Workshops

Along with many pop-up workshop events we have run throughout Dandifest and local well-being festivals, our most popular is Dress, Paint, and Pose like a Dandy (DPPLAD).

Dandy Christina used to run live, costumed drawing sessions for the clients at the art-focussed adult day centre Barrington Farm. We decided to make this a Dandy focus, pulling out our textiles and costume-making skills along with our painting and drawing talents, and Dress, Paint, Pose was born.

DPPLAD is an interactive workshop where we provide a big rack of original costumes that people can wear. We have an ornate chaise longue area where people can pose, and all around are easels and tables and materials set up so that other people can paint the models. The workshop was run by the Dandies, hosted by fabulous Drag Queens (Pequilla BigTopp, Oozing Gloop, Putinka and Mavizz) with talented musician Cath Evans improvising piano music throughout the day to help create a calming, creative space.

We have popped up with this workshop at many health and well being festivals, hospitals, charity and Pride events. In 2015 and 2018 Arts Council England and Norwich County Council funded us to take DPPLAD on tour to people that could normally access these workshops.

Summer Tour 2018 at Norwich Pride

We organised a Safe Art Space at Norwich Pride and took part in Norwich Rising.

The front of the Norwich Pride parade in Pottergate.
Drag Queen Putinca, who helped us with the workshops, in the Pride Parade. She stands in front of the Lions Pride brigade.
Colourful people dancing in the Norwich Pride procession.
Putinca and Dandy Dugald holding a One Billion Rising banner at Norwich Markets.
A flash mob performance the Break the Chain dance outside the Forum in Norwich. The event is part of One Billion Rising.
The Norwich Dandies Safe Art Space at Chapelfield Gardens, with many dressed up people and a rainbow paddling pool.
Dandy Chrissy in the paddling pool at the Safe Art Space, in front of a gazebo tent.
Norwich Dandies Eloise and Dugald posing in the same paddling pool.
Local poet Hayley at the Safe Art Space.
Two girls drawing at a table in the Safe Art Space.
A drawing of two women with the text Love is Love.

Summer Tour 2018 at Sprowston Road

We organised a Dress, Paint and Pose like a Dandy workshop at the Sprowston Road Community Hub.

A drawing of five models by one of the Sprowston Road artists.
A painting of Putinca, the drag queen who helped us with the Summer Tour workshops.
An abstract painting of the sea.
A painting of the countryside with a large flat building.
A colourful painting of two Matisse models.
A colourful pastel drawing of one of the models.
Another colourful pastel drawing of one of the models.
Another colourful pastel drawing of one of the models.
An abstract by one of the Sprowston Road artists.
Another abstract paiting by one of the Sprowston Road artists.
A painting of a landscape with a red sun.
An expressionist painting by a Sprowston Road artist.
A line drawing of Putinca by a Sprowston Road artist.

Summer Tour 2018 at NANSA

We organised a Dress, Paint and Pose like a Dandy workshop at NANSA.

A photo of the Dandy's clothes rack, with a big green hat in the foreground.
A close-up of paints and a brush.
A NANSA artist posing on the chaise longue in a red cloak.
A NANSA artist posing in front of his painting of Putinca.
A photo of the finished Putinca painting.
A NANSA artist painting Putinca.
The finished Putinca painting.
Another NANSA artist painting Putinca.
Three models posing at the NANSA event.
A NANSA artist wearing the Scottish Dragon costume.
A NANSA artist wearing the Van Gogh costume.

Summer Tour 2018 at Barrington Farm

We organised a Dress, Paint and Pose like a Dandy workshop at Barrington Farm.

Putinca, our Russian Drag Queen, walking on a country lane near Barrington Farm.
Dugald posing on the chaise longue.
Eloise posing on the chaise longue
Cath Evans playing the keyboard.
One of the art works - the model is showing of the Dali Clock Costume.

Summer Tour 2018 at Stepping Stones

The first Summer Tour 2018 event took us to Stepping Stones in Norwich. We organised a Dress, Paint and Pose like a Dandy workshop.

Our Russian Drag Queen dancing outside the Stepping Stones building.
Putinca (the Russian Drag Queen) posing for the artists.
A Stepping Stone artist with a blue wig painting Putinca.
The same blue-wigged artist, with Putinca trying her latest pose.
A female artist concentrating on her painting.
A group of three artists painting away.
Even more Stepping Stones artists painting our model.
And yet even more Stepping Stones artists painting our model.
Norwich Dandy Eloise O'Hare painting a model.
Dandy Eloise showing her line drawing of the model.
Dandy Chrissy standing next to our keyboard player Cath Evans.
A Stepping Stones artist showing her painting of Putinca.
Another Stepping Stones artist showing a painting of Putinca.
A Stepping Stones artist showing a painting of a red-looking model.
A Stepping Stones artist showing a abstract painting of various models and objects.
Anothing Stepping Stones artist showing a abstract painting of various models and objects.
Anothing Stepping Stones artist showing a abstract painting of various models and objects.
A group photo of the Stepping Stone artists and Norwich Dandies outsite the building.

Dress, Pose and Paint Like a Dandy at Yarmouth Library

Our first event of Dandifest 2017 was Dress, Pose and Paint Like a Dandy at Great Yarmouth Library.

People painting and drawing at Dress, Pose and Paint Like a Dandy in Great Yarmouth Library.
Artist Edwina Blush painting at Great Yarmouth library.
Dugald Ferguson posing and painting.
More painters at Great Yarmouth library.
A close-up of a pastel drawing of Chrissy Sabberton.
Norwich Dandy Chrissy Sabberton posing on the chaise longue.
Dandy Chrissy Sabberton being painted by Edwina Blush.
Edwina Blush painting a giant Pussy Riot doll.
A portrait of Chrissy Sabberton.
A portrait of Norwich Dandy Dugald Ferguson.
Artists posing with their work in Great Yarmouth Library.
Dandies Eloise, Chrissy and Dugald posing at Great Yarmouth Library.

Winter Wonderland at Oulton Chapel

An impression of the first Norwich Dandies Winter Wonderland Tour 2015 at Oulton Chapel in Norfolk.

Michael Fletcher, AKA The Nice Ice Queen, putting on make-up.
The Nice Ice Queen holding the arm of Eloise O'Hare.
A drawing of a woman wearing a pink wig, with a model and piano player in the background.
A woman wearing a mask with huge red lips posing for artists at Oulton Chapel.
A boy posing for artists at Oulton Chapel.
Norwich Dandy Chrissy posing, with fake fried eggs on her boobs (of course!).
A cartoon projected on a wall inside Oulton Chapel.
Vince Laws reading poetry from the bundle Sausages by his dog Badger.
People drawing and painting in Oulton chapel.
A model wearing a mask posing with her portrait.
A drawing of Vince Laws, with a fried egg on his boobs.
Drawings made at the event hanging from a washing line.

Winter Wonderland at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital

An impression of the first Norwich Dandies Winter Wonderland Tour at the Norwich and Norfolk University Hospital Féte.

Eloise and the Nice Ice Queen chatting with a lady from the Lions Club.
Dandy Chrissy and the Nice Ice Queen.
A girl drawing a portrait of her mummy.
Two girls busy drawing on a Norwich Dandies, using a clipboard as an easel.
A mummy and daddy sitting on a comfy couch, dressed up.
A boy standing in front of a clothes rack.
A boy making a portrait of his mummy.
The same boy, now with a nearly finished portrait.
Two parents posing with their child's portrait.

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