The Present Page

Creative practices for everyday reflection - 6 workshops. 
Journalling and storytelling, through words, movement, drawing and sound.

Jackal Art Space: Wednesdays, fortnightly from 21 January 2026, 7–8.30pm (doors 6.45pm)

Book individual workshops or to attend the series (free to Berwick residents)

 

Creative forms of journalling offer an accessible, personal reflective practice, with the potential to make a quiet but lasting difference to our wellbeing.

But how do we make space for these kinds of activity in daily life, and how might we expand them beyond conventional, diary-like narratives?

The Present Page is a series of six friendly, practical workshops that begin with journalling and the page, and gently expand outward into drawing, movement, storytelling and sound.

Led by experienced artist-practitioners, each session offers a welcoming, no-pressure space to explore a creative practice together, while considering how these approaches can be folded into busy everyday routines.

Workshops in the series

 

• From writing into drawing – Anna Chapman Parker

  This first workshop will introduce journalling as a daily creative practice. We will consider five accessible forms of journalling, and explore a series of short writing prompts. We’ll then look at how the physical act of handwriting can lead into drawing, and consider how this might enrich how we view and absorb a piece of text. All materials are provided.

  BOOK WORKSHOP 1 HERE

   

• Drawing with mind and body – Kate Temple

  This workshop will consider how drawing can be a regular wellbeing practice that can be relaxing and meditative while also focused, creative and generative; a way to connect mind, body and imagination. Through a series of guided exercises, we'll take on the 'blank page', starting with our breath as a way in to creating lines, marks, shapes and patterns, repeating and expanding as we go. No drawing experience necessary.

  BOOK WORKSHOP 2 HERE

 

• Storytelling and personal narrative – Chris Adriaanse
  Throughout our lives we become entangled in many different stories, from the ones we tell the world to the ones we keep to ourselves. But what is the shape of these stories? And are they the ones we would choose to live under? In this session we will look at the stories that surround us and how to put down the ones that are no longer needed.

  BOOK WORKSHOP 3 HERE

 

• Journalling and the book – Lucy Baxandall
  In this session, you'll make a unique personalised journal with a variety of different page structures (accordion, codex, pockets and more), and add a handmade paper cover. Then we'll begin to customise the page backgrounds using layers of handmade collage paper, ready for you to continue adding content as your journalling progresses.

  BOOK WORKSHOP 4 HERE

 

• Letting your ears wander – Martin Parker
  

  By exploring ways of listening and mapping out what we have heard, this workshop offers a way to silence the chat within and start a new conversation with the sounding world around us. We will note the difference between passive and active listening and find ways to listen beyond ourselves whether at work, in the middle of an argument or trying to get to sleep. Expect to develop new approaches to enjoying music and the soundscape of daily life.

  BOOK WORKSHOP 5 HERE 

  
  Writing and movement – Chloë Sayers

  This workshop invites you to explore where and how movement and writing intersect. Through simple and playful exercises we’ll think about writing as an embodied practice and explore ways of tuning into the body and writing choreographically. No movement experience required.

  BOOK WORKSHOP 6 HERE

Thanks to Create Berwick funding, we are delighted to offer The Present Page free of charge to Berwick residents. All materials and refreshments are provided, and no previous experience is needed. Places are limited, so booking is essential.

You are welcome to book individual workshops or attend the full series.

Ages 18+ | In person
Jackal Art Space, 30 Hide Hill, Berwick-upon-Tweed TD15 1AB