Bring Your Baby Art Class
Bring Your Baby Art Class: Suitable for parents or carers
Bring Your Baby Art Class
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Bring Your Baby Art Class

Join Base resident artist Ellie Kerr-Smiley and develop your artistic skills in a relaxed art class.

 
Suitable for parents or carers with young babies under 12 months.
 
Times: 12pm – 1.30pm
 
What to expect:
 
Ellie will help you develop your art skills or teach you some basics if you are new to art.
 
The space will be a friendly and welcoming enviroment for you and your baby, with plenty of space for prams along with comfy floor matts and beanbags.
 
These sessions are open to all abilities, whatever your experience of art may be.
 
Suited to babies under 12 months.
 
What to bring/ wear:
 
Ellie provides all art materials for the sessions, but you are welcome to bring any materials you enjoy working with.
 
These are relaxed sessions so they suggest wearing comfortable clothing which you don’t mind getting messy.
 
Benefits:
 
Taking time out to explore your own creativity in a relaxing and friendly environment can be beneficial to you and your baby.
 
Joining these sessions can be a great way to meet others and share experiences, offering a holistic approach to early parenthood and child development.
 
Times: 12pm – 1.30pm
 
Please note: 
 
Due to unforeseen circumstances, this workshop on Friday 24 April will unfortunately no longer be taking place. The Box Office team will be in touch with those who have booked tickets and they apologise for any disappointment.
 
The base 

The Base opened on Friday 8 February 2019 in partnership with Greenham Trust and the Corn Exchange. It became a registered charity in 2022 (charity no. 1199188) and is dedicated to improving access to the arts whilst bringing quality visual art to the local area.

Situated in a purpose-built arts and craft building, The Base’s £1.7M venue was designed by Sutton Griffin Architects of Newbury.

The space comprises of a 110sqm gallery, artists’ studios and a workshop for participatory classes.

There is also a café facility managed by Honesty Café group.

Striving to be a flagship visual arts venue in West Berkshire, The Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year 54 exhibition launched the inaugural gallery programme.

Displaying some of the best wildlife photography from across the globe, the exhibition comprised of 100 photograph across 7 categories and is renowned for attracting millions of visitors around the world every year. 

The Base is also home to 8 visual artists and craft makers as well as Open Studios West Berkshire and North Hampshire, who present their annual INSIGHT exhibition at The Base every May. 

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