CREATIVE care home residents across Hampshire and Dorset have gone hands-on to celebrate a day devoted to visual art.
Colten Care homes in Poole, West Moors, Mudeford, Sherborne and the New Forest co-ordinated a host of activities inspired by the annual Unesco World Art Day.
There were talks and demonstrations by professional artists, pottery and painting sessions, in-home exhibitions and trips out to see art on display in the community.
At Brook View in West Moors, residents welcomed New Forest-based equine illustrator and author Alan Langford who arrived with easels, paints and brushes ready to give a tutorial.
Meanwhile, artists from the Christchurch-based pop-up pottery studio The Touring Potter helped residents of Belmore Lodge in Lymington to make and colour clay coasters.
At fellow Lymington home Court Lodge, the dining room was transformed into a gallery of work by visiting artist Marion Royle to complement a talk by her.
At Avon Reach in Mudeford, residents were treated to a visit by artist Paul Dolman, known for his fine oil paintings of the local area. Paul gave a demonstration of how to use oil paints during a community ‘tea and togetherness’ afternoon.
At Canford Chase in Poole, the fun centred on the garden with residents making willow hearts and frames which they put on display.
And at Bourne View in Poole, team members organised a minibus trip for residents to the St Barbe Museum in Lymington, complete with lunch and a visit to the gift shop.
