What is Bad Art ?
Bad Art is allowing ourselves access to our innate creativity and curiosity to make art without judgement.
Who is it for?
Anyone wanting…
- More vitality in their life
- Techniques to open up to new ways of creating art
- The courage to live a creative life
- To create in a kind and supportive space
Anyone thinking...
- Is this all there is to this life?
- I don't have any creative talent
- I would love to draw but I can't
- I am hopeless at art / being creative
- I don't know how to play anymore
WHAT HAPPENS ?
After a brief introduction about what Bad Art is, Nicola will guide you through a series of exercises - all designed to free you up to get your creative juices flowing…
Guidance and options will be available on where to take your newfound inspiration to next. A free flow tangent express ride, or slow moving sailboat... All speeds are welcome!
Each session will have a similar structure to practice letting go of your rational thinking to make space for your innate creativity to lead the way.
AT THE END OF THE 3 WEEK COURSE YOU WILL HAVE:
- Accessed your inner creativity and had a lot of fun
- Experienced how creating art is more important than the result
- Felt how being creative supports you to feel more alive
- Explored where you want to take your creativity to next
Classes and Workshops
Venue: Stroud Subscription Rooms, George Street, Stroud GL5 1AE
Dates: Tuesday 6th, 13th and 20th October 2026
Time: 10am - 1pm
Price: £90 for 3 week block (All art materials are supplied.)
12 participants
Click the link TO BOOK:
https://thesubrooms.co.uk/whats-on/bad-art-nicola-damery/
Venue: Stroud Subscription Rooms, George Street, Stroud GL5 1AE
Dates: Tuesday 3rd, 10th and 17th November 2026
Time: 10am - 1pm
Price: £90 for 3 week block (All art materials are supplied.)
12 participants
Click the link TO BOOK:
https://thesubrooms.co.uk/whats-on/bad-art-with-nicola-damery/
Venue: Tetbury Goods Shed Arts Centre, Old Station Yard Cirencester Road Old Station Yard, Tetbury GL8 8EY
Dates: Thursday 4th, 11th and 18th February 2027
Start Time: 10am - 1pm
Price: £90 for 3 week block (All art materials are supplied.)
12 participants
Bookings not yet open, watch this space!
Testimonials
"Safe space to let go, all parts welcomed, so much encouragement and inspiration to do something you may have never done before"
“Being able to do something I haven’t done in what feels like forever. Being guided, no pressure, no need to perform or try to live up to anything”
"A fun, playful workshop that nurtures creativity - thoughtful and insightful - with ideas to carry forward"
About Nicola Damery
Nicola wanted to go to Art college on leaving school but received the message:
“What’s the point in that…?”
So she dutifully became a nurse, then holistic massage therapist, then Forest School Leader.
Thanks to the small humans in the forest, she realised why humans of all ages need Play
(Adults call it Creativity).
She heard of Bad Art back in 2021 and it has been playing with her ever since. She is passionate about introducing Bad Art to other humans so they can experience the benefits too.