Get Creative: mixed media artist books with Molly Newham

Create your own artist book in this workshop led by artist Molly Newham.

Get creative in this artist-led workshop inspired by landscapes, map-making and place. Experiment with mixed-media tools and mark-making techniques. Explore colour, collage and abstract composition. 

Artist Molly Newham explores both physical and emotional relationships to landscape in her work. She uses movement, colour and shape to capture how it feels to be in a place. In this workshop you will gain an insight into Molly's artistic process. Discover how to work with colour, texture, layering and different media. 

Molly will then support you through the process of creating your own artist book. Starting from a blank concertina sketchbook, you'll experiment with these techniques. Using collage and mark-marking in a variety of media, you'll explore how to represent a place that's important to you. 

By the end of the workshop, you will have your own concertina artist book to take home! 

All materials provided, suitable for all experience levels.

About Molly Newham  

Molly Newham is a landscape artist and ultra-runner whose practice spans abstract painting, drawing and sculpture. Her work explores physical and emotional relationships to landscape, using movement, gesture, colour and mark-making to capture embodied experiences of place. 

Through a practice of long-distance running, Newham develops a physical understanding of landscape, translating sensations of terrain, weather, distance and endurance into abstract forms. Her work considers how a place can be felt, remembered and experienced using unstable and weathered materials alongside gestural painting to explore ideas of erosion, temporality and change.  

Newham completed a BA Fine Art Degree at the University of Leeds (2023), she has now completed an MA Fine Degree at the University of Leeds (2026). She was awarded the Alan Mohun Memorial Prize (2023), selected for Yorkshire Sculpture International Network Programme (2025/2026). Recent exhibitions include Apocalypse Remix, Redcar Palace (2026), Hammer, Anvil Stirrup, Henry Moore Institute Sculpture Library, (2025). 

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Cancellations

If after booking you find you are no longer able to attend, please let us know via email at: gallery@leeds.ac.uk. Cancellation requests made at least 48 hours in advance of the event start date/time will receive a refund, minus booking fees. Cancellations made less than 48 hours before the event start date/time will not be refunded, or in exceptional circumstances, only at the discretion of Galleries staff. Full refunds or equivalent will be given if the event is cancelled. 

Access Information

Getting Here

• This event is in Treasures of the Brotherton, in Parkinson Building. There is step-free access – see our Visit information for more details. 

Sensory

• Treasures of the Brotherton is a dark gallery, but the room where the event will take place is quite bright. 

• You are welcome to borrow anything you like from the ACCESSories Hub in Treasures of the Brotherton during the event. Please remember to return the items before you leave. 

• There will be a maximum of 14 attendees, plus a member of Gallery staff and the artist leading the session. 

• We expect this event to be fairly quiet, but it may get noisy at times with chatting. 

In the Room

• In the room there will be tables and chairs to sit at. There will be art materials on tables to the side of the room.  

• There will be a coat rack for your belongings, or you can keep these with you. 

• Tea and coffee will be available in the room. 

What to Expect

• The session will begin with a short introduction by Molly Newham. 

• Attendees are welcome to make a name badge with pronouns using resources on the table, but this is not required. 

• There will be a demonstration of different techniques, then everyone will be invited to have a go. The session will be relaxed, and you are welcome to chat. You can use a range of different materials.  

• At the end of the session, you can take your artist book home. 

You can find more information about getting here, what to expect in our spaces, nearby facilities and additional access resources in the Visit information on our website. If you can't find what you're looking for or have any other questions, please email us at gallery@leeds.ac.uk and we'll be happy to help.