9BD, United Kingdom
Taking place on Friday, April 25, this seminar offers a chance to connect with the Od Arts Festival team, fellow creatives, and future collaborators, along with five artists participating in Od Arts Festival 2025 this May. This year’s festival is dedicated to nurturing and engaging with contemporary artistic practices and community activities that delve into themes of growth, production, and consumption.
Connecting with the festival’s rural setting, the participating artists’ reflect on ecological grief and the impacts of Western consumerist and colonial culture. They invite visitors and residents to join in a collective pause, fostering reflection, renewal, and inspiring transformative ways of thinking together.
Alongside the presentations and workshops by Od Arts Festival 2025 Artists we are delighted that we will be joined by artist Cherry Truluck who will be providing a specially curated lunch for all participants.
Invited artists and creative practitioners include: Emii Alra, Michelle Atherton, Geoff Diego Litherland, Vicky Putler, Laura Eldret, Cherry Truluck.

Od Arts Festival 2027
2027-05-28 10:00 - 2027-05-30 17:00 (Europe/Paris)
