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There’s nothing we at Making Space like more than filling our workshops with people learning new skills, developing their craft and spending time with like-minded creatives. We want to offer many more courses that we currently do, so our aim is to run 5 and 10 week courses in a variety of crafts from spring […]

We’re saying #ThanksToYou to National Lottery players with a week of free crafting! This year is the 25th Birthday of The National Lottery, and we’re excited to be a part of the celebrations by joining in the #ThanksToYou campaign, which celebrates the contribution of National Lottery players in supporting good causes over the past 25 […]

Making Space is working with Planet Aware to deliver a year-long project focussing on reusing, upcycling and reinventing items to minimilse textile waste!

We’re joining 450 other organisations accross the country who’ll be opening their doors to thousands of young people and hosting a Discover! Creative Careers Day on 21 November 2019.

Use us as YOUR Making Space We know there are lots of creative people out there, many of whom struggle to find room to pursue their passion. Being relegated to the dining room table to create your next masterpiece is not ideal, and filling your bedroom with works in progress is not conducive to inspiration, [...]

Join us for our 2019 Summer Open Studios as part of Hampshire Open Studios.   We’ll be open on Saturday 17, Monday 19 and Tuesday 20 August from 11am-4pm each day. Our Open Studio event are always free to come along to and during our Summer 2019 Open Studios we will be celebrating ‘Three days […]

Through generous funding from The Arts Society Portsdown, Making Space has been able to launch our first ever Youth Forum for creative 15-19 year olds.  At a time when arts subjects are not being supported in school, Making Space is in a prime position to support young people in finding pathways into understanding and gaining […]

Maker Mondays are a brand new opportunity that launched in January 2019, giving Makers a chance to informally get together throughout the year. Being a freelance creative is brilliant but it can also be quite isolating and so we hope these bi-monthly sessions will become a regular opportunity to get out to the studio and […]

Learning Through Craft Thursday 24 January 2019 | 3.30pm to 5pm  Barncroft Primary School, Park Lane, Havant, Hampshire. PO9 3HN For queries, please email: admin@makingspace.org   Who is this event for? Teachers, teaching assistants and senior school leaders interested in the value of art and design in a broad and balanced curriculum. There are only 15 places, so […]

Making Space was set up as a charity in 2005, our bespoke building opened two years later in 2007. With 2 inspiring learning spaces and 7 on-site studios Making Space was designed to be an inspiring creative hub for makers near and far, old and new, established and emerging! 23 people have had their professional […]