Give the gift of creativity this Christmas

If you're stuck for a Christmas gift idea then why not unleash someone's creative potential by enrolling them on one of the council's fantastic arts courses from today.

There are a wide range of arts courses at venues across South Lanarkshire starting in the New Year organised by the council’s Arts Development team including:

- teapot making at Rutherglen Town Hall and HamiltonTown House Ceramics Studio
- an introduction to kite making at Chatelherault Country Park
- jewellery making at Hamilton Town House
- felt making at Rutherglen Town Hall
- an introduction to botanical watercolour painting at Calderglen Country Park
- Life Drawing master classes at Rutherglen Town Hall
- Camera, Action - Digital Film Making at the Harry Smith Complex, Lanark
- video editing for adults at Hamilton Town House
- mini music makers in association with the National Youth Choir of Scotland for parents/pre-school children at Hamilton Town House, East Kilbride Arts Centre and St Mary's Hall, Biggar
- digital music workshops at Hamilton Town House
- youth samba band at Hamilton Town House
- Empire Social Club: Take 2 adult drama project at East Kilbride Arts Centre, Rutherglen Town Hall and Hamilton Town House

For more information and how to enroll in a class why not pick up a 'New Starts for the New Year' winter brochure at Hamilton Town House, Rutherglen Town Hall, East Kilbride Arts Centre and other council venues or view the Arts development winter 2009 brochure (1MB PDF) online (this document will open in a new window).