GoLearn! Summer Arts Exhibition 2025

This August GoLearn invites you to our first ever Summer Arts Exhibition, where we will be celebrating and showcasing work created by learners from across our creative arts programmes.

The Arts Exhibition will include 100s of pieces of artwork created by learners across Leicestershire, which will be on display to the public on Friday 15th and Saturday the 16th August from 10am till 3pm.  The exhibition will include contributions from the entire creative and visual arts programme including our Drawing and Painting, Pottery, Astronomy, Photography, Fused and Stained Glass, Sewing and Embroidery, Watercolour, and Acrylics courses.

In addition, displays and recorded performances from learners on ballet, yoga, bhangra dancing and other health and wellbeing courses will be available to view.

One of the learner’s whose work will be on display at the Exhibition is Tony (61) from Mountsorrel in Loughborough.

“Like many of us, I was locked into work and wanted to do something completely different and creative, totally different from my day-to-day occupation. I wanted to get back into Photography, a hobby which I’d let slip due to work and life commitments and was looking for something to engage my creative side. I found the GoLearn Photography course, online and liked the content which was for beginners looking to switch off the Automatic setting on a camera.

The course exceeded my expectations, informal, relaxed and informative with projects to complete based on the instruction and information given by the Tutor.

I’d forgotten what it was like to learn with a group of enthusiastic people and a very knowledgeable and encouraging teacher who put everyone at ease and really supported everyone to have a go at the projects that were set.

The projects encouraged everyone to get outside and look for the creative Photographic opportunities, which we shared with the rest of the class each week as we returned to the classroom. […] with the encouragement and the support of the tutor I have been offered a place on an Art & Design Diploma course at Leicester De-Montfort University.

The knowledge gained from the GoLearn Photography course helped me produce a Portfolio of work that the University took as part of my Submission for the course. I have no hesitation in recommending the GoLearn Photography course to anyone that is looking to have fun with Photography or wants to try something new.”

Linda Dixon, Programme Manager for Learning for Wellbeing courses at GoLearn, had this to say:

“Creative arts, dance and fitness courses for adult learners are a vital way of supporting good health, building resilience and reducing social isolation within our communities.  Our learners, of all different ages, backgrounds and life experience, work towards the aims of the course but also their own personal learning goals. With this exhibition we are delighted to be able to celebrate the creative achievements of our learners and showcase to communities across the county the power of the arts, dance and fitness through lifelong learning.”

The Summer Arts Exhibition 2025 will be hosted at Enderby Adult Learning Centre (Townsend Rd, Enderby, Leicester, LE19 4PG) and is open to the public from 10am till 3pm on Friday 15th and Saturday the 16th of August.

Enderby Adult Learning Centre was opened in September 2018 on the site of the former Danemill Primary School. The old Edwardian school was extensively refurbished and is now our largest dedicated adult learning centre in the county. We host a range of state-of-the-art facilities including two IT suites and a specialist craft room. Alongside this is also a main hall with sprung floors for dance and ballet fitness classes.

The Exhibition is FREE to attend, and no booking is required. Those interested in attending can visit the service’s website at www.GoLearnLeicestershire.ac.uk, or call FREEphone 0800 988 0308, for more details.