Get Creative Festival: An explosion of creativity across the nation
19 March 2018
The first weekend of the nine-day Get Creative Festival was bursting with creative endeavours. Free events up and down the country allowed people to try their hand at pottery, origami, painting, screen printing, poetry, playing instruments and more.
Get Creative Festival is a nine-day event encouraging arts organisations big and small to put on workshops and taster sessions aimed at inspiring and celebrating everyday creativity.
The festival launched on Saturday 17 March and we've gathered some of our favourite tweets and Instagram posts that show the nation getting creative across the opening weekend. Visit the interactive map to find an event near you and share your creations on social media using the hashtag #GetCreative.
Make your own ceramic fish with Seatree Pottery and Hey Clay!
A marvellous monster made at a Hey Clay! workshop
A Hey Clay! pinch pot
Dance for Parkinson's class hosted by National Dance Company Wales
Free music lessons as part of Learn to Play Day
More information
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Get Creative Festival 2018
The BBC's online home for the Festival, with links to all programmes and features.
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What's happening?
Everything you need to know about the Get Creative Festival 2018.
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Find an event near you
Visit the special interactive map with details of hundreds of events.
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What is Get Creative?
All you need to know about the campaign to celebrate everyday creativity.
