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A professional textile artist who believes art lessons are being 'stripped' from the classroom in schools is opening a cafe club for children and adults. Mother-of-four Angela Lock, 50, argues some schools only teach 'box ticking' art lessons rather than more 'creative projects'.
Now she's aiming to teach all forms of art to inspire young and old alike at a new art cafe. Art Club is set to open on Shaw Road, Heaton Moor, Stockport, next month.
Angela, from Heaton Moor, said: "My shop will be a place where people can connect, where artists can show their work and where we can facilitate creativity. Tapping into the imagination and being creative can be extremely therapeutic – it builds resilience, promotes problem solving skills and boosts good mental health."
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Angela began running Art Club in 2018 at different venues in the area - until the Covid pandemic hit. She said experiencing her business almost fold acted was a catalyst to make a change and, late last year, she finally bought a shop in the centre of Heaton Moor, which she has refurbished. It will open on May 4.
She said one of Art Club's aims was to plug a gap she feels is being left by the national curriculum.
"My children at school would do one art project a year, rather than it being a daily occurrence. They would do that prescriptive box ticking project once a year." said Angela.
"Creative work leads to creative thinking, and if they aren't getting that creative work then it's an issue because there is creative thinking behind everything we do in life.
"School tells people if they're the arty type, the sporty type or the academic type and if you're told from a young age that you're not
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